Front cover of my music magazine

Here is the final copy of my magazine. I re-positioned my anchorage and made the quote from the story smaller. In my next post I will right an evaluation on how I created my magazine.

Fifth draft front cover of my music magazine

Here I have re layed the positioning of anchorage, but I believe this doesn't work well. To improve this I am now going to re position my quote from the story, my main headline and the date, issue number and website to make it fit in better.

Fourth draft front cover of my music magazine

Here is my fourth draft of my magazine. From the previous draft the amendments I have made are that I have included a quote from the article on my double page spread. By doing this it makes the story stand out and attract the audience to purchase the magazine. My changes are going to consist of re positioning my issue number, date published and website to make it look more professional and fit in with the rest of the magazines look.

Third draft of the front cover of my music magazine

On this draft I have moved my barcode and my main headline. This is because everything seemed to be situated at the left hand side of the cover. I have also created a date published and have created a website address so that the audience can access more information from there. I have made my sell line smaller as I believe it shouldn't be as long as my masthead. I have also made a banner for the bottom of the cover, which contains a puff. Also, at this point I have decided not to contain any other images such as features on the front cover but just anchorage. I believe this will look much better as upon looking at existing magazines, some of them have only one image and this to me makes the main headline stand out more.

Second draft of the front cover of my music magazine

On my second draft I have included the following- banner, barcode, issue number,price and main headline. I am going to keep developing this magazine cover, this may mean changing the layout of the magazine to make it look clearer and organized.

First draft of the front cover of my music magazine

I have now began creating my magazine on photoshop. On this software I can create a magazine to look stylish and professional. Here on my first draft I have only began by placing a title and a sell line on there. I am then going to develop this further by adding a banner, barcode price and publishing. I am going to also include my main headline about the band featured.

Images taken for my music magazine

 I have decided not to use this image because the model is looking directly at the camera and is not effective.

I have decided to use this photo for my contents page as it looks realistic as if the model is really ill.

 This image I believe is the most effective so will appear on the front cover of my magazine.

 I am going to use this image on my front cover because it suits the style of my magazine the most.

 I have decided not to use this image.

This image is going to be used for my album front cover for my puff on my double page spread.

 This image I am going to use on my double page spread of my magazine as it looks like it has been created for this purpose.

 I have decided not to use this image yet, but i may contain it on my double page spread later on if I decided it looks boring with only one image

 I have decided to use this image for my contents page because it fits in well with this.

I have taken these photos for my music magazine. They contain several photos of my main feature which is the band Above the Noise. I have had the two members look at the camera as it shows there are focused and dominant in the shot. It also contains images of Poppy Moore, who is a solo artist I have created. The model will be posing as if she was ill. The image I select for my front cover will accompany the headline of "Poppy Moore in Meltdown" which is a sub feature that will appear on the front cover and also on my contents page of my music magazine.

Font style for masthead

This is my final chosen masthead style that will appear on the front cover of my magazine. I am now going to say why I have chosen this styling and why I didn't decide to choose the other ones I had selected.

From the five fonts I had selected I have decided to choose this text style for my masthead which will appear on the front cover of the magazine. I have decided to choose this writing type as even though it isn't striking, with effects added to the plain text, it can make the writing style stand out. By applying colour to the writing it will make it attractive also. Another advantage of this style is that it is clear and readable. Also from looking at my feedback from the people I questioned it was clear that this should be the font style I should use.

Ratings for masthead font

To find out which masthead style was the best to appear on my music magazine I decided to print out the five samples I had chosen and show these to 20 different females aged between 15-24. I decided to ask people in this category as this is who my magazine will be aimed at. I decided to ask this question because I could then get feedback from the group to see which they preferred and which they didn't. This would then help me make my decision. I printed out the 6 different styles and asked them-Which do you prefer?
From looking at my answers I got a great response on the first style. The audience said they liked it as once it was edited with colour e.t.c it would jump out at them. They also said that the style was different and looked like it belonged on the cover of a pop magazine. They believed the others was to simple and that they didn't belong on the cover of a pop magazine. Therefore I decided to choose the first option for my masthead.

Different fonts for my masthead

I have used the website http://www.dafont.com/ to try out different styles for my masthead which is called Radar! By trying out different fonts I can see which I prefer and would be best to use on the front cover of my magazine. Here they are shown in black and white but when I apply them on to my magazine I will change the colour of them, to fit in with my colour scheme.

Final ideas for my magazine

Now from conducting all of my research I have decided what to and what not to contain in a music magazine. With my general ideas developed which included the genre of music I am going to based my magazine on, pop music, price, £2.25, how often the magazine is published, fortnightly and my target audience, females aged 15-24.
Front Cover
I have now decided on other features that my magazine needs to make it like other magazines that are published in the market today. I have decided that my masthead title is going to be called Radar! This is because I believe it is a catchy and its short and snappy. Many music magazine titles are just one worded or even just one letter, examples such as Kerrang!, Q. I have then decided to use a sell line to go with my masthead this will be called "on the look out for a new beat". This links in with both the masthead as a radar is "on the look out" and by connecting this with the word beat it shows its associated with music. I have decided to use three basic colours of a deep pink black and white as my main colours. By only using three colours it makes the magazine look professional and not tacky with lots of different colours jumping out at you. My text will be bold and eye catching and will have similar fonts. My masthead will have a different font so the title stands out more. By doing this it makes it look different from all the rest.
I have decided to base my main feature on a band named "Above the Noise". I have decided to choose this name because it sounds realistic and a name that people would talk about who are interested in pop music. My other features will be about a solo artist called Poppy Moore, and her meltdown in the limelight. It could also be based on her been stressed under the limelight. In my digital mock-ups In placed images of fashion, and had brief ideas for fashion articles. I believe this wouldn't work as it has no relation to music. Another feature could be reviews on the latest movies/Cd's e.t.c by a music star. These will need to be backed up by a headline that will draw in the audience to buy the magazine.
Contents Page
On my contents page I have decided to keep a constant colour scheme, showing a constant run throughout. My title of contents is bold and on a slant giving an edge to the magazine, this again is in a deep pink colour. I have also decided to include a letter from the editor, this will be summarising what will be contained in this issue of the magazine. This is good feature to contain on a contents page as the reader can just skim this to see if the content appeals to them, this could determine whether the customer purchases the magazine or not. I have also divided my stories into different sections and placed a border around them. By doing this it is easy to find where a story will be in the magazine. Next to each of these there will be a page number in bold and a sentence underneath summarising each story. I have also included images of features what are going to be within the magazine. This makes it more visual to the reader, and on the image is the number of what page the feature will be on. I have also contained a win symbol in the middle of the page, by doing this it shows that the audience have the chance to win something.
Double Page Spread
On my double page spread I have again kept a constant colour scheme. I have decided to have my headline in a deep pink colour again. This also shows consistency. At the top of the first page I have decided to include a image of the band and a caption from the story will be placed across the bottom of this. I will then include a deck. A deck is something that introduces the article in my case it will be introducing the band. My story of the band will be styled in a question and answer format and this will be placed into columns on both of the pages. The columns of text will have a border around them, the same used on the contents page. The questions will be in a different colour and style to the answers so they stand out more. At the bottom of my page I am going to include a puff. This is a promotion of a product not relating to the magazine. As one of my questions in my article is going to be about the release of the bands first album I am going to create a mock up of a album front cover. This will make the magazine look more professional, I found this out because in one of the magazines I did my LIIAR analysis on had this device in it. I am finally going to include a bubble in the middle of the page this will include a image relating to the answers given in the story.

Double Page spread of magazine-mock up

This is a mock up of my double page spread for my music magazine. This article will relate to the artist who is the main feature on the front cover of my magazine. I have kept a consistent format of the colours I have used and also the fonts used. It contains a headline, this will capture the audience to read the article and not turn over to the next page. This is also the same effect I am trying to create by including a caption from the story. Also one main image will be used, this will be of the band together. I will also use smaller images which relate to the article. I have included text boxes of where my text should be layed out. I have also decided to mock up a album front cover of the band I am interviewing. As my article is based on the bands new album, I thought it would be good to advertise this product, this is also known as a puff.

Contents page of magazine-mock up

This is a mock up of my contents page, I created this on desktop publisher and it shows the design and layout of it. It contains a title of contents page, a letter from the editor. It is also placed into sections with headings to categorise topics. Also features are additionally advertised by images with page numbers next to them. I have included a bubble with text saying "win!" in it, this is to show a competition within the magazine. I have also kept the consistency of colours and the font of the text. When I produce my magazine I could improve it by re-designing the layout of the magazine so it isn't as squashed together and I could also add more images. I could also add more techniques such as banners and puffs.