Final website link

https://peacejacobs68.wixsite.com/mode-movement

This is where my 30 second video is located on my website. 

Final Draft Contents pages

 

Final Draft Front Covers

1st Draft Feedback and Action Plan

20th October 2025

 I need to finish my contents pages off 

I also need finish my second front cover and work on my first front cover and how its gives style 

more pictures need to be taken and and my web site needs to be developed more 

I need to add an editors note and work on the colour scheme of my front cover and website to ensure that they are cohesive and visually appealing. 

Website draft 1

 

Magazine 2 content page draft 1

 

Magazine 2 draft 1

 

Magazine contents page Draft 1

Magazine cover Draft 1

 

NEA Progress

 

Here is one of the pages of my contents I added socials to appeal to my demographic and also included a interactive section that I will link to my website to promote engagement on my socials and on my website as well.

I also created a second edit of my front cover to see which one I liked best.

NEA Progress

 

NEA Progress

 

This the first draft of my front cover for my first issue in the first image the models head is covering the mast head which leaves limited room for the cover lines so I created a second cover where her head is below the masthead which allows me to fit in another cover line. I may have to reduce the size of the mast head to allow more space for cover lines.

NEA Progress

 

NEA PROGRESS

 

These are more photos from a photo shoot i did last week i will use these for my website and one of my covers of my magazine 

Nea Progress

 I have started to create my website, I am still deciding on the general layout and style of my website to ensure it is able to pair with my magazines cohesively. 

Nea Feedback

 The feedback I got was that the pictures were not able to be used as a front cover, I needed to take a lot more photos and think about my house style and background more while doing the photos. 

Over the next few weeks I will take more photos of my models and will take into consideration the poses my models will be in and how the outfits and backgrounds will tie together. 

NEA Contact sheet

NEA Feedback

 

Magazine NEA Pitch

 

Generic Research

First case study - Vouge July 2024 - Central Cee

                                                 

In this front cover media language has been used to create an aesthetically pleasing yet neutral front page. 

There is a generally attractive male, this draws attention to people. 

 Neutral colour palette -Dark, simple colours 

Eye contact - Direct address 

Outfit is simplistic/smart diverts away from his usual street style. 

Mid shot used to capture.  

Central Cee is one of the most popular UK rap artists globally at the moment. This brings in a new and diverse audience to the Vouge. 

Industrial Context

 Time line of magazines 

In 1732 bookseller Edward Cave first used the term ‘magazine’.  Arguably the ‘fashion magazine’ started in France under Louis XIV.  The Mercure Galant featured illustrated plates recording what was being worn by the aristocracy – a useful source of information for dressmakers outside the court.

During the Georgian era retail therapy accelerated and lavishly illustrated magazines targeted specifically at women began to be mass published.  Fashion plates were bigger with detailed descriptions.  Advertising revenue could fund higher quality reproduction and new styles of graphic illustrations. 

 The Ladies World was edited by Oscar Wilde and in 1886 he changed the name to Women’s World.  He believed that the content should be educational and include more fiction.  Cheaper publications included little fashion, with poor woodcut graphics.  In 1891 a fashion periodical called Forget Me Notaimed at working class women hit the shelves.

Advances in technology, printing, and paper-making in the 20th century resulted in an explosion of magazine production.  Fashion plates moved from woodcuts, engraving and lithographs to photography.  Periods of significant social change brought a flood of magazines.  Women’s magazines reflect radical social change - the birth of teenager was a new market to be tapped.

Financing the magazine 

When you buy a copy of any magazine at a newsstand, your financial contribution to the magazine itself is generally a very minute fraction of the magazines actual revenue. The primary source of funding for magazine publishing is not sales, but advertising. Typically in magazines there is close to 50% of adverts displayed in the copy itself leaving the other 50% to be content of the magazine. This has  started becoming an issue as there is now less editorial content within the magazine and is instead filled with ads of products and brands. 

Distribution

 There are around 55,000 retailers selling newspaper/ magazines in the UK, 60 per cent of which are independently owned. About 35,000 news-agents are significant stockists of magazines. On average, a wholesale operation will distribute titles to between 400 and 500 outlets.Most magazines are sent to retail outlets so there consumers can buy them easily.Magazines are distributed through a variety of methods, including wholesale distributors, retailers, subscriptions, and digital platforms. Wholesale distributors, such as WH Smith, Menzies Distribution, and Dawson News, play a key role in getting magazines to newsstands, bookstores, and other retail outlets. Digital distribution, including online subscriptions and digital editions, is also becoming increasingly popular. 

• Many magazines offer subscriptions, allowing readers to receive their issues directly through the mail.
• Digital editions and online subscriptions are increasingly popular ways to access magazines. 
• Publishers can offer their magazines through digital platforms, such as online stores or apps.

Audience Consumption

Due to the recent rise in technology print magazines have been falling in demand. Less and less print magazines have been in circulation and consumers are demanding more digital services. There are many ways to acquire a magazine (print or electronic), Most magazines are sold in retail stores where consumers can buy them from or you could sign up for a subscription and get them delivered to your house for a monthly fee. Most magazines also provide digital versions of their magazines that can be purchased online from either their website or app that provides the same content there would be on a print copy. 

Conde Nast 

Condé Nast Publications, Inc. (CNP) was founded with a particular vision to serve various niche markets, and has done so with magazines devoted to many age groups, lifestyles, and appetites. While some have called this strategy pure genius, others have termed it pretentious. Nevertheless, the Condé Nast name stands for high-caliber periodicals devoted to their audiences, be they the cosmopolitan sophisticates who read Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Condé Nast's Traveler, or the New Yorker; the fashionistas who adoreVogue and Glamour; the young women devoted to Teen Vogue, Mademoiselle, Bride's, andModern Bride; the gentlemen who buy GQ or Wired; or the epicureans who enjoy Bon Appétit and Gourmet. Beautiful, relevant, and sometimes irreverent, Condé Nast Publications has long set the standard for quality and attitude.

Vogue magazine served as the early testing ground for what Nast called a "class publication" and he developed an entire business theory based on the belief that certain types of people, when offered a publication tailored to their class and particular needs, would then create a sizable and enduring market. Vogue was first published in 1892 as a weekly journal of society and fashion news interspersed with verse and lightly humorous drawings. Nast bought the magazine in 1909 with the intention of upgrading it and became its active owner and manager.

Key Dates:
1873: Condé Nast is born. 
1892: Fashion magazine Vogue is first published. 
1909: Condé Nast buys Vogue and begins his publishing venture. 
1911: Nast buys an interest in House & Garden.
1914: Nast launches Vanity Fair magazine. 
1922: Condé Nast Publications (CNP) is incorporated. 
1936: Vogue and Vanity Fair are merged. 
1939: Glamour magazine debuts in the United States. 
1942: Nast dies. 
1959: S.I. Newhouse, Sr., newspaper magnate, buys CNP. 
1979: Newhouse, Sr., dies and sons Si and Donald take over CNP and parent company Advance Publications Inc. 
1983: Vanity Fair is reborn. 
1988: CNP acquires Details magazine. 
1993: CNP buys Bon Appétit and Architectural Digest; House & Garden is shuttered. 
1995: House & Garden is relaunched for a younger female audience. 
1999: New CNP headquarters at Times Square is completed, with a Frank Gehry cafeteria. 
2001: CNP buys a majority stake in Ideas Publishing Group and launches Lucky shopping magazine. 
2002: Modern Bride joins Bride's in the CNP bridal group. 
2003: Plans for Cargo, the male version of Lucky, are announced. 

Audience Research

 Audience Profiles 

For my chosen brief the audience profile I have been given is; primarily up/middle of 16 – 25 year old audience of style conscious people. 

Psychographics 

These are individuals born between the years 2000 and 2009. This period welcomes the rise of the internet meaning this demographic has grown up in a generation that has been heavily influenced by social media.  

16 – 25 yr olds are the most racially, ethnically and sexually diverse generation in history. They are distinct from other age groups as they are still figuring out their identity who they are and what they stand for. They are developing their beliefs and ideologies, and technology is helping them to see and acknowledge everything they can do and be.  

As well as being heavily reliant on technology they have a strong focus on authenticity and social consciousness, and they value the art of self-expression through the way the decide to present themselves to the world.   

Style conscious people place a huge value on the clothes they wear as the way someone dresses can suggest a lot about them. They love to follow trends and are thought to be consumerists. Appreciate different forms of fashion and are highly interested in big label brands such as Prada, Louis Vuitton. 

This audience does engage with High end style magazines, but their focus has shifted slightly due to technological convergence, though many still see and look to high end magazines as a reference of what is in style now.  

There is also a growing focus on sustainability within this demographic. They look for ways to remain within the current trend of style while also thinking about the ethics and environment when buying clothes.