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Decisions, Decisions, DECISIONS !

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      So I finally came to the realization that this magazine is something serious. Having the full control of the every single aspect of the magazine is something I never thought about how magazine companies come up with that. We’ve seen the movies, the interviews, but do we really understand the steps and measures they take? A class like this turkey help and since I leave red about shots, angles, movements, composition, mis-en-scene, amount other, I will be able to use these when creating my magazine. So using what the results of the survey were I will be doing: To begin, I will be working with a partner on this magazine.  Naming my magazine:        Euphorics (received 48.7% of the votes) which would be fully capitalized (76.9% vote in favor of)       I do like this name and sizing a lot so I’m sticking to this result until I chooser otherwise Demographics would be:      17 years old to 20 years old (69.2% majo...

Survey Results!

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    Here are the results of the survey! I do believe I will be following all of these results because I was indecisive about certain aspects. 

Survey

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        Hello! So since I’m creating a magazine for the public I want to get their opinion because it limits down how much  Here are the questions I asked: 

1. Research Magazine for My Genre !

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      Destination is the first magazine I want to dissect.  History     First edition was posted in 2008. The editor at the time was  Enas Hashani. Currently the editor is Maria Mahdaly. In 2010 after the quick success of the magazine, the parent company, Rumman, was ranked as Saudi Arabia’s fastest growing start up by the All world network. To expand its reach further, in 2013, they decided to create a special edition that caters to the city of Riyadh. In 2018, they have combined all the cities to create Destination KSA that caters to the countries under the banner Guide to Saudi Arabia.  Genre     Travel & Places/ Lifestyle Demographics     120,000 people tune into this magazine. It’s audience consists most of english speakers who are local, visitors, or tourists. The age group would be 20-45 years. Most of its readers are socially outgoing, and eager to participate in community leisure activities.  Production  ...

Design of a Magazine

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     The design of your magazine creates the image you want for it.  The steps you need to design your magazine are: 1. Nail your concept      Make sure you know your purpose, look at other magazines with the same genre, and how to add on.  2. Identify framework     Create your boundaries about how many editions you want to release over a certain period of time. 3. Plan the branding and tone voice     Define the personality of your magazine. Then after you do this, create motifs that matches the brand and tone you’re implementing.   4. Commission the editorial     Get editors to make sure everything about your magazine is typed correctly, placed correctly, tilted correctly, etc. they make sure everything matches the theme of your magazine. 5. Promote your publication     Get into contact with other companies and business that you scouted to support your magazine and allow them to be on their shelves. Se...

Content of a Magazine

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       Content is very important when it comes to a magazine. This is the thing that makes people want to continue reading your magazine. If your writing is great and on an amazing story, this keeps your reading engaged.         The 6 tips you need to make sure your content for your magazine is appealing would be by targeting your pitch carefully, becoming a specialist, do plenty of research, considering magazine audience, keeping track of personnel changes of the magazine, no and being flexible.  1. Targeting your Pitch Successfully      This is very important because your pitch has to have the same concept of the magazine. If your magazine is about cars, you’re not going to write an article about a dress.  2. Becoming a Specialist       Knowing what you’re talking about also will engage the audience. If you find a topic that you’re interested in and know a lot about, this increases the quality of your...

Anatomy/Layout Of a Page Design

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    To start off, as discussed before, house Styles is fairly similar to the anatomy of a page design. There are elements that companies uses are are fundamental to the creation of a magazine.       For a cover, things such as main image, mast head, main cover line, and subhead line are normally used. A main cover is  the image in the center of the front page, the picture is usually of a person who waste likely have an exclusive interview and a couple of pictures inside the magazine.  A mast head  refers to the flag, banner or the name of a magazine. A main cover line is  the main body of the text on the front cover. A subhead line is  a phrase or sentence that gives a bit more information about the article that follows.     For a table of contents, it’s pretty self designed. The only things needed are page numbers, name of articles in the magazine, branding, typography which is the style and appearance if a printed matter...