Project Proposal

    My name is Devin Jimenez and I am working with Jaiden Charles. We are both seniors at West Broward High School, who both ended up in the same Media Studies class. Fun fact, we became friends because of this class. Pictures of both of us are shown below. The photo in the car is me, Devin. The photo outside is Jaiden, my partner in this product.

    Jaiden and I chose to create a magazine for our product. As for the genre, we will be doing a Lifestyle magazine. Jaidens edition will contain a feature article that is planned to cover food and cooking. On the other hand, my edition will have a feature article which covers fashion and clothing.

    Our potential target audience are people around the younger age, from the teens to the late twenties. The aim for our magazines is to appeal to both male and female audiences, but my edition will cover mostly mens fashion. For the food edition, anyone can cook anything, which removes its gender limitation. Our geographic audience will be mostly for people who are living in the United States and are English speakers, as this is where it will be published. Although, our magazines will likely contain content from around the world as food and fashion and universal topics and often highlighted in places like Europe and some places in Asia. With these topics, our magazines will appeal to those interested or willing to be educated in fashion and food. Nowadays, social media has shined highlight on food and fashion especially, making it a big part of everyday life within those who fit the age range of the audience i previously mentioned. 

    Some social issues id like to address in my brief is the quick evolution of fast fashion and the loss of true expression within our people. Fashion brands and businesses have become money hungry, resulting in many stores selling almost identical products, making it harder for us as individuals to express who we really are. The way i see it, everyone is now a clone. Ive noticed this issue mostly in brands like H&M, Cotton On, and Hollister. In my magazine, id like to try and encourage readers to bring back expressive styling, by highlighting how it can be more of a help to yourself as an overall person, rather than just simply looking good.

      I plan to use indesign as i used it to create a previous magazine cover which was featured in one of my previous blog posts. Since i have already gained familiarity with it, i can keep using it and only advance in my skills with the software. For the hardware, i will be using the class desktop computers, as well as my own personal computer at home. To really master the creation of my magazine, i should look at more examples of similar magazines, as well as familiarize myself even more with the indesign software to create the best product possible. Below is the logo of the software.

    To plan my magazine, ive already done research but there is more i have to do. This research will help me gain knowledge on all parts of the magazine in order to best create on of my own. I will ensure to check in with Jaiden often to make sure we are both going down the right path within our magazines, as well as that our content is relative to our topics. Some additional practices include both Jaiden and I simply having a day at Barnes and Nobles and consuming their endless amount of magazines. This will help us gain a straight idea of what the magazine should look like so we can make the most effective designs and magazine structure possible.