Creativity

I have created a prezi slideshow to represent the different housestyles that appear on different genre magazines to determine what layout I would prefer on my own music magazine. Each magazine that has a certain genre has a housestyle that they know will appeal to their target audience and this has given me an better understanding of how to style my own. I think I will use a style similar to 'Rolling Stone' because the genre I have chosen is a combination of Indie and Rock and that is similar to what 'Rolling Stone' provide. By having the artist at the centre of the cover, it will appeal to more consumers who don't necessarily buy the magazine usually.




On most of the front covers, the images are a mid shot, which is the first part of the magazine the reader looks at when they pick it up from the news stand.
The camerawork that the photographer uses is to try and attract the target audience and make the magazine look expensive because of the clear and high quality images it presents within it.
The fonts used within a magazine represents the type of audience that they want to read it. Sans Serif tends to be used when addressing a teenage audience because it is similar to their own handwriting and therefore a younger generation can relate more to the magazine. Another common font is Serif and this is used more when a magazine wants to draw in an older audience as the font tends to appear more old fashioned and formal.
Sell Lines are used on the cover to help sell the magazine. Above the title on "Q" magazine it says 'UK's biggest music magazine' and this definitely helps to increase sales because people who don't usually buy music magazines might prefer to buy "Q" rather than another one because they trust that this particular one must be the best.