Sunday, 19 April 2015

Institutional Logo Research

Institute Logos that I have considered include Bauer Media Group and Time Inc. UK. Both of these institutes were highly considered as they have previously and currently created magazines that can be seen to have similar criteria of my magazine as well as producing these magazines in similar target audiences as I intend to have.



Collage of fonts, colours and styles


Consent Slips

A consent slip was created so that there was sufficient consent of those I wanted to be involved in the photo shoot of my magazine. The consent slip was created in order to ensure that there was full commitment to the task ahead and that due to the people I wanted to join were under age 18, parental and self consent was needed.

Potential Problems

Potential problems of creating the magazine and photo shoots were high. Problems with creating the magazine would include the possibility of losing work on a certain computer/hard drive due to mechanical faults of the computer/hard drive itself or if the work was not sufficiently saved properly. In addition, other problems that may have occurred would include lack of preparation of producing the magazine, the possibility of having inadequate equipment for photo shoots that are essential in producing images of the highest quality.

Furthermore, if these kind of problems did situate, then a Plan B would be taken into action. The Plan B would entail back up tactics such as extra photos taken in advance, a back up of work on a memory stick and also having the work produced in college also available to be created at home or anywhere else to avoid the possibility of losing all work.

Font Samples

Fonts considered for my magazine were based on the influences of other magazines such as NME and Rolling Stone as well as the use of font creating websites such as Dafont.

Fonts that were to be considered had to match certain criteria such as standing out on contents pages and front covers as well as being able to link to the rock genre and be instantly matched to the genre.

Fonts that were considered included:

IRON & BRINE
American Captain
Atlantic Cruise
Belle Epoque
Dyer Arts and Crafts

Colour Samples

Colours that were considered for my magazine included red, blue and black as well as colours that match criteria of a rock genre magazine. Blue was considered as it is a cool and relaxing colour which will also stand out as font colour. Furthermore, the colour red was highly considered due to its connotations linking to a stereotypical rock magazine. Connotations of red include anger, alert and danger, all which can be associated with the rock genre in general.

Wednesday, 1 April 2015

Reece


Above is the main settings of where my principal images were taken for my font cover, contents page and double page spread.