Fonts for media

Colour Scheme Ideas

-Red, White, Black- This is a very common colour used for music magazines as magazies like NME and Q. I feel this is a very good colour to choose and could be a possible choice for my final design.

-Blue, Red, White- This is also a common colour used for magazine covers house scheme and i like this because these colours are the colours of great britain. This could be a possible choice for my final colour scheme.

-Green, Black, White- I like this colour scheme because the colours used are very simple yet effective and i feel this will look good if i was to use this.

-Yellow, Black, White- This is another common colour scheme used for music magazines, i like this house colour scheme and this would be a good choice to use for the final colour.

-Blue, Black, White- This is my favourite colour scheme and this is also a very commonly used colour scheme and this could be a possible final colour scheme.

Font Ideas

below i have a few font ideas i have chosen from microsoft word which i can use for my magazine final ideas.

Apple Chancery- i like this font because it looks very old but very stylish.

Arial- This is a very simple font but i think this is a easy font which will be able to read as i feel this looks very clear/

Helvetica- This is very similar to Arial and i feel this is the same where as it looks very simple but effective by it being easier to read.

Stone Sans ICT TT-Semi- For this font this is similar to times new roman font but i feel this looks good, with it being very simple but very effective and professional looking if i was to choose it.

Ayuthaya- This is a very nice font as it looks rounded. But the problem for this font is that it is to spaced out. 

Chalkboard-This is also another font I like as this looks rounded edges and I like the style used her. This could be a possible decision for my final idea.

Audience Demographics

For audience demographics this is the beginning for most magazines as this is one of the most important factors to start with. This is the audience.  Its important for the audience to find out about them. You want to find out information like: how old they are, what music they like, what they want in the magazine, where they live, what gender they are, this is like information that is relevant for me finding out what people want in the magazine. The failure or success on the magazine would depend on how well i find out what information from the audience. To find out this information of the audience i will be doing questionnaires or polls on my blogs to get the audience to answer them. I will be posting links of my blog for people to answer my questionnaires on social networking sites such as facebook or twitter.    

Target Audience

This is Leon he is 19 years old and lives in North London. He is currently studying Law at London Metropolitan University. He dresses in a modern indie style fashion as he likes to wear skinny jeans and cheque shirts. He enjoys to wear brands such as Hollister, Abercrombie and fitch, and superdry. Also he likes to wear leather jackets as this is a favourite of his On the weekend he likes to socialize with old school friends from Hertfordshire by going to parties and clubs. In his spare time he loves to play the guitar He rarely watches Tv but when he does he watches programs like skins and shameless. Also he sometimes switches to the music channels on Tv to watch channels like viva,kerrang and NME Tv. His favourite bands and artists for music are such as Jamie T, the Prodigy, The Frateli's, Linkin Park, and King of Leon. This is because he enjoys listening to light rock, indie music, he also enjoys listening to club music like house music as well.He and some old school friends who he likes to meet up are setting up there own band.I have chosen Leon as my target audience because this is the type of reader i want to read my magazine. I feel that this is the main stereotype for too read the magazine.

Uses and Gratifications Theory

Uses and Gratifications Theory is a way to show an approach to communication. This theory places more focus on the consumer or audience. It assumes members of the audience are not reactive but take an active role in interpreting and integrating media into their own lives. The theory also holds audiences responsible for choosing media to meet its needs. The approach suggests that people use the media to fulfill specific gratifications. This theory would then imply that the media compete against other information sources for the viewer’s gratification. This theory would help me to make my magazine and design it. This is because the theory is for the audience to choose what they want in the magazine. For example what font they want, what title they want, the colour scheme used throughout the whole magazine. Also things like the layout this would all be helped by the audience deciding what they want. I have done a questionnaire to see what the audience want for my magazine. I will be using the audiences idea for my magazine as i feel this is the best way to get the audiences attention.