Roop's Media A Level blog Y13

TASK 7: ANNOTATED FRONT COVER I have chosen Time as my annotated magazine cover. This is because they constantly have a diverse range of models, with meaningful and inspirational backstories. You can always learn from this current affairs magazine. I selected this issue as I strongly believe people of colour should feature in more magazines. This issue especially stood out to me as the model, Aisha, is an 18 year old woman who fled from abusive in-laws in Afghanistan, and had her nose and ears cut off as a result. Time magazine has given Aisha a platform, and with Twentyfour I wish to do the same.  What this has inspired me to include in my magazine  A range of diverse models  Issues that are not talked about enough to young adults, such as advice and signs of abuse  International issues Raw, unfiltered news A strong brand identity through text, fonts, logos and colours  Models who have a backstory and relate to specific articles, e.g. a POC model relating to a culture based article

TASK 6: COLLAGE I have chosen a series of entertainment and culture based magazine covers as inspiration for my current affairs magazine. I have done this because I would like to use this vintage, bold style cover for my magazine, as I know it is successful when appealing to an audience of teenagers and young adults. Moreover, a vintage style is an uncommon trope of current affairs magazines, showing people that twentyfour is a fresh, original idea. Many teenagers are not intrigued by traditional current affairs magazines and their covers. However, if they were to see a vintage style cover they would instantly be more drawn in. I have applied the same style to my website, ensuring to uphold brand identity. Additionally, I appreciate how these front covers are not cluttered like a lot of typical lifestyle and current affairs magazine covers, I believe minimalism is key. Below are multiple magazine covers which I have taken inspiration from.

Statement of intent  Product 1 – Magazine   I have chosen brief 3 of Magazines and Online. I am going to produce two magazine front covers and two contents pages to suit the target audience of a socially conscious 16–25, middle to upmarket demographic. I will make it suitable for retail distribution. I will use at least four different main images, using original photography. I will use multiple different models from a range of social groups, including ethnicities, genders and sexualities. I will name my magazine Twentyfour, it will be presented through the serif and sans-serif fonts ‘Playfair Display Bold’ and ‘Helvetica Bold’, paired with a white and black colour scheme. This will convey a formal yet aesthetically pleasing look to the magazine, which will appeal to my target audience. I will use a variety of cover lines using the same typography to uphold a consistent brand identity. An example of a coverline used will be ‘How to deal with the uncertainty of exams’, which will appeal

TASK 5: TREATMENT Dennis Publishing states they are dynamic, innovating and sources of inspiration, information and entertainment. 24 goes above and beyond to achieve and maintain these features in all of our work. 24 would be a great addition to Dennis Publishing as we are a very promising, up and coming magazine, targeted at socially conscious 16-25 year olds. Gal-dem is an independent British online and print magazine produced by women of colour and non-binary people of colour. They are committed to sharing the perspectives of minorities. As a woman of colour I am able to use this magazine to convey my progressive views and opinions, much like gal-dem. I have chosen Gal-dem as inspiration for 24 as they have categories such as culture, horoscopes, politics and lifestyle - topics which are of interest to other 16-25 year olds. Gal-dem finds balance between current affairs and lifestyle, which produces an intriguing, yet informative magazine. Rife Magazine is the second chosen inspira

TASK 4: MAGAZINE FRONT COVER ANALYSIS the range of photos used types of font settings used colours types of characters represented, including range of social groups (women, men, different ethnicities, ages, class...) masthead other page furniture such as logos, bar code, price how they showcase the cover model what sort of lifestyle they promote how they appeal to the audience  The Economist front cover analysis Private Eye front cover analysis 

TASK 4: MAGAZINE CONTENTS PAGE ANALYSIS the range of photos used types of font settings used colours types of characters represented style of language other page furniture such as logos, bar code, price how they showcase the cover model what sort of lifestyle they promote how they appeal to the audience  GQ Contents page analysis Clique Contents page analysis