Consolidating my Research

Front Cover:

From the first research I did, I liked the fact that the font used in the masthead reflects the genre the magazine is trying to represent, and I am going to try and incorporate this into my front cover. I also liked the fact that the subject is portrayed in a very studious manner, again portraying the genre the magazine is trying to represent, and I am going to try an incorporate this with my front cover. Also,I liked the fact that the cover has a lot of white space, which conveys a more classy look, which could be something I use on my front cover. However, I didn't like the fact that there are no instruments on the front cover, which is something I need to take into consideration when I design my front cover.

From my second research, I liked the fact that the masthead is very simplistic and doesn't take up much room on the cover, leaving more space for the image and cover stories. I also liked the fact that the subject of the image is moving, rather than standing still like in my last analysis, and this is something I could include on my front cover. However, I didn't like the use of blue coloured font on the cover as I feel this breaks the brand identity, so this is something I could avoid on my front cover.

From the third research I liked the fact that the masthead uses sans serif font as it fits well with the genre. I also liked the fact that the subject of the image has been given a prop that represents their genre of music, which is something I could try to use on my cover. However, I didn't like the use of text boxes on the front cover that cover up the image, which is something I will try to avoid.

From my genre specific research I liked the way the subject's costume contradicted the colour of the masthead, which is something I could look to include. I also feel the breaking of convention by placing the masthead of the subject works well in this instance, so I could consider this. I liked the use of Dyer's theory of representation in the cover image, so I will look to comply with his theory for my magazine. However, I didn't like the background colour of the image, so this is something to avoid for my magazine.

Contents Page:


From my first contents analysis I liked the fact that the contents page is very visual, with lots of images and articles featured on there, which is something I could look to include on my contents. I also liked the fact that the contents page took up two pages, enabling more articles to be put on there, which is something I could look at doing too. However, I didn't like the use of lots of different colours for the puffs with the page numbers, and this is something I will try to avoid on my contents.



From my second analysis I liked the fact that the contents contains details on how to subscribe, and this is something I could use in my contents. I liked the fact that the contents contains publisher details, which is something that would appeal to older readers, and I could consider this for my contents. Also, I liked the serif font used for the main heading of 'in this issue', and could consider using this font for my contents. However, I didn't like the lack of text wraaping, which is something I would have expected to see in a contents page. 








From my third analysis I liked how the subject had minimal make up, implying the focus should be on her work and not her, and this is something I could look to include in my magazine. I liked how the contents is plit into two columns, regular and special features, and text wrapped around the subject, and this is something I could look to include in my contents. However, I didn't like the use of a banner across the bottom, so perhaps I could avoid this in my magazine.

DPS:

From the first DPS analysis I liked the way the pull quote is text wrapped into the article, and this is something I would look to use in my article. I liked the way the title of the article references things that will be mentioned in the article, and this is something I would to use in my DPS. However, I didn't like the extravagance of the font used in the title, so I would use a less extravagant font for my article.

From my second analysis I liked the fact that the images broke convention by having the captions on them, and this is something I could look to use in my magazine. I liked the fact that the image creates synergy by ensuring main brown colour is featured throughout the image and is reflected in background objects, which is something I could look to use in my images. However, I didn't like the small portrait image used as it seems as though it was an afterthought, placed there after the article was complete and forcing text wrapping, therefore this is something I will look to avoid in my magazine.


From my third analysis, I liked the fact that Hall's theory of language and audience was used in the image, and I could look at incorporating this somewhere in my magazine. Also, I like the style of text used for the headline, and could look at using a similar font in my magazine. I didn't like the lack of dropped capitals in this article, and would therefore avoid this and follow convention.