Interactivity

Interactivity is very important for my magazine as it will increase the likeability factor, in the research i have done. The magazines with more forms of interactivity on average have more readers and 'subscribers' i will use twitter and facebook as a mode of interactivity for my fans. this will allow fans to tweet, message and tag my magazines account in pictures and also videos.

Contents page from my school magazine that i uploaded for my first post in september 2013

Logo

I have changed the primary colour from a draker green to a slightly lighter grey. I have done this because in my reader profile my aim was to make the background of the logo stand out and be noticed as oppose to my magazine cover where i would prefer my logo to be a much less noticed colour. Magazines such as kerrang and Empire also modify their titles depending on their weekly edition of the magazine. i have applied this tactic to my title by using the colour pick tool to take the colour from my front cover models clothing to use on my logo.

What am i doing?

Currently i am in the process of creating my front cover for my magazine, i have added in my logo, background image and a few other images in. Along with some more writing all i need to do i sharpen up my general layout e.g re organise my page to increase the likeablity and readability factor. Of course i am listening to my trusty headphones aswell to gain some inspiration.

Problem?

quite a few of my pictures i have taken in the past week were deemed un usable once i returned to the computer, see many of the pictures has the sun pointing in the wrong direction. as you can see the faces are not recognised by the camera due to the sunlight and the picture is well.... lets just call it not useable.

Uses and gratifications

I have looked at magazines such as Q and NME in the past week, Blulmer and Katz suggested people use the media to satisfy their needs. This is called the four needs theory. It has four main parts... 1.Escape and diversion from everyday life. 2.Surveilance and information 3.Personal relationships 4.Personal identity All 4 of these uses and gratifications are shown inside Q and NME, these 4 main parts can be portrayed in many different ways such as interviews and reviews, i will be looking at many different ways of portraying these 4 main parts to use in my magazine.

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