House Style Colour Schemes

Masthead House Style Designs

Rebel / Rebel

Simple bold look makes it look smart, the italic version looks cooler, the slanted effect makes it seem non-conventional which is appropriate for the name and genre of the magazine.

Rebel

This font gives a smart serious impression which is appealing for proper fans of the genre of music as it is important to them. The smartness may indicate its formal and won’t focus on un-serious artists. 

Rebel                                                                                      

Comic Sans makes it seem informal but it could be seen as childish so people wouldn’t see it as a serious magazine. I will probably not use this one as it won’t be seen as serious or appeal to my target audience.

Rebel

This font is good because its unique, stands out and gives a visual feel of genre, gives out a grunge type look, almost as if it’s trying to be vintage but chaotic as well. It’s also similar to Sex Pistols iconic albums text. 

Rebel

Very stylistic and unique however it could be seen to be aimed at women and I need mine to appeal to a young male audience. It also doesn’t really suit the genre of pop-punk.

Rebel 

This font is good because its unique, stands out and gives a good visual feel of genre, gives a tough, “anarchist” type feeling. It communicates to the audience what type of magazine it is.

Magazine Name Ideas

Punk – Makes it sound old school and against the system, gives it a “tough” sound, appealing to young people.  

Beat – Implies it focuses on music a lot, short and simple makes it memorable so it’ll stick in people’s heads.

New Sound – Makes it sound new and modern, appealing to younger readers however it is kind of boring and un-creative.

Good Vibes – Positive sounding name, “Vibes” indicate the music aspect is important and shows to the audience it focuses on “good” music.

New Waves – Makes the magazine sound good and links it to music, “waves” reference to the sound waves making it sound intelligent.

Repertoire Now – Sounds cool and would suit the magazine as it focuses on modern music, it would intrigue my audience as they would want to keep up to date with music.

Rebel – This name is good as pop-punk derives from punk which core value is about rebelling. It also a reference to a Green Day and David Bowie song. 

Magazine Genre Idea

I have decided to develop a pop-punk magazine as the genre focuses on positive and political things in its articles and it would be good to do for the artists.

Initial Magazine Ideas

Idea 1: Rock

·         Popular, it will appeal to a lot of people

·         Covers a wide variety, most artists would fall in this category so it would be easy to fit things into this genre

·         The style is easy to copy as it can be changed a lot

·         Slightly more male orientated audience – bold, male associated colours and design

·         Covers other areas of music sometimes

·         16-25 age range – needs to appeal to modern youth

·         House Style mainly stays the same throughout – only changes sometimes

  

       Idea 2: Pop-Punk

·         Popular especially with younger generations

·         This kind of style is easy to recognise and mimic

·         14-20 age range

·         Focuses positively on artists instead of harsh reviews

·         Looks back at artist’s older work and compares new material – articles focus on a variety of things such as new album reviews and artist’s old and new sound

·         Will express political views of artists

  

       Idea 3: Pop

·         Mainstream and popular- needs to appeal to everyone

·         Artists are usually very generic – it’s easy to mimic their style

·         Articles on new material generally has to be positive

·         Female orientated audience – needs to appeal to young women

·         Sometimes focuses on fashion – should cover relevant fashion industry news

Readership Profile

Readership profile - Male audience between 15 and 18 years old

Michael Jones, 17, sixth former. He is into creative subjects like music and art, plays the drums. Into popular TV shows like The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad and watches a lot of YouTube. He listens to a variety of genres but mainly likes Pop-punk bands and sometimes to listen to popular songs from artists like Taylor Swift and loves older classics like Queen and Bowie.  His dislikes are pop songs with no soul, he is uninterested in politics and marvel movies bore him. He is from a middle-class family and works a Saturday job so he has a small disposable income to spend on magazines. He uses main social media websites like Facebook and Twitter and keep up to date with the news and follows some celebrities. Magazines he already reads are Kerrang and Rolling Stone and occasionally another magazine if a certain artist has done an interview with it.  Buys products like Skull Candy headphones, hair gel, and Lynx.

Magazine House Style analysis

Each magazine has its own distinct style and look. This style is the font of the title, cover lines and any text, the colour schemes used, basic layout of the magazine pages, etc. the house style of any magazine is apparent throughout, especially music magazines has it has its own distinct style like Rolling Stone for example, its title’s unique font makes it stand out and easily recognisable. Another good example is “Kerrang”. It’s bold unique style of font is used for its main title, cover lines and pull quotes, this lets the reader know its Kerrang as soon as they see it.

The first thing you notice in the Rolling Stone is the dominant image with the text surrounding it which is very unique. This is used a lot making it very easy to identify straight away. The page also features a “Q&A” in red with a black line going through the top of the page letting the reader know what the article is about. The typography of this however, changes sometimes but always having the red “Q&A” and black line.

 The article page has the Name of the Celebrity (usually a musician or sometimes actor) in the top left corner with a few things the article covers in red and a big bold drop cap to start off the page. Most of the font is Times New Roman, giving it a smart, serious look.

Rolling Stone has names of artists and slogans along the side of the front page. All the text is bold, some being in red or highlighted in black with black lines occasionally on the page. The dominant image takes up most of the page and is always in front of the Title and the text usually made to fit around them 

Kerrang has a very iconic font. The bold yellow typography is easily recognisable whether it’s in the magazine or not. Its grunge and broken look for its titles makes it suit the genre. Each article title has a page number in red next to it to show where it is and stand out. The headings are bold and yellow in black keeping the style throughout the magazine. The page has many small pictures laid out randomly around the page giving it a chaotic look, suiting the style of magazine this is. For popular stories a small star has been out next it to highlight it. 

Kerrang has banners at the top and bottom of the front page featuring pop-culture pictures and things like bands. “Green Day” takes up most of the page with slogans around it. The band is behind the text but in front of the “Kerrang” title as it is already recognisable. Kerrang usually either has a single artist/band or a collage of musicians on its front cover.