Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Sports Illustrated is an American sports media franchise owned by Time Inc. Its self-titled magazine has over 3 million subscribers and is read by 23 million people each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the National Magazine Award for General Excellence twice. Its swimsuit issue, which has been published since 1964, is now an annual publishing event that generates its own television shows, videos and calendars.


Time Inc. is an American New York-based publishing company. It publishes over 90 magazines, most notably its namesake, Time. Other magazines include Sports IllustratedTravel + LeisureFood & WineFortunePeopleInStyleLifeGolf MagazineSouthern LivingEssenceThis Old HouseAll YouReal Simple, and Entertainment Weekly. It also owns the UK magazine house Time Inc. UK, whose major titles include What's On TVNMECountry LifeMarie ClaireWallpaper* and InStyle. Time Inc also operates the digital-only titles MyRecipesTheSnug, and MIMI.
The age group they target would be all around because people of all age enjoy sports and they would want to be updated on their favorite team. This  would be a target for mostly male audiences since it also has a swimsuit edition where half naked girls in bikini are featured. People who read this magazine would obviously be into sports. A description of a person who reads these type of magazine would often wear jerseys of the sport that they like, also a hat of the team. Gather up with friends on the weekend to watch a game and probably is pretty competitive.

Monday, September 28, 2015

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The Rolling Stone magazine is a magazine that primary focuses on pop culture. It was founded by Jann Wenner in San Francisco in 1967. Jann Wenner by the way, is still the publisher. The magazine was first known for musical coverage. But in the 1990s, the magazine shifted its focus on to a younger readership interested in younger films, music, etc. In recent years, the magazine has resumed its traditional mix of content.

Jann Wenner named his magazine after a Bob Dylan song. He then later stated in the first issue that the tile of magazine referred to the 1950 blues song, "Rollin' Stone". Rolling Stone initially identified with and reported the 'hippie counter culture of the era'. Jann Wenner wrote that Rolling Stone is not about the music but about the things and attitudes that music embraces.

1980s. The magazine began to shift towards being a general "entertainment" magazine. Music still a dominant topic, but there was increasing coverage of celebrities in TV, films and pop culture of the day.

Some artists have been on the cover many times, some of the pictures become incredibly iconic. The Beatles is a good example. They have appeared on the cover more than 20 times, either individually or as a band. There are more notable artist in the first ten issues like John Lennon, Jim Morrison, Eric Clapton and other famous people.

The Rolling Stone are produced in many countries and have multinational editions and it continues to become a big sale until today.
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Thursday, September 24, 2015

made up content page

The Masthead is called 'The Lair'. Since the front cover is called blue dragons, i thought it would be clever to call the content the lair since a lair is where a dragon stays at. So basically the content page is where all the magic happens. It is in that color because it relates to the 'Blue Dragons'. The font is suppose to look like a old style kind of writing to seem like the old times since dragons are a mythical belief.

The main image is of the same guy in the front cover but now is a school uniform to show the contrast between work and play. The background is a rock kind of background to show a theme of
a lair. Marc looks like he's working hard too.

The  lay out is seperated into two columns. one is the row of the contents and the other is just the main image. The text also doesn't over lap the image.

The first content is a cursive text, like a king would use. it is to kind of to show that champions are like king. also champion is in gold because of 1st.
The second and third is just a generic font but IGCSE is in red because most kids would view exams as horror.
The last font is like a gangster kind of font and is in red to represent fire and fierce.

All of the contents are about the school.

If i would do it again i would master my photoshop skills. I would carefully pick the layout and colouring of the texts. Choose an image that represents deeply into the school's soul. The next time i would do this it will be better if not the best. i would be like the James Cameron of magazine.

Wednesday, September 23, 2015

In this magazine cover that i made, it is based on the school's basketball team. The majority of the school tends to lean towards playing basketball than any other sport. So thats why i decided to go with a sporty theme.

So on the front cover, i decided to make the masthead blue because the basketball team is called the Blue Dragons. It has a reflection effect to make it look like it has a mirror image on the floor. The slogan is 'More than just education'. It sounds good and it makes it sound like there is more to learning in school, not only will we receive education but we will get to experience being in a basketball team.

The main image is a shirtless person holding on to a basketball. The reason he is not wearing a shirt is to show off the physique that he has from basketball training. Its only one half of him because its to show one side of him is basketball and the other half is about school. The reflection of the sun around his eye is to show that like he is a gift from god and that he is really good in basketball. The basketball hoop is beside his head to show that basketball is on his mind all day everyday.

The mode of address is that he is staring at us at and equal level. To show that even though he is a leader he is willing to face anyone that challenges him.

The anchorage text is suppose to grabs the attention of the reader because Traill's basketball fans know that since there's a lot of phillipine players in the team, everyone is trying to be the best and the leader so with Marc saying that how he feels like he is the leader with the quote of him working the hardest.

I think i did pretty good for my first try. However, i finished this front cover in like 30 minutes. How i would improve it is that i would choose the right fonts for the text because as we can see, the out line of the texts are pretty think and are unclear. I would spend longer time experimenting with my fonts and colors. I would be like the modern Pablo Picasso on magazine.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

The title on this content page is 'I'm the mix'. I'm not sure magazine this content page is from so i'm going to guess what 'I'm the mix' mean. i guess in the content page has a lot of numbers and the magazine is about 50 cent so the numbers mix so hes saying that he is the mix.
This content page is divided into two big columns. The main image is 50 cent looking back to suggest that he is in front and looking back as us. He is also wearing a black and baggy shirt, like a typical gangster.
And the first content is on page 50 a reference to his name.
I don't think theres much to say about this magazine as it looks pretty plain.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

 this is actually the second content page of the magazine because it says 'the B-side'. The first one would be 'the A-side'. XXL considers themselves to be a very unique  magazine because they claim to be 'above the trend' so they transition by saying that the contents are a 'side'. Its also sounds very casual, makes it look like the magazine is your friend. The Masthead is still on the right of the magazine to remind the readers that it is still 
XXL magazine that we are still reading incase we forgot.

This content page is divided into 3 columns. But two pictures already took up 2 columns because these two pictures are what the magazine wants you to be interested in. The first image is Masika Kalysha, I never heard of her but she was the first thing i saw when i saw the content page. So what the content page is doing worked. Eye candy means a image that is superficially attractive so in the magazine the reader can get an insight on the beauty. She is in lingerie lying down to show her "nasty" side.
The other picture is a rapper name Maino, he claims to be the king of Brooklyn. He poses like he is praying. The background is black and he is wearing a white tank top to make him the spot light of the picture.
The last column are two small pictures are small because they are not suppose to be the main focus of this magazine. One is of an artist that wears white in a blue backgroud. White represents class and 'swag'. The other is a picture of Beastie boys, it is in black and white because the band was formed in 1981 which is a long time representing the classics.
This magazine are mostly for late teens and adults because as we can see in the layout that it more of a formal kind of layout. And there are some of the artist that i and maybe some other teens might not know.