2. HOW I WILL GO ABOUT
THINKING OF NAMES
When thinking of names for my music magazine I decided to go
down the route of thinking of names which have connotations
of my chosen genre. The music genre I have chosen is the Post
hardcore/Alternative music genre so which to me has
connotations of edgy and rebellious. When looking for names
for my music magazine I have used a thesaurus and I have also
looked through my iPod for songs which have that connotation.
3. NAMES I CAME UP WITH
• Anthem
• Beat
• Loud!
• Rhythm
• Ellipses
• Illusions
• Let Go
• Listen
• Live today
• Instrumental
• Monumental
• Obsession
• Paradox
• Untitled
• Enjoy!
4. CHOSEN NAME
For my chosen name I have chosen to pick ‘LOUD!’ I have chosen to do this
because I think it has a musical feel to it as people tend to assume alternative
music tends to be loud and noisy which is why I have chosen to do ‘Loud!’.
From my research into other brands of which Kerrang! stood out to me the
most. I believe it stood out to me the most because of the explanation mark
which I believe is why it stood out, out of all the titles I looked at. The
explanation mark makes me think that the word is being shouted at like it’s
something important which is what I want my magazine to feel like to the
readers, that it is something which they will want to shout about and tell
everyone.
5. COLOUR SCHEME
For my colour scheme I wanted a
colour which would appeal to my
audiences which is male and females
between the ages of 16-18 as from
my questionnaire that was the most
popular age. For my colours I have
chosen to do a teal and a white
together as I believe that these
colours are colours which appeal to
both male and females.
6. FONTS
When choosing my font for my magazine I
looked at both the fonts on Photoshop and the
fonts on a popular font website called Dafont. To
create my fonts on Dafont I print screened the
font and edited the colours and background using
Illustrator and Photoshop.
7. PHOTOSHOP
These are my chosen fonts I
found from Dafont. When
looking for my font I chose to
look at a vase amount of fonts
from fancy writing to block
writing. When looking at these
fonts the best one I think is
the second left one which has
an eroded/grunge look to it
which I think would fit into
my music genre because of
the edgy connotation that this
genre of music has.
8. PHOTOSHOP FONTS
These are my chosen fonts
I found from Photoshop.
The fonts I found on
Photoshop were a lot more
similar than the ones of
Dafont which had a lot
more to chose from and
were very different. These
fonts were more bold and
out there in comparison to
the ones of Dafont.
9. CHOSEN FONT
This is my chosen font for my magazine. For my font I have
chosen to pick one off of Dafont. I think this font shows the
grunge/edgy look which would fit for my magazine and the
music genre for my magazine. I like the fast speed look it has to it
as well as if the font has been captured quickly. I think the colour
works for the audience because it’s a colour which is for both
genders.
