Inside magazine font ideas

As this text will appear inside the magazine, i don't want it to be as bold and dominant as the title. I have chosen to use fancy, curly text to appeal to my female audience and to make my pages look fancy, pretty and stylish. My thoughts now are that i will use fonts 1 and 6 as they appear more appealing to me, however my ideas may change as my magazine progresses.

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Name of my Magazine, Font choices for front cover

The front cover of my magazine needs a strong, bold and blocked text. The name of the magazine is just as important as the front cover picture as it's vital for marketing purposes. Most readers will choose a magazine that they know and trust, therefore seeing and recognising the title is important if the magazine is to sell well.
The first text i like the best so far and the last text i think will be appropriate but my ideas may well change as i piece together my magazine and see what suits the page the most.

outline of the equipment/technologies i will use

To make my magazine, i will be using a SLR camera which will help to range my shots and produce high definition, high quality images. To help me produce my desired shots, i will be using the lighting kit from the studio to portray a proffessional photo-shoot pictures to attract my female audience. To edit and change shape/size e.c.t of my pictures i will be using the Photoshop programme and to piece the magazine together, i will be using the Indesign programme.
these programmes are easy to use and beneficial in creating my coursework, after i take the pictures i will upload using a USB device my pictures onto a college computer and edit from there.

Magazine Article Draft

Lexie O’connor

Lexie O’conors recent split from the band: ‘The Plastic Police’ made shocking headlines over past few weeks as the band was due to preform at the O2 arena for a sell-out gig in December. Fans are shocked and devastated at the news and want an answer. Here it is! Lexie speaks exclusively to ‘ PLAY ‘ magazine about what happened to the band, her plans on becoming a top solo artist and plans for the future.

- So Lexie…these past few weeks have got the whole world talking, the media have been going wild and pictures of your face dominate every front-page cover. So, what was your reason for spiltting up with the girls from “The Plastic Police’?

‘I love the girls to pieces, we’ve had some amazing memories and I will treasure them. I guess the reason for me leaving is that, I just want a change, I feel the music industry is evolving and that there was no place for our genre of pop-music. As Frankie was the lead singer, I felt I couldn’t express myself and that the band was holding me back from reaching my potential.’

- What do you think of all the media attention?

“To be honest with you, i wasn’t expecting the media to be as cruel, the other day I was driving back from recording my new single: ‘Painful Past’ which is out in February. A group of paparazzi launched onto my car bonet! I nearly had an accident! I guess they just need a picture of me looking bad, my recent departure from one of the top girl bands is big news I guess.”

- Some sources say you and Frankie had a huge argument outside a hotel in Los Angelies, is this true?

[shocked]“What? That’s crazy! No that never happened, I invited the girls including Frankie to the hotel to talk things over. These past few weeks have been mad and I didn’t want to leave my girls with any hard feelings, they are all very talented girls.”

-Now you’ve left ‘The Plastic Police’..what’s your next step?

“I’m taking things slow for a while, getting my feet back on the ground. I will be realeasing a new album in May 2011 called: ‘Tainted hearts” Which I’m hoping will be a success. Also I’m hoping to spend a lot of time with my wonderful husband Chase!”

- We all are despereate to ask the question: are we expecting a new O’connor addition to the family?

“Aren’t you all nosey! [laughs] Chase and I have been talking about it, I very much want to start a family. Hopefully once my career is settled we can start the planning!”0

Analyzing band images/posters/CD covers for my typical target audience

As my magazine is based on a female artist i have chosen girly and colorful CD covers to help back-up my ideas


CD Covers


1st cover

2nd cover

Circulation Figures for music magazines

Classic Rock     70,323 (Dec 2009: 71,242, Jul 2009: 70,310) 12 month change +0.0%

Kerrang!     44,013 (Dec 2009: 41,125, Jul 2009: 43,253) 12 month change +1.8%

Metal Hammer    44,034 (Dec 2009: 41,777, Jul 2009: 46,004) 12 month change -4.3%

Mojo      91,678 (Dec 2009: 98,484, Jul 2009: 97,722) 12 month change -6.2%

NME      33,875 (Dec 2009: 38,846, Jul 2009: 40,984) 12 month change -17.3%

Q     89,450 (Dec 2009: 94,811, Jul 2009: 100,172) 12 month change -10.7%

Uncut     74,067 (Dec 2009: 75,518, Jul 2009: 76,526) 12 month change -3.2%


These circulation figures show the difference between real music magazines on sale and on shop shelves today, my circulation figures come from the period of 2009, where i saw a substantial difference between each magazine's seling figures. Looking at the figures, it clearly shows us the success or failiures of the magazines during the course of the year. As we can see, only 'Kerrang!' can be seen to have risen in sales rates over 12 months, with 'Classic Rock' magazine staying at a steady level of 0% and with 'NME' magazine appearing the worst at a drastic -17.3% change in circulation over the year. This dismal display of results shows just how competitive magazines have to be within the industry to become succesful, music magazines must stand out and make a statement, a lesson that i will carry with my during the course of producing my front cover, contents page and 2 page article.

Analyzing Journalistic Style and Structure

'Pregnancy shock'
Journalists aim is not just to inform and advise the readers of a certain topic/issue but to attract and hook the readers by using clever techniques.
Firstly in this article the writer has used a surprising and alarming title to interest the rader into finding out what it's all about. The word: 'Shock' is sudden and unexpected.
The writer has used a strong, bold opening paragraph to seduce the reader into reading on:'she's pregnant and scared' immediately reveals what the whole article is about. 
The blocked column structure allows for more writing on the page and as the lines are short, the readers eyes follow each line till the end. 
The first letter is shown in a larger proportion to the text which encouragers the readers to start reading the whole piece.
Within the text the writer has included conversations from an interview with: Lynn Spears' which creates a personal feel to the reader as they feel they're getting an insight into the actresses life making the text seem more interesting and believable.
The use of red color against a white background makes important facts clear. It is used to show questions asked to 'Jamie' and in the title.
The writer has used the 'cliffhanger' :'Turn for Jamie's mums reaction' which makes the reader want to carry on reading the next page as their curiosity pushes them to want to know more about the issue.