Title Research

This is the survey I handed out to members of my class. This will help me choose the most effective and appealing title for my magazine. As evident above 'REFRAIN' was chosen the most so is obviously more liked from within the classroom; it best suits the 'indie scenester' target audience that I am looking for.

After completing my first survey with the few people that were in my class; I decided my evidence was not reliable; I then went out and surveyed 25, regular magazine-readers from the 'indie scenester' tribe and got them to choose the title they preferred the most. The evidence of this survey is above, as evident you can see that 'REFRAIN' still gained the highest 'like factor' from all of the 8 different titles available. As this is the case, the title I am going to use on my magazine is 'REFRAIN.'

Colouring Of My Magazine Research

While researching and investigating into existing music magazine covers I have noticed that they all use roughly the same colouring for the formatting of the magazine and also the fonts; Red, White and Black - Kerrang! Also likes to use yellow. These colours are especially evident in the 'indie scenester' type of magazine that I have been enquiring. To the left is an example of a Kerrang! magazine using all these colours together in a successful manner.

This is proving to me that when designing my front cover, I should use these colours; especially white. They seem to appeal best to the 'indie scenesters' tribe so it would be a wise move to include them on my magazine. Also, these colours are clean and can look formal. Obviously when taking my photos i'll have to avoid wearing clothing with these colours on so they do not overlap and then become hard to read.

These are various other different editions of magazines that clearly use the red, white and yellow colour schemes. This are all different brands of magazine too, 'Vibe' 'NME' 'Q' and also 'Kerrang!'; The colouring is very popular in the 'Indie Scenester' target audience. This colour scheme is very popular because it stands out to the reader; these ablaze but adept colours attract the reader but also provide a formal outlook as well. These colours also collaborate with the background images the majority of the time, they do not ensconce within the clothing colours etc. 





 

Font Research

Currently, the font that appeals best to my target audience is probably Accidental Presidency. It is neat, tidy and quite formal, even though I will be writing my double page spread informally to create a rapport with the reader, I want my font to look formal. Most of the fonts above would probably be sufficient but I believe that the Accidental Presidency has the most character. Also, I believe that using san serif makes the magazine look more professional and formal. A serif font can look tacky and take away the 'professional' look to my magazine. Accidental Presidency is a great san serif font to use because it is formal and easy to read.

Survey On what Font to use

Current Music Magazines Fonts

As shown above are very popular music magazines that are still being published. They all appear to be using red, white and yellow in their logos, except the Billboard logo which uses a blue inside the 'A' this all though is its unique selling point (UPS). Each of them are using either red, white and yellow, either all three, two or just using one of them colours on there own. These are all very successful magazines so it would be worth while using these colours in the logo of my music magazine.