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- 1. Choose 2 existing magazines that are similar in some way to the magazine you are planning, and produce a PowerPoint presentation on each of them, covering the following points: - Type/focus of magazine - Publishing Company - Editor’s name - Date of First Publication - Frequency of Publication - Price - Distribution – ie. How/where readers can get it - Detailed analysis of Front Cover - Detailed analysis of Contents Page - Detailed analysis of Double Page Spread - Explanation of aspects you intend to use/imitate in your magazine.
- 2. VIBE magazine This magazine costs $3.99. It is a magazine that features a couple of different genres. It covers R&B, hip-hop and popular music. I’d say the target audience for this magazine would be for both male and female and also aimed at teenagers.
- 3. VIBE facts • Publishing Company – ‘InterMedia Partners’ are the main publishers of Vibe Magazine. • Editors name – The Editor-In-Chief’s name is Jermaine Hall. • Date of First Publication – Vibe first launched in 1993. • Frequency of Publication – Once a month • Price - $3.99 (around £2.50) • Distribution – A magazine store in America and online.
- 4. Detailed analysis of Front Cover Vibe magazine has most of the typical magazine conventions. It is a quite neat and structured magazine with a simple and clean layout. The cover page has a different house style and colour scheme in each issue according to the contents of the magazine. There is a mast head (magazine title) at the top of the page which is sometimes overlapped by the main image on the cover. The main image is usually a medium long shot where the star/icon is in a direct mode of address. There are very few cover lines around the page which makes the cover so simple and not messy. There is a main cover line which is connected with the main image on the cover. The other cover lines around the page represent the content inside the magazine. The size and boldness of the masthead and the main cover line represents importance of the magazine contents. The biggest cover line will always represent the main image on the magazine and then smaller ones around the page to represent the magazine contents. There is always a colour scheme to each magazine cover therefore the colours will always match.
- 5. Detailed analysis of Contents Page The contents pages in Vibe magazine are once again clean and structured just like the cover pages. The word ‘contents’ is used at the top of the page to specify that it is a contents page. The typical Vibe magazine contents page has the same masthead at the top of the page. CO NTEN TS 2,3 It shows the date and issue number on these pages to go with the particular magazine. Each article has a bold title and then smaller writing underneath to give the reader an insight of each article. There are also visible page numbers for the reader to see which page each article is on. There is 1 column used on the page to separate the articles from the main image on the page. Subheadings are used to separate the magazine articles into ‘categories’.
- 6. Detailed analysis of Double Page Spread The images that are used on a double page spread usually relate to the main image on the front cover of the magazine. Vibe magazine use vibrant colours to make the images and text stand out of the page. The articles in these magazines are laid out in columns like a typical magazine article. They have used ‘pull quotes’ from the article and made them stand out to split the article up. It will also attract the readers attention and get them to read the article. They have also used extra pictures on the page in relation to the article. There is 1 main image, in a direct mode of address, surrounded by other smaller images. These pages both have a ‘stand’ at the beginning of the article to tell the reader more about the celebrities in the article if they didn’t know already.
- 7. Explanation of aspects you intend to use/imitate in your magazine For my front cover I will be using a main masthead which is slightly covered by the main image on the page. I will be adding in a few cover lines to give the reader an insight of the magazine but I will not use too many because I don’t want the cover page to look too busy. I will use a colour scheme which will match the ‘genre’ of my magazine and make the magazine stand out. The main cover line that I will use will relate to the main image on the page. For my contents page I will be using columns to divide my articles. I will also be using article headings, sub-headings and page numbers to order the articles. A picture which relates to the main article on the cover page will be used. For the double page spread, I will use another image which relates to the main image on the cover page. The article will be about the article featured on the cover page. I will use columns to separate the article. I will use smaller pictures around the pages which also relate to the article. I will use a stand for the readers if they don’t know about the person I am writing about.