Magazine Contents reviews

Music content from Dragonium

Pre-photoshoot planning

Pre-shoot planning

Who: Cyan Cities (band) - (Michael Edwards, Sam Hall, Joe Goodwin)

Story: Recently won award for best single of 2012

Location: Woodland/Grassy areas (abandoned areas will have the band as the focus)

Details: Neutral emotions while looking at the camera (wearing casual clothes)

Props: Holding guitars

Shots: Long shots to fit in the background behind the band from eye level

Text: Text can easily be added next to the band due to the space around them from the long shot

Post-shoot editing: Text could be linked into the image relating to the story and the band

Magazine Colour palettes

colour palette from Dragonium

Hierarchy Of Different Typefaces

Hierarchy of different typefaces

1.M A I N  T I T L E

2.SECONDARY STORY

3.Tertiary stories/Plugs

4.EXTRA INFORMATION /GIVEAWAYS

5.Issue number/Price etc.

Masthead Font Ideas

media typeface for masthead from Dragonium

Music magazine name questionnaire

Magazine Name Semiotics

Semiotics of name ideas:

• Reverb- The semiotics of this name are that the word reverb relates to the sound effect that can be added to a guitar. This means that this name has a meaning that relates to sound and music which is the magazines topic. Also, the relation to guitars links in with my theme of Indie rock music.
• Track- This name suggests that the magazine is music related as a track is usually associated with a music track.
• Studio- This, like the others, has  strong implication which is associated with the music industry and therefore is obvious that the name is related to the magazine content.
• Stock- A name strongly associated with guitars as it is the name of a guitar component. This relates not only to the music that the magazine is based on, but the sort of instrument that would be used in the genre my magazine specialises in.
• E-Standard- The term 'e-standard' is most commonly known as 'standard' tuning on a guitar. This, like the other name ideas, has strong relations to the music industry and the instruments used in the making of the genre of music, which also helps the reader of the magazines title understand what type of magazine they are reading.
• Chord- Another guitar based name which is the name of a type of guitar note. Not unlike the other name ideas, this will help the reader understand the main genre of music they will be expecting to read about in the contents of the magazine.
• Fret- Relating to the guitar, the fret is a part of the guitars functionality and shows that the magazine is to be associated with music and the making of music.
• Lead- This name could be seen as one of two things. One being the lead role in a band (e.g. the lead singer) and the other being the power cable that is used in the making of music. This name makes the topic and genre seem more apparent to the reader and therefore easier to depict from other genres of music magazine.
• Socket- Like 'lead' this relates to a more electrical side to the music industry and could bring other semiotics such as the magazine being 'electric.'