Magazine Cover: Title Name

Before creating my magazine cover, I began to brainstorm names of which my magazine could be called as I believe the title can set the tone for the magazines cover. I came up with three favourites, and the reasons behind them are as follows:

1. The Jukebox

I liked the idea of the vintage music machine as it has vintage and indie connotations which suit the independent style I'm trying to achieve. The bright colours that real Jukeboxes use to draw attention to themselves can be replicated on my cover which will be eye-catching to my audience. One negative aspect of the name is that it has connotations that are inherently musical, which is an aspect of media, however, I want my magazine cover to be focalised around the idea of film, although, other independent film magazines like INDIE Magazine (http://indie-mag.com/) are centred around many forms of media ranging from film to music to photography.

2. MaveriK
The name is derived from the word 'maverick' which defined as an unorthodox and independent minded person which are characteristics of my target audience. I decided to use a play on words to make the word my own and to appeal to my target audience who's ages range from 16-25. Capitalising the M and the K mean that, as my magazine becomes more well established, I can abbreviate it and use the initials 'MK' which I think would be very effective if the magazine were to expand and would also increase its recognisability.

3. Ink

There is already an existing tattoo magazine named 'Inked', and so this would make me reluctant to name my magazine such a similar name, however I think the connotations that come with 'Ink' would be appealing to my target audience. I would also find it interesting to incorporate the imagery of octopi's tentacles on the cover. An idea I already have would be to have an octopus tentacle wrapped around the title, as roughly illustrated below. The connotations of 'Ink' that I think would appeal to my target audience are the connotations of permanence, the idea of leaving your mark which I believe resonates with many young people today and it also has connotations of edginess and grunge which would be an effective quality to have in an independent magazine.

The other names I brainstormed:

- Ignite
- The Collective
- Solo
- The Guild
- The Lavalier
- The Catalyst