Compare and Contrast of a Double Page Spread

Compare and contrast of a double page spread from Hannah Ould

Here I have compared by Double Page Spread with an existing one and have identified what I need to do in my next draft to make it better.

Compare and Contrast of a Contents Page

Compare and contrast contents page from Hannah Ould

Here I have compared my contents page with an existing one, Shout Magazine. This will help me know what to change/alter for my next draft.

Compare and Contrast of a Front Cover

Here I have compared my magazine with an existing one, We Love Pop, this will help me know what is best to include when redrafting and what I should change/alter.

Generic Conventions

Here are the Generic Conventions of a Pop Magazine/Pop Music. In my group we have identified what things we would expect to see in a Pop Magazine. In doing this we now know what type of things we should be including in our own magazines and we can see things that we have missed and things that we still need to include. This could be used as a sort of checklist when we have finished our magazines so we can make sure that we have included everything.

Millum and Ferguson

Here I have identified the different types of facial expressions commonly used on the front covers of magazines as identified by Millum and Ferguson. I believe one of the facial expressions that will be best to use for my dominant image will be Chocolate Box as it is quite a natural smile that would work really well for a pop magazine. Chocolate Box means that the model is either fully smiling or half smiling with the lips together or slightly parted. The model is usually, also, making a eye contact with the audience forming a direct mode of address. This means that the audience are more likely to buy the magazine as a relationship has been formed between them and the magazine. The other facial expression that would be useful to use would be Super Smiler as it is a very excited facial expression that is easily associated with a pop magazine. Super Smiler means that the model will have a full face and a toothy smile which will very easily grab the attention of the audience, making them more likely to buy it. Another reason they might buy it is because the model will be making eye contact with the model - forming a direct mode of address.

Masthead Names Ideas

The name that I have decided on for my magazine is 'Lyrix'. The reason why I picked this name is because I think that it is the best name for a pop magazine as it is not too similar to another magazine or another product and it is short and snappy. The use of an 'x' at the end instead of 'cs' gives a quirky edge to the name and will make it more memorable with the target audience. It is, also, clear that it is a music magazine with this name unlike some other names as lyrics is the name given to the words of a song.

Font Ideas

Fonts from Hannah Ould

The font that I have chosen to be the font of my masthead is 'Chocolate Dealer' which is the third font down on the left. The reason I have chosen this font is because I think that it will work well with the theme of my magazine. I, also, think that it is quite a quirky font that will catch the audiences attention but wont be too overpowering and garish on the front cover. As well as this, I think that this font will look good with the name of my magazine: Lyrix. However, I may use some of the other fonts for sell lines on my front cover.

Colour Scheme Ideas

I have chosen to use a pastel colour scheme that consists of pinks, purples and blues. This is because most pop magazines use very bright colours that are quite garish and in-your-face - this will make my magazine a refreshing change and will make it stand out against all of the other pop magazines with the same colour scheme. Pastel colours are, also, aesthetically pleasing to look at and so the target audience will be drawn to my magazine.

Hair and Makeup Ideas

I have chosen these hairstyles and makeup looks to be apart of my magazine as they are mainly quite naturalistic. The hairstyles are those which are currently very popular amongst celebrities and social media - there are many tutorials on social media of how to achieve these looks which means that it is easy for the target audience to recreate and will make the model on my magazine more relatable and form a closer connection with the audience members. Th makeup that I have chosen are mainly quite minimalistic, with the exception of a few, as this may teach the target audience that you don't need to wear a lot of makeup to look pretty. However, the makeup that is a bit heavier, than the naturalistic ones, is again popular amongst social media and have a lot of tutorials showing you how to achieve this look - making it easy for fans to recreate. This will make the relationship between fans and magazine's stronger.

Costume Ideas

The costumes that I have picked to be apart of my magazine are mainly everyday clothes that some celebrities (such as Kendall and Kylie Jenner) have been seen wearing - this is to make the magazine seem quite casual and the model more relatable to the audience. However, I have included some dressier outfits that are easy for people to recreate if they wanted to. The clothes are mainly pink or have an element of pink in them so that it matches the colour scheme.

Language and Register

Magazine Inspirations

Magazine inspirations from Hannah Ould

I have picked these front covers as part of my magazine inspirations as the models all have different poses so that I can see what poses look good that I could possibly recreate for my magazine. Each of these magazines are different and I plan to incoporate elements of all of them for my magazine cover. I have chosen these contents pages as they have all managed to fit all of the information onto the page and it is packed full of text and images - I hope to do that same with my contents page. I have chosen these double page spreads as they all have a similar type of layout which works really well. They, also, have an abundance to say as the text is quite small with a bug dominant image and some small sub images. I will try to recreate the layout for my double page spread.