Print brief research and planning

 


Research and planning blog tasks

Create a blogpost called 'Print brief research and planning' and complete the following tasks to plan and prepare your print work:

1) Find at least five music magazine front covers (either current or former magazines as many have stopped their print editions) aimed at a similar target audience to your project (mainstream music audience) and research music magazine key conventions. For each one, pick out one design idea, convention or image/text style that you could use in your own print work.


First cover


Tame impala music magazine front cover:


Shot: Close up picture of music actors face (basically a portrait)
Background image: Plain white wall with High key lighting illuminating the star
Cover line: Contains buzz words that exaggerate the content of the music magazine phrases such as "7 exciting new artists" or "90+ reviews" amplifies the readers curiosity/attention reeling them into the magazine content
Audience: Tame impala is a mainstream artist therefore famous stars/celebrities must be referenced/included in your magazine front cover.
Colour scheme: Cover lines are a mix of red and blue. Even the outfit of the star is red blue perhaps intentional to make it easier to look at.








Second cover:





Shot: Compared to the first one this one is posed slightly different, 
despite being a close up picture you can see the body is positioned differently to the side and star is turning to look at the camera another way I can shoot the front cover
Cover-lines: You have the exaggerated cover lines that amplify the readers curiosity. This magazine is designed to look sleek and clean not overwhelming the reader. A preview of what is in the magazine is in the top right corner  
Audience: Kanye a very mainstream artist who has amassed a cult like following is exactly the type of audience I want to attract.
Colour scheme: Purple mixed with white. The white surrounds Kanye further increasing his presence in the front cover



Third cover:





Shot: Close up picture of Eminem like the Kanye one he is also tilting his head 
Colour scheme: Black and white. Black creates this mysterious aura around Eminem
Cover lines: The cover lines include very mainstream famous artists like " Kanye West" "Bruce Springsteen" which can be found further in the magazine content.
Editing: Eminem's head is protruding over the masthead a key idea I will incorporate to make the magazine look more clean and professional.
Background image: The background image is of a Black wall, it doesn't fully illuminate the star




Fourth cover:




Shot: Close up of Kendrick Lamar , high key lighting



































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