Synopsis Of Own Ideas

When I first chose the magazine brief I didn't really understand how much that the audience research helps you find the perfect style and genre for your magazine. My initial ideas were mainly based on what I would like to see from a regional magazine, however now that I have conducted many target audience surveys and found out my niche target age I have discovered that between my age range both ends would like to see very different things. From this I had to experiment with different ideas and get feedback from different types of people which included a survey monkey that asked questions that both my niche and mass audience could give me feedback so that I could find the perfect level between sophisticated but not too boring for my magazine.

Shot Types & Lighting

Front Cover

The front cover of a regional magazine is typically of a rural landscape which would be an extreme or long shot of the cliffs and beaches. However depending on the region of the magazine scenes and covers may vary due to the locations. This image would fill the page and set a layout for the text.

For my cover I will be taking a series of beach/surfing images as this is the genre
that most relates to Cornwall which is the region I will be focusing on whils creating my own magzine.

Some regional magazines subvert this style of image and they use a close up or mid shot of someone who will be the main story within the magzine, for example "Kernow King" featured on the cover of "Cornwall Today" to advertise his upcoming show.

Contents Page

This page is made up of a mixture of images and text, therefore the images within this page are normally made quite small to fit in the important text and stories. The images are mostly of eye catching colourful scenes which relate to the story that they are accompanying.As a result the images featured on a contents page are mostly close ups of things relating to the style and theme of the region.

As my magazine kind of subverts the typical regional magazine as I will be more focused on the art and media within Cornwall. So when making my contents page I may also subvert the common conventions and use one single long shot of a surfer and make it look creating like the style of my magazine.

Double Page Spread

It is well known that a double page spread is made up of one image and then the rest is text. This will be the same for my magazine as I don't want to subvert and change the regional magazine style too much and it needs to be appealing for both ends of my target audience. Therefore I will have one long shot or mid shot on the image side of my spread, this image will relate to the theme throughout my magazine and work with the images already displayed in the other pages.

Lighting

For all of the images used in the magazine I will only use natural lighting as my photoshoots will be outside and at the beach. However if some of my images don't work I will use the studio lighting to get a mid shot image of the person I will feature for my double page spread.

Target Audience Profile

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Genre Conventions: DPS

Genre Conventions: Contents Page

Target Audience Response

Genre Conventions: Cover

Target Audience Research

The main target audience for a regional magazine would typically be of an older person, however my magazine will be targeting a slightly younger audience because I will be re vamping the style and layout to interest a younger variety of readers. Within this task I will be researching the main colours used on a magazine made for younger readers but still keeping it so that older people want to read my magazine as well.


I will use primary and secondary research in order to find out how to attract my readers, and example would be to create a survey monkey and collect responses directly from both age groups. I will then find a medium between the expectations of the older and younger generation.


I will get my secondary research from online studies about similar types of magazines and what audience profiles they mostly have. Mainly I will be trying to appeal to both genders between the ages of 15-35. Although this is a wide range I feel like is I restrict myself to a small audience I can't experiment with different colours, typography and styles and older and younger audiences have restricted conventions.

Second DPS Analysis

This double page spread follows many conventions of a typical magazine company for example, the image covers both pages but the main part of the image has its own side, the test is then alternatively put onto the opposite page so that it doesn't all get too busy or mixed up. I really like this dos because the image compliments the text and sets a clear colour palette of blue, white and black.

When creating my own double page spread, I will also follow these conventions and when putting my text onto the page I will also put a box behind so that it is 100% readable.

Second Cover Analysis

I like this magazine cover because although it is simplistic it still has a structure which compliments the main image of surfer hidden in the wave. I think that the image is vital to a good cover as it is the starter of any magazine and it decides the layout through the colour and structure of the image.

The only thing I would change about this magazine is add a few cover lines on either side of the page to tell the reader what sort of contents will be inside. They would probably be black so that it matches the colour of the masthead. The cover lines would be fairly small in comparison to the masthead as that has to be the biggest part of the page other than the image.