LIIAR analysis of the breif

LIIAR analysis of the brief

My music magazine will be based on the ‘Indie’ genre and other sub genres and related music. Due to the genre of my magazine my masthead will link with the style. My magazine will be called Amplify; because of this title I will have a speaker or amplifier in the typography of the masthead. This will further represent what my magazine is about which is important. The title ‘Amplify’ links with the amplification of music at gigs and other ways of making sounds, and sound is the music. The masthead will also be the logo of the magazine so it will be used in a smaller size around contents and the double page spread of the magazine. The language of the magazine will apply to a youthful audience with use of slang and other words that would apply to a 15-25 year old who is into Indie rock. There will be sub-headings listing some major stories to what the magazine will include like most music magazines similar. The font used in the magazine will be the same, but all titles and sub-headings will be either bold or in a different font linking with the main masthead on the front cover. The main image will either be in MCU or in medium shot depending on how many people will be in the image, they will be holding instruments to show that it is a band. The front cover image either way will be clear and have a plain backdrop; this will cause attention to be aimed at the image of the band/ artist like most music magazines.

There will be a persistent house-style sticking to two or three colours so it doesn’t look too busy with excessive use of colours. The colours used will be bright especially in the masthead. This is important in the magazine being eye catching.

The contents page will be laid out similar to the front cover. There will be images spread across to page linking to the page numbers, this will be helpful and will convey more information about what parts of the magazine will contain. With my target audience being into the genre of music the magazine is about, my magazine will act as an advertisement for new and upcoming musicians with information of tours and gig dates. The double page spread will consist of the main story of the magazine; there will be images of the same band/musician that will be on the front cover of the magazine. Information will be in a different layout to the contents page, with it being a double spread. Information will be scattered around the pages to merge to a ‘one page’ idea rather than the double spread being two separate pages. The house style of the magazine will persist into the double spread.

Tuesday, 8 November 2011Music Magazine Brief


Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style).

LIIAR evaluation of my own products

LIIAR evaluation of my own products.

L- My product contains a large and standing out masthead, it is colourful and has a black background to make it stand out further. It is located to the top left of the page like many other magazines and fills most of the width of the A4 page. Next to the masthead there is the slogan. The slogans font does link with the front style of the title, but the issue with the slogan is that it is not clear to read. It could have easily been made more opaque. The issue and term of the magazine are listed adjacent to the masthead and is made clear by the white shadow effect behind the text. It is also the same colour of the Wyke college logo which is below the issue and term. There is information listed just slightly lower of the centre of the page not overlapping the MCU image. There is a white shade effect behind all text to ensure is clearly visible, the text is in the same font colour as the issue and term. The contents page contained a large and colourful masthead linking with the style of the masthead of the front cover. It is also in the same colour order as the front cover. It keeps to the same house style with colour and layout, not differing much but the shade of blue is slightly lighter on the contents draft in comparison with the front cover, I could have easily altered this. Despite some difference in colours the layout is similar to the front cover keeping to the fixed house style keeping it’s identity to what magazine the contents page belongs to.  There are strap-lines summing up what the span of pages will contain, this has a further description below in a sentence or two to make it clear what the pages will contain. The strap-lines/ descriptions are in the same font used on the front cover, and are in the same purple as the logo of the organization the magazine belongs to giving it clear identity. The word ‘‘Wyke’’ is in orange, this makes it stand out further expressing that the magazine is all about ‘’Wyke’’ college. All information and the listing of page numbers are in red, almost categorising what the different parts of text on the page are there for, such as strap-lines being in purple/orange and all contain the word ‘’Wyke’’. There are images laid out the bottom left and bottom right of the page, these images do not have captions or any information as to what they are about, I could have captioned these thumbnail images linking to a page number etc.



I- I wanted my magazine to be professional yet free to ensure people will pick it up and be interesting. I made sure I made it stand out with the use of colour, It must look interesting and e interesting for the Wyke student, although the magazine would only really apply to Wyke students I wanted to show a positive representation of the college for people who do not attend to have a good judgement wherever they would see this magazine.

I- I was inspired by the Grimsby institute magazine, I like the use of colour and that all colours do not clash, the layout was professional, I took influence when Designing my borders around the edge of the page. I have also placed a thumbnail image in the bottom right of the page, just like the Grimsby Institute magazine. Like the Grimsby Institute I have listed the college website, I believed this was an important feature that was compulsory of a college magazine. My college magazine is mainly used as an information source with notices for what is happening in the term.

A- The target audience for my magazine is for Wyke students Aged 16-19, could possibly be useful for parents of students but is targeted to appeal to the E and of the grouping system. The masthead is very appealing and vibrant, something the ‘’youth’’ would be fond of, there is not too much information listed that it becomes hard to look at as students are usually very busy and like to get down to the basics.

R- My intentions where to represent a positive representation of college life at Wyke, and for my magazine to be a source of information annually for what is happening and what is to come. I want my magazine to be seen as a place for information about further education in universities, will have many links and information about universities and students who once attended Wyke who now have careers or are attending university.

Questionaire table

I printed off a colour copy of my front page & contents page and wrote out a questionaire based on what criticism I recived off my drafts to see if I took it into account on produceing my final products. I then handed both colour copies and the questionaire to 6 students to get some feed back. I then put this basic table together.

I am surprised that nobody found any faults with the magazine. But when doing a LIIAR of my own products I will focous on the faults I notice and what could have been included.

My webpage draft/ mockup

The website for my 'VIP' magazine

The website for the magazine would be linked on the Wyke website rather than advertised due to the target audience being current Wyke students. It would not really apply to the outside world, However it would be strongly advertised in Wyke College. The layout of the page will have a similar style/ layout to the magazine with the electric blue border on the left hand side. The website would be linked with the current magazine style, basically an online version of the magazine with more information for Wyke students. It will work as a further explained part of the actual magazine. Depending on the term the contents will change, so if people don’t get the chance to get hold of a copy of the magazine there is always the online version which is basically the magazines website.

My contents page draft