Music Genre For My Magazine - Fonts and Colours
Music Genre For My Magazine - Fonts and Colours
Music Genre For My Magazine - Fonts and Colours
magazines
Rock
Strengths Can be based on many different things e.g. A specific instrument that people
would use during creating Rock music, has a specific image e.g. Uses dark colours, can be
based on new and upcoming artists or previous ones.
Weaknesses Niche market audience, I personally dont know much about Rock music as
its not a genre I tend to listen to daily.
Urban/Hip-hop
Strengths Targets a younger/teen audience, could be more popular so everyone can keep
up-to-date with the new music style/artists.
Weaknesses Certain artists to focus on
Pop
Speakers This name of the
magazine would appeal to both
genders as it doesn't show
femininity or masculinity. This
name could appeal to any genre
of music but the audience will
know that its a music magazine.
Speakers are used so music can
be played out loud and to an
audience.
POP! This masthead would
appeal to the audiences who like
pop music which is a niche market
audience. This also shows the
music genre of the magazine.
Short and snappy, can show the
genre straight away.
5 possible
names for
my
magazine
Fonts
Masthead Harmony(Aharoni) Harmony
(Gabriola)
Colours
The colours that I have decided to use throughout my magazine
are red, black and white as theyre all complementary towards
each other and stand out. This will make my magazine look more
professional as I have chosen colours that complement each
other and I will be sticking to those three colours, I wont be using
all different ones because it would give my magazine a messy
look. The colours for my masthead will also need to be stuck to,
as it will give my magazine a brand image and its own style. I will
need to choose colours and backgrounds that make my fonts
readable so it doesn't make it a struggle for the audience to read
the different pages. For example, I could have a red background
and both black and white text would stand out and would be
readable. The colour red can also give the feeling of love and
danger so Id have to make sure I make sure that the text I use
expresses the feeling I want to create. If a certain colour
becomes hard to read Id most likely change the colour of the
background, change the font colour or use a shadow or a stroke
to give it a different and more visible effect. Pop is more of a
happy genre of music so I will be using the brighter colours to
represent the right feeling to the audience.
Gina Hollender
I think that CPM (ChartPopMusic)
would be a good name for a Pop
magazine as its short and memorable
which will make it easier for your
target audience to remember. CPM
also stands for Chart Pop Music which
is clever creation because the genre of
music the magazine is focusing on is
within the masthead. I also think this is
a good name for the magazine because
it can appeal to both genders although
females may prefer this genre.
Sophie Hughes
Out of the 5 names that you have
created for your own Pop
magazine, I think that Harmony
would be a good name for this
genre because it can appeal to a
specific target audience which is
younger females and its catchy.
This masthead also shows what
type of magazine you are creating
as you can tell straight away from
the word Harmony that it has
something to do with music.
Summary
All of the research that I have found on Pop suggests that this type of music genre
should be aimed at a younger audience, this is because they tend to be the main
audience who enjoy listening to it more and have some similar resemblance to
the lyrics that the artists sing. Pop music would be aimed at white middle class
females who enjoy listening to music on a daily basis and have an interest. This
is why I have decided to aim my own magazine at females but not go for the
typical 12-14 age range for a pop magazine, I would like to create a Pop
magazine for the older teens aged 16-18 as I believe that they enjoy the music
but find that the magazines tend to look to young for them to buy, hence why
only the younger females buy it which is a niche market audience that I would
like to look into. I will also be creating a double page spread that consists of
question and answers as this seemed to be the sort of interview that they
enjoyed reading the most because they were able to read about celebrities
personal lives and gain different facts and information from it.