- Format- the layout of the magazine including house style.
- Formula- what is in the magazine and where is goes.
- Frame- the margins and gutters in the magazine
- Function- what is the magazine's job? this is usually summed up in a sentence or a slogan
When anyone whether a school student creating a magazine for their coursework and a huge publishing companycreating well known magazine, each have to remember the 4 F's in order for their magazine to b successful. Therefore I will remember then when creating my own magazine.
However, you don't always need to follow the concept of the 4 F's when you are creating a magazine as some publishers have proven. For example; David Carosn and his controversial magazine- 'Ray Gun'. This is a very 'out there' magazine but because this hasn't followed the conventional methods of magazine publication it will become more popular with readers because it may fall into that particular niche in the market for magazines that don't follow conventional methods.
Next steps: analyse the effect of not considering things Louise, like the 4 Fs. You could actually argue that you do/don't have to use them to be successful - refer to 'Ray Gun' perhaps.
ReplyDeleteAnalyse the Lady Gaga DPS - how do readers deconstruct this image/page? Refer to semiotics and preferred, oppositional, etc., readings.
From your ideology post, explain how you want to represent women in your music magazine - do you want to be conventional and represent them in a way that appeals to the male gaze and will sell copies (check your NRS/Bauer figures)? Or are you targetting a niche audience in your music mag and you want to represnt women positively?