Conventions are a way of presentation that the magazine has
been following for years. they are a norm of the way things have always been.
some magazines are more conventional than other depending on the type of
magazine. the genre of my magazine Pop but it includes elements of music,
fashion, celebrity gossip, and other aspects of adolescent life. Pop is a music
genre enjoyed by the masses and is very much main stream. it is a genre that is
occupied by in the charts and it is a genre that affects me a lot. therefore
there would be a big fan base for it, and I recognized that there isn't really
any Pop magazine out there that combine it with fashion and celebrities. you
don't get that many mixed magazines out there when it comes to chart music. the biggest influences when I was making my
magazine was cosmopolitan. Cosmopolitan is quite similar to my magazine in that
it is a very mixed magazine and combines aspects of young adult like such as
love, boys, careers, and music. i also got a lot of the ideas of where to put
things on my front cover and contents page by a variety of different
cosmopolitan covers and contents pages. Also it wasn't just the physical
appearance of my magazine that cosmopolitan influenced. it was also the content
of my magazine, for example the headlines on my cover and on the contents page.
although cosmopolitan was the major influence other magazines that influenced
it were Glamour, Sugar, and Vogue.
The name of my magazine is "Bubble Gum." the main
reason i chose this for my magazine is because one of the words associated with
the word bubble gum is pop, as it creates an image of someone blowing a bubble.
this is a play on word as the music genre I'm covering is pop music. another
reason I chose it is because I wanted a magazine name that is fun, and light
and fluffy. Bubble gum also creates an image of the colour pink, and this goes
well as my target audience is females. When I was designing my magazine logo I
made it so it looks as if it is in bubble writing but this fits in the theme of
the bubble effect. I also predictably created it in pink as this fits in with
the theme and shows that the target audience is again for females.
When composing the main image for my magazine once again my
main influence was cosmopolitan. I wanted a simple head and shoulder shot as
this was a close up of the model and you can really see all her facial
features. this would appeal to females because the aspects that would mostly
appeal to them would be the makeup and the hair. whereas if my magazine had a
target audience of males than a whole body shot would be more suited. My model
is around 16-17 which shows that my magazine is for a younger audience. she is
also female which shows what type of audience the magazine is trying to
attract, as girls would probably relate much better to a girl. on the front
cover then a boy. I have use headlines that have short quick sentences that
stand out so they attract the reader. I have also used them in very feminine
colours like pink, yellow, white and black. this fits in with the overall house
style and female audience. I have also used certain parts of my headlines in a
different font and colour this shows that certain part of the magazine and more
important and other. it also makes them very eye-catching and attracts the
reader. For my double page spread I
wanted to include an interview of a famous singer, as I wanted to show that my
magazine wasn't just music related. The famous singer I chose was Taylor swift
as I am a big fan of hers. For my main image on the double page spread I
couldn't use a picture of the singer for obvious reasons such as having to take
the photo yourself, so instead I used a picture I took of her latest album.
this gave the feature article more content and would persuade people to buy the
album once they read the interview. I also used other things on it such as drop
caps, quotations, and gutters. this made it look professional.
Overall my magazine goes well together as it stick the a
colour scheme of pink, black white, yellow and sticks to its young female
audience from an age range of 16-25.
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