Contents page fonts

These are the fonts which I have narrowed down for the contents page title, different article text and page numbers.

                         

Photoshop research

To be able to create the "Simpsons Movie" poster I first had to have a play around with photoshop to familiarise myself with the different editing tools. I then made notes on how to use each tools on how to use then, in the future I can refer back to these notes incase of any problems.

Front cover Fonts

 From choosing the possible fonts I want to use I then put the masthead name "pitch" in the different fonts to so that I could choose the best one. I want a font that is bold and stands out and catches the readers attention. The font that I have decided to go with is 'muro' I chose this because it is bold and looks sophisticated. 

Learning from last years student work

A task in class was to look at five magazines from last years students. I looked at each magazine thoroughly and bullet pointed the strengths and weaknesses of all the magazines, after that I graded each magazine.

From looking at last years student work I have learnt what looks good and what looks and bad on a magazine. I have learnt that the magazine needs to have a consistent colour scheme on the front cover, contents page and and double page spread. I have also learnt that the images I use need to be of a good quality as this will ensure a good grade. I have learnt that the font I use will have to be bold and eye catching.

This has helped me to make sure my magazine will look the best I can make it so that I can get the best grade possible. 

Initial courswork proposal table

I have thought of different ideas that I would like to be carried out through my magazine.

feed back for initial layout design for double page spread

I got given feed back off my teacher on the initial layout design of my double page spread article. My teacher advised me to include a drop caps at the start of the text to encourage the reader to begin to read the article. My teacher also advised me to split my article text into three columns and make the text larger so that it is easier for the audience to read it and it will illiminate the dead space. My teacher also said that I could include a pull quote to keep the reader reading on with the rest of the article.

Colour scheme

I have chose to do a colour scheme which is from these colour palettes. Th main colour I have chosen is read and this will follow throughout my magazine. Red is a gender mutual colour which is why I have chosen it, it also looks sophisticated and modern. The colours contrast well together. 

I would use the bright red for the masthead as it stands out and is eye-catching, then I will use the blacks and greys for the sell lines so that they don't take all the attention off the masthead but still stand out. Overall I think that this colour palette i have chose is very effective as it reflects the alternative music. To ensure this scheme follows throughout the magazine I have got my model to wear red nail varnish and wear some red clothing so that the magazine flows and relates with the colour scheme. The contrasting red really stands out against the other colours and this will make the front cover very eye-catching encouraging readers to buy the magazine.

Font Research

I have done some research into font that i could use for my masthead, sell lines and articles. This research has helped me choose the best possible font that will look good in my magazine.

Masthead 

 I like this font because it is bold and will be striking to the reader. The font makes the letters look very tall. This font reminds me of something that would be on a rock magazine. The negative point to this font is that because the name of the magazine is "pitch" it might not look effective with such a small word.

This font is very simple but it is also eye-catching because it is bold and tall, a negative point to this font is that it looks very narrow so it may not be as eye-catching as other possible fonts.

This font is very appealing to look at because all the letters are the same size with the same spacing. This font looks very modern which is something I am trying to achieve for my magazine. The negative point to this is that it isn't that bold so the readers wont be that attracted to it.

 This font is quite narrow but also bold which is appealing to look out. This is a simple font which word work really well for the masthead. A bad point to this is that it could look quite immature and I want it so look sophisticated.

I really like this font because it is very bold and eye-catching and will attract the reader to the magazine. It will also work really well with the short name of the font "Pitch".

I really like this font because it looks really sophisticated and mature, it is bold and quite wide which makes it stand out against everything else on the page. A negative point to this font is that it isn't the boldest.

Sell Lines



                                       

This font is very simple and plain although it has quite an unusual round shape, this would be good for the sell line as it wont take all the attention of the masthead however this could be a negative point as it isn't very bold or eye-catching so is harder to read therefore people wont want to read the magazine.
 

This font is very is bold and stands out, but it might not be best for the sell lines because it could take the attention off masthead.

I like this because it isn't very bold and wont take attention off the masthead however it will still stand out to the reader because it it is tall. Because it is so narrow I think it would bring a sophisticated mature look to the magazine.

This font is very bold and eye-catching, because it is squared lettering it will bring a modern look to the magazine. This font is very similar to some that I have researched for the masthead so it may work better for that.

This font is very similar to "champagne & limousines" in the way that it has a very rounded shape. This font is very plain and simple, the spacing between the lettering makes it look quite sophisticated which is something I want to bring across in my magazine. This font would be good however it may look better as the lettering for the main article copy font.
                   

Main article Copy 

This font would be very good for the lettering of the article because it is very rounded and appealing to the eye which is benefitial for the reader because they will be reading the full article it also isnt very bold so it will be easier for the reader to read it.

This font has a unique shape to it and I think it would look good as being the article title as it will work well will the article image. It stands out and is bold.

 

I like how this font is very narrow aswell as being bold, this will look good as being the article title because it will stand out from the rest of the text.

 

This font is very bold and this is good to an extent but it think I would rather a font that is less bold, so I think this font would be better suited for the masthead as it will help the magazine stand out from the rest.

 

This font looks very sophisticated as it is very tall lettering aswell as bold, this font is something I would use as the article title I could also use this as the masthead because it is very appealing to the eye and it looks classy and stylish.