Keeping Up With Katie

Thursday, February 3, 2022

Preliminary Research Step 2

In all the cover pages, the main conventions include:

- A white simple title font

- A singular location on the cover

- People enjoying the travel spot

- Spreads in the magazine listed

Title lays on top of the image as opposed to behind it
Main story is bolded and the largest to draw the most attention to it
Sub stories listed smaller on the side as to not cover to much of the main image
Other countries in mini stories are larger then the rest of the title to draw attention

Main story in the center and in a different color to draw attention
Blue text contrasts with the traditional white, however it isn't to much of an out of place color to become a distraction to the reader
Singular model enjoying the location
Smaller stories lined against the bottom to not distract from the image
Large bolded white font to add a pop of color against the blue ocean

Large white font pops against blue sky
Large expanse
Simple colors that match with one another
Basic font gives an entirely simplistic vibe
Model shows what readers could look like visiting the location

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

My cover will contain the title "The Wave" at the top of the page in white bolded simplistic font. The white color will contract nicely with the big blown up cover image. The image will contain both a male and female model and a location that is separate from the double page spread. The content in the magazine will be listed at the bottom of the page in a column like format.

One of my double page spread ideas is a split page spread with one page being an advertisement for a swimsuit brand and the other page being a what's in my beach bag article. The swim suit advertisement brand name will be "Deep Sea Swimwear" and will contain cutout images of different swimsuit styles and colors with smaller descriptions or an image of a model with handfuls of bikinis. For the what's in my beach bag spread, I will use more cutout images of what would be in a bag with prices for each product and where to find them.

Another double page spread idea is the best spots in South Florida to go to. One page will contain a main focus location with the article written in columns and one the other page it will contain the other three locations in smaller image form with little captions as to what's special about each location.

Monday, January 31, 2022

Content Research

The majority vote was to have the title be "The Wave". I think this Is because it is more on the simplistic side and it still gets the point across that the magazine is based around the beach.

People preferred to see a location on the cover instead of a model, however there was still a lot of support for the model, so I will combine them both. I will use a model in one of the locations I would potentially talk about in my double page spread.

The votes for what gender the cover model should be were in favor of a female, however only by 7.3%. I will include both a male and female model since a lot of people did still want to see both and that way a female is still included regardless.

A simple white font won for text options. I really think this choice will be a good fit for my magazine because it goes will with the minimalist feel I am hoping to give off to the readers. A white font will also fit better with whatever image is on the cover and won't distract as much, as opposed to a hot pink or purple one.

People really wanted to see adds for bikinis in the magazine. However if I cannot find a cool way to create an advertisement for them, I will instead made an add for sunscreen. In addition I could make a monthly beach essentials kit to advertise as well and include an item from each of the categories since all of them did still get votes.

The "Whats in my beach bag" and "Best spots to visit in South Florida" won which I was very excited about because I already had a lot of ideas for content under those topics. I think I will also include an advertisement event though it placed last because a lot of people did seem excited about it in the advertisement poll and I think it will be relatively easy to create.