Sunday 15 December 2013

Planning - Names for my Magazine


I decided it would be useful to begin thinking of names for my music magazine. I have decided that I want it to appeal to a teenage/young adult audience which consists of both males and females. I have carried out a survey and am in the midst of writing up a post to show my results and explain my chosen target audience and music genre in more detail. 

Since I am trying to appeal to the younger generation I came up with several one word titles. By having one word titles it gives it a fresh look when shown on the cover and also rolls of the tongue giving it an upbeat sound. To make sure that my magazine conforms to the trendy, modern times that teenagers and young adults live in now, I have come up with words that will give off codes as to what music will be featured inside. 

Moreover, the first image here that I have included is a screenshot of me in the middle of creating my mind map. I thought that this would be appropriate so that the examiner will know that I have produced this piece of work myself. In addition, the second image shows my final piece and as you can see I have brainstormed a lot of ideas which I will look at in more detail soon, then I will be able to narrow my thoughts down and as the final step, chose an appropriate name. Before I can finalize my name however, I will be planning ideas on the house style and design on my front cover, contents page and double page spread. Subsequently, once I have chosen my design features and layouts e.c.t I will be able to see what names are most suitable. 

Finally, in my mind map I have used a varied range of fonts which could affect the names which the people I ask choose and so once I have collected my results I am going to write all the names one more time all in the same font to see if the same names then are chosen. I created this map before I had established my target audience and therefore once I have chosen an audience I will pick out which names are most suitable. For now, I want to see which names overall could be possibilities; this can give me ideas as to what I want my magazine to conform to. 



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