Kinetic Force

While looking at the group's separate magazine elements for the magazine they chose, we realized that many of the components were the same. While they all were about differing overall topics, at the core, they were strikingly similar. Through this project, I analyzed elements of magazines in my intended genre that I believe may be good to carry over into my own magazine creation. I had done the WDW Magazine, which was admittedly the most child-like out of the five in total that we analyzed. Lorenny did National Geographic [Traveler], a widely known travel magazine. The main cover line seemed to have the most enticing words to pull in their audience, such as "Trips to Change Your Life". Samantha had done  Condé Nast Traveler which looked the most sophisticated. Penelope had done 5280. It's cover had many buzzwords and symbols like plus signs that signified there was more to read. I may implement symbols on my cover page as it is aesthetically pleasing and has pur...

There were many elements in my personal research of WDW magazine that I will be keeping in mind when creating my own magazine, Kinetic Force. The most obvious would be that my cover image will be the focus of attention and there will be minimal cover lines on the front. I will think of incorporating the strip of black at the bottom of the cover with an important cover line on it. Like WDW, I plan to make my main cover line in a themed font. It will be a Halloween, chiller type of font since my magazine will be based around Halloween events in theme parks. For the table of contents, I enjoyed the geometric block-y design of the images with the article title on them for important topics but I would likely make my layout darker and will add my own twist to the overall design. I may switch out the "Also in this Issue..." section of WDW's table of contents for a layout idea I saw when creating my mood board. My feature spread will have one page with a full picture and q...

The first issue of WDW magazine was released in October 2013 and was Halloween-based as their fall/Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween event was occurring. It began releasing monthly and was created to inform readers on new developments in their parks as well as pulling in loyal Disney fans to visit their park through reviews and advertisements. It was, however, only available digitally. In the beginning of January 2018 is when things shifted. They announced they were to sell print versions as well soon ; they have a waiting list and have released a couple of copies to some lucky subscribers but nothing set in stone or in stores, yet. The actual audience of the magazine is quite obvious. All you would have to do is look to what their theme park audience is--families! While mostly young adults and adults who are Disney fans subscribe to Walt Disney World Magazine, there are sections for kids (like activities). Walt himself said “You're dead if you aim only for kids [speaking of h...

CODES & CONVENTIONS OF WDW MAGAZINE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Throughout my analysis of several components of the WDW magazine (December, November, and October 2018 issues), I have come to several conclusions of elements seen in virtually every issue. Main cover lines on the cover page usually use fonts that tie into the aura of the issue (like how the December issue has a font that most associate with Christmas). There are not many cover lines, which forces the designer to choose the two or three main articles and feature them on the cover, which leads to the main image being front and center to help grab the attention of the reader. Another notable element on the cover is that they tend to make the font and main image colorful and bright so that it pops out to the reader.  The table of contents, like the cover, is modern and organized but fun to look at. The modern geom...

CODES & CONVENTIONS OF THE FEATURE SPREAD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even though the Walt Disney World magazine feature spread usually does not correspond to the cover image, it makes up for it by adding a full page image that ties in with the feature story on the next page. Every one of these stories in each issue will flow over into a couple more pages; their stories are not short. These photos, unlike on the cover, come with photo credits (in fact, two of the issues I chose (December & November) have the same photographer). In addition, in some issues, on the top right corner of the picture page, will be a colored box with text either adding a quirky 'quote' (like the October issue with the 'Villains' commenting on the Halloween event) or an informational piece (like in the December issue that tells the reader when the holiday event starts). The title fo...

CODES & CONVENTIONS OF THE TABLE OF CONTENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The travel magazine I chose (WDW magazine) is special since it can only be seen online through subscriptions. As of December 2018, there has not been a printed physical copy distributed. This means they can incorporate elements that print issues cannot such as hyperlinks on photos on the page that redirect you to the article they were mentioning in the picture. I, obviously, cannot add this feature into my print magazine but it is an interesting addition to a magazine that could and should be done in today's modern media. If I continue this path of creating media, I may incorporate this into those future works. WDW magazine only has one page for the table of contents, which seems fine since they managed to pin-point which articles are the most interesting/most important to read so that they do not overwhelm...

CODES & CONVENTIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Magazine covers vary from genre to genre and from magazine to magazine; however, issues of the same magazine often have many similarities. Seeing what a professional, published travel magazine does may inspire ideas into what my own theme park/travel magazine will look like in it’s final product. The magazine that I am focusing on is produced and distributed by a popular theme park in Orlando, Florida (and other cities): WDW (Walt Disney World) Magazine . It focuses on the inner workings of Disney World and cute games and tidbits about what to expect when you go to their parks. I chose this series as it will help in what I am interested in producing (theme park pros and cons for the park’s events). From the three issues I chose, the WDW magazine has a sophisticated masthead that is usually displayed on the top left corner, unobsc...