Magazine Primary Research

As well as collecting secondary research I have also done primary research by looking at different magazines in stores. Even though I can see the different styles used from my secondary research this has allowed me to look at the magazine in more detail.

Magazine Secondary Research - Pinterest

I used Pinterest to collect a variety of different magazine (mainly music magazine) so that I could analyse the use of different styles used. Some of the magazine covers I have collected contain hand written text which I want to include when making my own magazine. Therefore I will use this to help support me when producing my own magazine.

Magazine name

Drum Magazine

I have decided to copy this magazine in order to gain a better understanding of magazine layouts. This shows that I have started to find a font for the title.

This shows that I have started to add text to the magazine

This shows more progress from the previous post.

Business Card - John Panelreader

This shows that I have redesigned the original business card by using different fonts and a different layout.

Mixmag double page analysis

Contrast -

1. Black & white                                          6. Font
2. Pink & white                                            7. Big & small text
3. Underlined & not underlined text          8. Typography
4. Bold & regular text                                  9. Tone
5. Red & white

Repetition - 

1. Colour pink                                 6. Bold text

2. Text underlined                          7. Font

3. White text                                   8. Hats

4. Colour white                               9. Stripes

5. Colour black                               10. Black text

Alignment -

1.Text                                                         5. Text & shoulders
2.Text & eyebrow                                      6. Text
3.Text & nose                                             7. Text
4.Text & chin                                              8. Text & eye

Proximity - 

1. Title                                                                      10. "You've worked..."                 
2. Introduction                                                           11. "Who else is..."   
3. "You worked with..."                                             12. "Dusky used to..."  
4. " Are you a fan of hip hop?"                                   13. "In the last..."
5. "Do you think people...."                                       14. "You also...."
6. "Will.i.am famously used..."                                  15. "Do you think that..."
7. "The sound on your new..."                                   16. "Do you have ambitions..."
8. "You're just about to..."                                         17. "Where else..."
9. "You're are also about to..."                                   18. "I've have thought..."
                                                                                     *19. Song information
*has box but not number       

Mixmag magazine analysis

Contrast -
1. White & grey
2. Pink & white
3. Black & white
4. Bold & regular text

5. Big & small text

6. Purple & black

7. Pink & grey

Proximity -

1. Text                                                    7. *mistake
2. Thumb & text                                      8. Text
3. Eyebrow & text                                    9. Arm & text
4. Finger & text                                        10. Text      

5. Eye & text                                            11. Text
6. Eyebrow & text                                    12. Box & text      

Repetition -

1. Pink text
2. Text
3. Bold text & white text
4. Colour black

5. Colour white

Proximity -

1. Title & information                                          6. "Leaf Festival..."
2. "DJ Etiquette..."                                              7. "The Second..."
3. "How Disco..."                                                  8. Photographer
4. "You wanna talk about the music?..."            9. Cd information

5. "The Best Underground..."                              10. "Gesaffelstein..."

                                                            11. "Magazine information

Kerrang double page analysis

Contrast -

1. Red & black
2. White & black
3. Big & small images
4. Big & small text
5. Bold & regular text

6. Purple & white
7. Grey & blue

Alignment -

1. Text & image                     6. Mobile & text
2. Eye & text                          7. Wrist & text
3. Rectangle/box & text          8. Text
4. Flag & text                         9. Text & image
5. Finger & text                      10.Text

Repetition -

1. White text                                         6. Small images
2. Red text                                            7. Bold text
3. Colour black                                     8. Text
4. Colour purple                                    9. Stars
5. Colour blue                                        10. Flag

Proximity -

1. Ninth attempt, You Me At Six world's biggest U.S. tour
2. "Congratulations on your first ever headline..."
3. "Heading out to the U.S. eight times before..."

4. "What have been your personal highlights..."
5. "How is the mood in camp YMAS, then?"
6. "How are you feeling about going out..."

Kerrang Magazine Analysis

Contrast -

1. Small & big text
2. Blue & white
3. Red & white
4. Small image & large image
5. Black & skin tone
6. Slanted box & Non slanted box
7. Yellow & white

Alignment - 

1. Head & text                                         6. Eyebrow & title

2. Ear & text                                            7. Sticker & text

3. Mouth & text (A)                                  8. Mouth & text

4. Jaw & text (inner R)                            9. Eye & text

5. Eye & text                                           10. Text and bar-code & information 

Repetition -

1. Colour yellow                                 7. Black text

2. Typography                                    8. Sunglasses

3. Colour white                                  9. Hats

4. Colour Red                                     10. Font 

5. Font                                               11. Person in left corner (top & bottom)

6. White text                                      12. Colour Black

                                                          13. Colour Blue

Proximity -

1. A Day To Remember album
2. My Chemical Romance
3. Metallica
4. Gerard goes solo
5. Deaf Havana
6. Issue information