Initial Ideas for my Magazine

My original music magazine idea was inspired by a very indie magazine called Campus. This magazine features Indie fashion, and gaming. I wanted my magazine to be similar to this for many reasons. First and foremost I believe that the magazine has a very sleek look, and gives off a cool, yet relaxed image. By making my magazine similar to this it would make it appeal to the young, hip, teenage audience I was looking to target.  Also I like the content of the magazine, which again will appeal to my target audience. The content of the magazine varies from fashion, to gaming, to indie music, to top student cites. Having a section on top student destinations means that it will draw in students, again these are people in my target audience.

My Magazine Cover...

For my magazine cover I wanted to achieve a very indie look, for this my cover star is vital. I saw this image whilst doing research and I wish to achieve this kind of mage for my cover.

Contents Page Analysis

I have analysed two contents pages, here is one. This contents page is very eye-catching mainly because of the interesting pose that the model is doing. It is very different from the standard straight-on shot and the attention is focused on her legs as opposed to her face. This gives a clue to the target audience of the magazine as it may be more focused on appealing to males than females.

We can tell it is the contents page because it has a title near the top but again this is displayed in an unusual way which makes it very appealing to look at.

The model in the image is a famous singer which shows us that the main article in the magazine is about her. This helps gain readers who are fans of the singer.

The articles listed in the contents page are divided into to headed sections; ‘Features’ and ‘Fashion’. The articles each then have the page number, a bolded title and a short description about what you can find on that page. Also listed with each article are the names of the photographers and writers who contributed to that article.

The colours used on the contents page are very neutral, including the colours of the models clothes. This gives a very modern and fresh feel to the page which is how the magazine would want to be represented.

Campus Life Magazine

This is by far the most indie of all the magazines I have seen so far. The audience will predominantly be indie teenagers who attend university, but it has other parts that could intrest no uni goers. Also they have an offer on the front to win a smartphone, this is the type of thing teenagers would go for. The layout of the magazine is very good, with the cover star in the middle, and some sub-headings along the left side. The sub headings are the type of things that teenagers will be very interested in such as fashion " Build the Perfect Wardrobe", and gaming "Assassins Creed". The cover star is a stereotypical indie guy, he has tattoos and wears the "classic" checkered T-Shirt. The title is simple yet elegant in large bold white writing, with a nice twist in the way life is squeezed in at the end by being on its side. The font on the cover is quite plain with nothing really standing out, except one sub-heading in red.

Cover Analysis

  College magazine has a very hectic cover, it's target audience would be mos likely teens as the bright colours and young man on the front would appeal to that sort of audience. I also believe that the magazine would appeal to both sexes, as it has topics that would interest both such as "Making Money On Campus" and "Thank God It's Friday". The layout of the magazine is again quite manic. It has lots of sub heading dotted around, and the man on the front blocks some of the title. This means that the magazine is well known enough to partially block some of the title without people not knowing the magazine. The headings in the magazine cover things that are college/school related, such as the ones I have previously stated before. The cover star himself is a young man, who I would guess is late teens, this would attract teens as they can relate to this character. There is a lot of text on the page, and it in in quite small font, this gives off an almost relaxed disorganised look. Again this is what some teens would look for in a magazine. This magazine seems very hipster indie, and this is the type of teen that they wish to attract.

The next magazine I have looked at is chosenhill. This magazine is again about school life and features a head boy on the cover. I believe that this magazine is unisex, and will appeal to teens, as it is based around school. This is something teens of both sex participate in. The layout of the magazine is quite simple, with the cover star on the front and a few sub headings on the right. Other than this the magazine is quite bare. The colours of the magazine are fairly neutral as they are not too bright and a light blue is relaxed. Again the stories covered are school related, things to do with the orchestra, and the head boy. The title itself is very prominent at the top of the page is large white bold letters. It is not obstructed by the cover star, as this magazine probably doesn't already have an established audience. There is not a lot of text on the page, which gives off a simple look. This magazine also gives off an indie type look from the cover star.

Whichschool has the most unique of layouts of all the magazines I have analysed. I believe that this magazine may be aimed more predominantly at a male audience as it looks like an all boys school due to the blazers and not a single girl in the masses of people in the background. This layout is so unique as it has a very large area that is dedicated to the title, and this take up almost a third of a page, and below it is a large picture, not a cover star with a background behind them. Also it is very simple and does not have much text or sub-headings. The cover stars here are smartly dressed, and look quite posh, this makes me think that it would appeal to people who attend Private school teens. The title is also unique as it is in two colours, this is unlike any other title I have seen. The font is quite bold, and simple, this is trying to give off a clean cut, simple image.

I Have decided to do a Magazine!!!!

I have recently viewed some classmates magazines and have decided this would be a better course of action for me.

Genre

All three of the films I have analysed are in almost the exact same genre. Each one focuses on football, fighting and of course hooliganism. The casting for all three of the films is again almost identical. The main characters are Jack the lad cockney look a likes. And along with this there is a disproportionate amount of shaven headed thugs running around, popping in and out of fight scenes.

As for costume, this can vary depending on where the football team is from. Some of the football firms choose to wear nice, but still chavvy clothing such a burberry hats. Others choose full tracksuits, but the most noticeable of all attires is the main character in green street. This man wears a trench coat with a tracksuit underneath.

The setting for each film again is quite similar, set in various big cits known for football violence. All films feature London and most away games to teams such as Manchester united, set in Manchester. All the fight scenes are either in city centres, for example the opening scene to Green Street in London, deserted wasteland like in Rise of the Footsoldier after they disembark a train. And finally near pubs that the football firms use as a base of operations.

Green Street's plot is about a young American university goer who stumbles into a world of excitement, drinking, fighting and of course football. His life is transformed, and he feels alive. Matt Buckner the American student ends up being one of the top members of the Green Street Elite (the westham football firm). All is well and he loves the football and the fighting until things get serious and another football firm ambushes them and almost kills some of the GSE. This makes things real for the firm and they decide to have one last fight to end it all, in this fight the leader of the GSE is killed whilst luring the opposite firm away from Matt Buckners family who have turned up to "save" him.

Rise of the Footsoldier's plot is very interesting, and follows a young, headstrong Carlton Leach as a footsoldier in the ranks of the ICF. He eventually leaves football hooliganism but stay well within the criminal world, and going a more serious criminal gang. He works his way up through this seedy underworld and becomes one of the most feared criminals in the country.

The Football Factory follows the boring life of Tommy Johnson who hates his boring life and uses the football fighting as an escape. Tommy gets badly beaten, and starts to wonder if its all really worth it. In the end he decides that it is. Tommy gets arrested and beaten, wins some, loses some, but carries on fighting with the firm hroughout.

The music in all three films is always building up to some sort of climax. It adds to the xcitment and pinical of the fights.