Monday, 8 December 2014

DJ name generator-The search for a name

When designing my drafts for the three parts of my music magazine I began to research names to use for my cover line and other article titles. I went onto a DJ generator on http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/toys/namegen/3675/#.VIVszv1B2Ix however some of the names generated were either too inappropriate or just unhelpful. Another odd thing was that overall, most of the inappropriate names were of male DJs, I may have to consider looking for a female DJ because the names generated for female DJs weren't all too bad and quite appropriate. At the end of this research I don't think that I'll be using any of the suggested names that this website has given me as I feel it'd be a better use of my time to be slightly more imaginative and make-up my own names for my stories and interviews.




Sunday, 7 December 2014

Picture Grid-The pictures I hope to use

These are all of the pictures that I took to be submitted into my magazine. Most of these pictures were taken in Hertfordshire and Barnet as they're the best places to exploit your friends when they're dressed for a photoshoot. The last picture on the far left was the only action shot that I managed to acquire; it was taken as a band performed at my school which was also a brilliant opportunity to exploit there being a famous band and they were more than happy for me to use them in my media coursework.

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Working Title

Low and behold here I have created the first draft of my title and slogan thanks to dafont.com and Microsoft word. I came to this title through the feedback I received with my surveys as well as my own way of mixing around feedback. Now to take it to photoshop to add colour, texture etc.

The results are in!

This is question 2 of my survey. From these current results I've seen that both Remix and Our House are favourites as well as Hive, however I've chosen to agree with Our House and also incorporate Hive into a slogan because as a singular title it can be misinterpreted and with this I am technically agreeing with my feedback and also tweaking it to benefit audience and myself when designing.  The idea behind using 'OUR' in 'OUR HOUSE' I chose to represent what we have to offer but also to represent people as a whole or as a community of one people because we as people are all the same in most respects and we all have the capabilities to produce some amazing music. The 'HOUSE' in 'OUR HOUSE' not only represents the genre as a whole but also represents a sense of togetherness as if the world is one big place that creates a sense of being together as a family.

Tuesday, 2 December 2014

Possible Fonts

This table shows the different fonts to be used with one of my three (to be decided) magazine titles. I'm going to agree with the people I asked in a five minute time-period and use the font that got the most hits. Comments included ideas that some of the four fonts here were unreadable or just not right for a magazine title. The one i've chosen called "CLUBLAND" was said to look like the night life when in colour and remind them of inviting signs to clubs in places like Spain where most of the music to be included in my magazine will be/are played usually. This font research however is only a small insight into what my target audience enjoy, when it comes down to choosing my title, "CLUBLAND" may not be the most ideal as some letters look better in different fonts than others.
I've created a survey to get your views and ideas on how my music magazine will look and also give me a unique insight into what the people will want to see. This survey includes significant questions to me because they will cater to the creation of all parts of my: front cover, double-paged spread and contents page.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2HZCNP3

I've added this picture ensure you that this survey is genuine to my research.