Draft of double page spread

I quite like how i have designed my double page spread, this is because it looks very similar to my draft and the composition of the two pages put together are really good. Some feedback was for me to write the article in columns instead of having two separate text boxes so it conveys to the conventions of music magazines. I also got told to add a stand first so the title of the article makes a bit more sense; giving the reader a brief intro on what the article is about to interest them into carry on reading. Other than that the feedback was overall pretty good. The image is well positioned and the shot is really good, and the enhancement of the image itself helps it stand out a lot more than it would if it wasn't edited at all.

Draft of contents page

I decided to make my contents page relate to the genre of my music magazine quite strongly. The image of the DJ on the decks shows the audience that the magazine will strongly relate to the dubstep and DnB genre. The sound bars in the background are a good contrast the dark colours in the back which will help the page stand out. Also the sound bars in the background relate to the genre of music that the music magazine is about. Of course the sound bars are edited to make them stand out a little more instead of having the original image that was used. I think that this is a good design for the contents page because it would be the first page the consumer would be looking at and due to the fact it will have a big impact once they open the magazine it would persuade the consumer to read on. I had included the "UKF" logo due to the fact that it is a well known dubstep promotion company and consumers will instantly recognize the logo. This is a good use of synergy because it shows that the viral company "UKF" are being promoted by a magazine and vice versa, thus giving the reader the idea both types of media are working together.

Draft of front cover

I have decided to make my front cover like this because it allows the audience to see the artist that is going to be featured in the magazine. The mid shot allows the audience to feel as if they know the artist personally because the positioning of the artist seems like its closer to the reader. the colour scheme also relates to the research I had done; having brighter colours on a dark background, this is good because it has adhered to what the target audience have asked for and it also allows the cover lines and important bits on the front cover to stand out. I believe my masthead stands out because the typography I used is big, bold and bright which will help it stand out to the audience if it were to be sitting on a shelf amongst other magazines.

Photoshoot

These are some of the images I had taken in my Photo shoot. I wanted a variety of different shot types such as mid shots, mid-long shots, mid-close ups and some close ups because it gives me a wider choice for my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I made sure I had a few pictures of my chosen artist as well as getting some random photos to include in the magazine such as the skate park images and i was lucky enough to find an artist that had made a 3D dig out of a space invader because this ties in with the genre of my magazine really well. I will be either enhancing some of these images or completely manipulating them so they look a lot better and have more technicalities to it; i will either be merging more than one image on top of other photos or just adjusting the lighting, contrast and colour balances.

Photoshoot Plan

Photoshoot plan

Front cover: i would like a Long mid shot to show the audience a large amount of the artist that is featured on the page. Dark casual clothes such as jeans,checkered/plaid shirts and jackets would probably be worn because I want the front cover to be quite dark with a contrasting colour for the font. The Photoshoot wwould take place on the millennium bridge and by the river bank early in the morning (5/6am) because i want the setting of the area to be really empty and dark. This is because i want the whole magazine to relate to the genre of music i am concentrating on.

Contents page: i was planning to get a shot of a mixing deck for my contents page. But if that's not possible i am going to take a close up picture of my model wearing headphones. This would be a good shot because it adheres to the conventions of music magazines when they promote certain brands for support in income. It’ll also be a better shot for the magazine because it could be a good way actually make my contents page look like the back of a cd cover because the conventions of cd covers usually use a image of the artist on the back of the cover.

Double Page Spread: I want a mid shot for my double page spread because of how my draft looks, i think a mid shot would be perfect because it allows the audiences eyes to be drawn to the page immediately which will make them want to actually investigate what the page is about. The clothes would be the same as the front cover because it is the artist that is being featured in the magazine. I would like the image to be taken with the artist standing against a wall because i quite like how the artist in the draft stands out from the background.

First Draft of Double Page Spread

This is my design for the double page spread. I quite like this design because the artist is positioned slightly off center which helps grab the audiences attention. I think the colour of the page is actually good because the clothing the artist is wearing is contrasting with the background which also helps catch the audiences attention and lifts them off the page. I think the lack of bright colours on this page helps link into the ideology of the music genre. I quite like the way the artist is posing in this image because the mid shot allows the audience to see the artists facial expression as well as there body language. I also think the layout of the page would be really good like this because it allows the audience to see the image of the artist first and then concentrate on the article which is almost wrapped around the side of the artist, the fact that the background of the article isn't a solid colour allows the audience to see through the article to see the full image.

First Draft of Contents Page

I have decided to call my contents page a play list because it links in to the whole magazine being a music magazine. It also is what you find on the back of album covers giving you a lineup of what songs are included in the album, and the contents page being a playlist gives the audience a line up of what the magazine is going to include. The contents page is also very different compared to other magazines which will help create a branded identity for itself.

The typography i have chosen for the "PLAYLIST" is the transformer movie font i had talked about in a previous post, I decided to use it because it stands out from the background and is very bold which will make the audience see it almost immediately once they open the magazine.

I have included a strap line at the bottom mentioning a competition on the double page spread which will make the audience want to visit the double page spread as soon as possible.