Magazine Research- 'Freeq'

I chose to research this magazine because when I first saw it, it really caught my eye. I like the use of images and colours and think these will attract people to this magazine.
It is very 'cartoon' but only on the front page and the 2 page spread pictured below.

The content pictured above it about McDonalds, however the magazine is mostly otherwise about fashion and music. I think the variety of subject topics covered in this magazine means almost anyone could buy it and find something they found interesting in it.

The design of this magazine all works really well together, despite there not really being one consistent theme throughout. It is quite a long magazine, having 48 pages, but I think this works well providing different people with different subjects they want to read about.

Magazine Research- Heat

I chose this as part of my magazine research because it is a well known magazine and I feel the bright colours on the front page attract people towards the magazine and catch the eye of the target audience. I also think the front stories have been chosen for the same reason- to attract people towards buying it.
The content is mostly celebrity gossip, but the magazine is the majority photos. When looking through this magazine compared to other magazines, I realised this lacks in text, but fills the pages with images of which people should aspire too.
Throughout this magazine, bright colours have been used.

I think the double page spread pictured above is the most interesting, as I feel it looks at a different aspect of celebrities, one we often don't see. I think articles like this make the readers really think about what most celebrities are underneath all the makeup, and because its something different to the 'norms' makes people more shocked so more likely to buy it.

Magazine Research- Glossy

I really like the design of this magazine because it uses lots of photos which relate to what the articles are about. The content is mostly about fashion, and its main feature is ‘2 minutes with Alexa Chung’. My favourite part of the magazine is the 2 page spread pictured below. The reason I like this is due the ‘retro’ background images behind the main image. I think this works well with the style of magazine and the photos used.

Media Moodboard

This is my moodboard for my CD cover design. I included lots of pink things, because my CD cover is designed for a band called 'The Sunnies' which is aimed at teenage girls. I used this mood board to help me find different font styles that I liked and used it to help me design my CD front and back covers

Design Brief

Design brief.

Band name:

I am going to call my band ’The Sunnies’ because I feel although its simple it is short and effective and will work well on my album cover.

Target audience demographic:

The age range of my album will target older teenagers and young adults. People who listen to my album’s other interests are shopping, socialising, social networking, parties, and listening to other music. People who listen to my album would stereotypically wear modern, fashionable and casual clothing and would enjoy dressing up on certain special occasions. Other music my target audience would listen to would probably be R&B, dance, hip-hop and other pop artists.

What is their age range? What other music do they listen to? What other interests might they have? What style of clothing do they wear?

Imagery and colour schemes.

Create a Photoshop document of imagery you have found on the internet (mood board)

What images are likely to appear on the front cover? (Would the sugar babes use a picture of an eagle eating worms out of a rotting skull?) Should you expect to see darker colours, bright colours, pastels or black and whites?

Type face/font styles.

Create a Photoshop document of typefaces that would be appropriate.

What typefaces have you found that could be appropriate? Which ones would be way off the mark?

CD Front Cover- Writing Too Thin

This shows another version of my CD front cover, on which I used a very thin font style. Due to my background being quite busy I realised this font merged into the background too much, making it unclear who's CD it was, therefore I decided I would need a much thicker font that stood out more.

CD Front Cover- Diagonal Shadowed Text

After deciding the vertical text didn't look as good as I had expected, I decided to try a diagonal arrangement. I find this to be a much more professional way to arrange the text, however i feel the shadow around the letters is too shadowed for the rest of my CD front cover.

CD Front Cover- Vertical Font

This is one of my design ideas for my CD Front Cover. After writing the front vertically down the side of my CD cover I decided it looked cluttered and slightly too organised and planned, therefore I decided to try other ways of arranging my front on my front cover.

CD Back Cover- Final

This is the back cover of my CD cover for 'The Sunnies'. The genre of music is pop and I feel this works well with the back cover. I included a barcode in the corner to make it more realistic and used different colour pastel backgrounds for the sunglasses to make them stand out from the clouds on the background.

CD Front Cover- Final

This is the front cover of my CD cover for 'The Sunnies'. The genre of music is pop and I feel this works well with the front cover. The front cover is a 'ground' background whilst works well with the 'sky' background for the back cover. I used the same background for 'The Sunnies' wording as I used as the whole back image for the back cover.