Price Of A Regional Fashion Magazine Question

I asked my Facebook group what maximum price they were willing to pay. I was quite surprised at some of the answers due to the magazine being regional. However I thought that some of the answers were really reasonably and I will take them into consideration when coming up with a price for my magazine.There is a variation in prices in all the answers. As a result of this I need to come up with a medium price which is the overall average of the answers.

When deciding the price I need to remember that the price needs to reflect the magazines value. As it is a regional magazine the prices isn't going to be huge, however as I want the magazine to appear like a well made fashion magazine, I would like to think that the magazine could pass for not been completely cheap and worth it.

To help come up with a price I will use this information to help however I will also look at other regional magazines. Despite not been fashion orientated.

Ancillary Task/Website- Deconstructions

To show my research and planning for my first ancillary task, I have decided to make a PowToon presentation. In this presentation I deconstruct three magazines.

After looking at the high end fashion magazines I then looked at the regional magazine ETC's
website.

When looking at this website you can definitely tell that the genre of the magazine isn't totally focused on fashion. Regardless the website is very informative which is overall the whole point of the website. 

There is a very simplistic feel to this website as there is only three colors used receptively, white, black and purple. The whole appearance of this website isn't the most appealing when you compare it to the other three. However as this is a regional magazine website, this is reflected in the appearance/content of the website. There are some aspects of this website which are also on the higher end website, for example the different categories. 

There is also a social networking aspect added onto this website. At the top right hand corner of the page there are the icons for the three social networking sites Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. By doing this the website it promoting itself in more ways than the magazine and website.

This particular screen shot of the website is the fashion tab, The images on this tab are all focused around fashion some way or another. Some of the images are very laid back and none edited, where as some of them are quite edited and look ore professional.

When looking at all the website I can really tell how a fashion website should look however, when comparing the regional and international websites you can clearly see the difference, this is something Ill have to think about when designing my website, however this isn't to say that my website can't be as extravagant as the international ones just because of the geographical difference.

Front Cover Flat Plan

This is what I have decided on for my front cover design, although when it comes to making the magazine the design may be slightly altered the finish product will be somewhat and extension of this original design.

I took inspiration from the Vogue front cover which was used in an earlier post, Front Cover Comparison Question. I also like the layout of this magazine as it isn't too busy and looks well put together and clean.

Furthermore I decided to only have a small section of the page dedicated to sell lines as I feel like these could be too overpowering on a fashion magazine as the main focus should actually be the model/fashion.

The main sell line I plan to have in a different color and font to the rest of the text to allow it to stand out to the reader, The main sell line will be short and simple, yet insightful. The sell line will obviously be related to the main image as this is what the convention of a magazine typically is.

The mast head will be strapped across the top of the page however I haven't yet decided weather it will be in front of behind the model, Unfortunately I won't be able to enclose this information until my photography is complete at a later date. Underneath the mast head there will be an issue number/date which will help clarify when the magazine is released so that the theme of the magazine will be suited to the season.

In the bottom right corner the barcode and price will be situated to the right of the sell line, I have decided to do this as I feel like this particular information is quite unimportant therefore the reader should typically read the bottom right corner last.

I am yet to decide what the theme will be as I haven't yet picked my model, location or color scheme.

Contents Page Flat Plan

In comparison to my AS media contents page I have decided to leave things more simple and less busy. The main reason being that the magazines are completely different genres therefore they have different conventions.

 Sticking with the simplistic theme I have really stripped down from last years contents page and made it nice and relaxed which is how I want my magazine to come across. There will be one main image which will create a background to the rest of my page. Similarly it will be set out almost the same as a front cover however I will have to make sure that the images are completely different but use the same model, By doing this I will show how diverse the model can be due to the amount of pictures she will be present in.

There will be one column of contents to allow the image to be visible, The page numbers will be along the left hand side. They will also be in another font/colour to allow them to stand out amongst all the other text in this column. The font of the contents will be easy to read and not too small as this will prevent the reader from becoming frustrated with trying to read fancy looking fonts. Within the contents there will be different topics and these will be separated by different coloured writing and/or small banners to separate them. 

The page title will be similarly positioned to the front cover, however it will be smaller and less extravagant to allow the page to be different from the front cover.

Double Page Spread Flat Plan

This design for the double spread was majorly inspired by the double page spread in my Double Page Spread Deconstructions- Part 1/3. Due to the overall look of this double page spread I feel like this is the direction I want to go. Based on the fonts and colors of the double page spread I will hopefully apply these to my magazine, making it not identical but quite similar.

The page title will be positioned over the two pages therefore it will take up more space making it more dominate. However the main image will be totally covering the full two pages, therefore it will need to have gaps in the background which will allow room for the text on the page also. I plan to have an outside background for the image make an atmosphere and so the reader gets a better understanding as to what the whole theme of this particular issue is. Although the genre is fashion there will also be elements of the particular season and location within.

The small piece of text won't be too long as I evidently want the main focus to be the image and page title/main sell line. The text will be minimal however it will be descriptive and relevant to the image on the page. I haven't yet decided if I want the large text to be a quote or just a particular part of English terminology for example alliteration or repetition.

The page number will be in the bottom of each page and in a similar color to the rest of the page text. By doing this it will allow the text to all look a part of that page. The page number will not be different from the rest of the text.

Time Management- Update 1

After I was given my deadlines I was quite worried about having my full blog completed, Due to the monumental amount of work I am really trying to get my blog ready for all of the photography and planning of my products.

At the moment I am behind schedule in terms of the completion of my blog however I do plan to work really hard this last week of september to ensure that I have a blog which me and my lecturer are happy with at this point throughout my A2 Media course.

In terms of the rest of my action plan once I am fully happy with my blog and its almost beyond completion I will definitely focus on getting everything done by the deadlines we were set.

Fashion Magazine Content Question

Yet again I posted a question onto my Facebook page, This time the question was about what the target audience would like to see inside the magazine, for example a lot of text or a lot of images. The majority answered that they would like to see both.

Some one expanded their answer and suggested that I should include "Lots of good images and key info/juicy gossip" 

This gave me a slight understanding of what different people wanted to see in a fashion magazine. I found it quite interesting that no-one out of my select target audience wanted a lot of text, however this isn't particularly part of the conventions of a fashion magazine as the main focus should in fact be the fashion/clothing. However as my target audience did suggest that include a bit of both this means that I need to find a happy medium and select just the right amount of text to accompany the main focus which will be the actual fashion aspect of the page.