Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Ideas for Magazine Mastheads





Flash- I felt that this masthead was good however it reminded me too much of photographs because flash is associated with cameras, etc. Therefore I thought that the audience would not automatically realise that this is a film magazine and it would not be effective so I chose not to use this masthead.
Motion- This masthead is very creative as motion can mean many different things but can be associated with films, such as motion picture. However I felt that the audience that I am trying to attract wouldn't really call films 'motion pictures' as that is what a much older audience would recognise films as therefore I felt that this masthead was not appropriate.
Edit- Edit is a word that is usually associated with films, music, photographs, etc. Things that need to be edited are usually not as good at first but are improved with the edit, therefore I thought that this masthead would not suit my magazine because I want my target audience to feel that my magazine does not need much editing to be good.
Moving image- I thought that this masthead was much too simple and obvious, therefore it was not exciting enough for the audience to think that the magazine is worth buying so I chose not to use this masthead.
Cinematic- This was my second favourite masthead idea but I chose not to use it because I felt that this was too obvious and a very common name for things to do with films and I wanted my maagzine to stand out therefre I did not choose this masthead.
Uncut- I did not like this masthead very much as I thought that uncut could be associated with a more adult theme of maagzine and therefore my target audience may get confused with it being a film magazine therefore I felt that this would not work very well.


Video- I felt that this masthead would not work because with new technology and new ways of viewing films these days video seems too outdated, although it would be a classic name it is not contemparary enough for the style of magazine I wnat to achieve.

Take One- This magazine title was a creative one because I thought of the types of things associated with films and the amount of takes the film crew have to shoot came to mind. As I found out we had to do many takes to get the right one therefore I thought the magazine name 'Take One' would stand out and have connotations of it being good in the first try therefore not having to do more than one take. However I thought that this name was not catchy enough and it would take the audience some time to realise the play on words therefore it was a bit too complicated.


Premiere- I have chosen to use this magazine title for my magazine because I think that it is sophisticated and creative therefore will appeal to my audience of film fans who are usually sophisticated people, this name will also make the audience feel like they are going to get something special out of reading it as only privileged people get to attend premieres therefore the audience will feel special with a name like this. I also think that it is very catchy and the audience will automatically know that this is a film magazine

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