MUSIC MAGAZINE - prezi

MUSIC MAGAZINE - analysis

This is a cover of vibe magazine. It shows off Nicki Minaj’s personality within the cover by the bright colours and animated images.  It is aimed for females ages 14-20. This cover includes all convections of music magazines like the large masthead. Many cover lines and large front image.  The Title of the magazine portrays the genre of music, in this case VIBE gives a real R&B feel to the magazine straight away, and immediately tells you what artists will be featured. The large front image exposes who the magazine will feature this time and revel secrets and exclusive information inside. 

MUSIC MAGAZINE - research

vibe magazine is a R&B and Hip Hop music and entertainment magazine. Producer Quincy Jones launched vibe in 1993. however On June 30, 2009, it was announced that Vibe was shutting its doors and ceasing publication immediately,although according to Essence, Quincy Jones has stated he would like to keep it alive online.After shutting down, private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners, LP bought Vibe Magazine. They have said they "feel privileged to purchase and resurrect such a storied brand." They added Uptown magazine to Vibe's parent company. since then vibe has featured many famous artists such as Brandy, Snoop Dogg, Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Amerie, Jennifer Lopez, Keyshia Cole, Janet Jackson, Lil Wayne, The Fugees, Eminem, T.I., R. Kelly and Michael Jackson. as well as devoting its pages to these artists vibe also used pages to photo spreads displaying high-end designer clothing as well as sportswear by urban labels such as Rocawear and Fubu, within these pages vibe consistently made an effort to feature models of all eternities in these pages. 

in 2004 there was a new edition called VIBE vixen, specifically designed for females,  and includes fashion, beauty, dating, entertainment and societal issues. by creating this new magazine is portrays how well the magazine is going, it must be producing a fair, constant amount of money with a large audience that subscribe to the magazine monthly. 

http://www.vibevixen.com/

Student Magazine - Contents Page

This is my completed contents page for my student magazine.

Student Magazine - Flat Plan

This is the flat plan of my contents page. it shows where the masthead, cover lines and images are going to be. it also shows the type of colour i will use.

preliminary task

this is a practice cover of my student magazine. i learned how in insert images and texts. i have also learned how to change colours, add effects and change angles. I've included a small voucher on the bottom left which i now want to use in my final design. for my final cover i will use the same template but perhaps add another image and use a better main image.

Preliminary task - Brief

The target audience for my magazine is the new students of Southdowns college, and will include all sorts of information that they may not know about the college, and perhaps useful things like a map, bus times and a guide to moodle. i have had a few ideas for the cover lines such as: moodle madness, delicious cafe snacks and Free handy map!

i also had ideas about the masthead saying SDC and you, your college, or Your SDC. i was also thinking of using a blue type colour, where the target  audience is aimed at neither boy or girl but in fact both, so the main colour cant be too feminine or too manly. I then came up with this to create a final idea of the fonts and colours i would like to use, i didn't want anything too confusing and extravagant as it would only portray that its the same inside.

This specific new students magazine will be published at the very beginning of every September being available from course conformation. however different versions will be available throughout the year like a Christmas, Easter and an exam results special. 

i will be using a medium close up on my cover of a young happy student willing to pose. i will bring my own camera and use in different areas of the college like the LRC and the Fitness centre.i will also use this time to take a few images for my contents page, possibly of the college itself and its fantastic facilities. the colour scheme will be blue white and black.

This magazine will be made in an A4 format with a small cut out handy map for the new students to take out and carry around with them.