Brainstorming House Styles

Taking note of different well-known music magazines has led me into my brainstorming process. For my magazine, I want my masthead to be in all lowercase letters. During my research, I noticed Billboard magazine does this and I like the aesthetic that it creates. I am considering using a calligraphy font with a bright color to be memorable. There have also been some pastel colors which have drawn my attention, so this is something I will have to further consider.

I want my magazine cover to be simple and direct most of the attention towards the cover photo. Also, I want my conventions to be color coordinated with my cover photo and the title. I think that using complementary colors will make my cover visually appealing and make it memorable.

Of course, above are just ideas that I have this far. I plan on doing further research and different drafts to determine what my magazine's house style will look like.

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Evaluation Question 1: How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?

Below is the link to my YouTube video: https://youtu.be/dDTCcIevXUc Transcript Hello. My name is Kelly Lopez, and I will be answering compulsory question 1. The question is "How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?" Throughout my magazine I incorporated images such as the cover image on the cover page. I had mastheads, a barcode, subheadings, a tagline, an issue number, a date, columns, editor information, and even color schemes. I maintained the color scheme throughout the cover page, the contents page, and the double page spread. I kept my fonts the same for my cover page as opposed to using alternating ones throughout. I felt that this helped make my cover more aesthetically pleasing and more simplistic. I tried to ensure that any images featured were always the center of the attention in the design. In one way or another everything else on the page ensured that the readers stayed captivated and that they focu...

Genres

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Preliminary Task: Editing Contents Photo

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