Magazine Contents Page - Draft 4 (Final)

Magazine Front Cover - Draft 4

This is my fourth draft of my magazine front cover, the first most noticeable change that I have made is the font. I know feel that the magazine suits my genre more because of the font I have chosen.

I have noticed that there is a gap between the text that is bigger than it should be, so I am going to have to move the text closer
together and then I might have room for another sell line as well.

The background is something I have noticed may need changing for my final draft. I think that it doesn't make the rest of the content sit on the page so I am going to look for another background but it will have to be grey in order to fit in with my colour scheme.

Magazine Double Page Spread - Draft 3

This is my third draft of my double page spread, the first change I done was change the background to the left page. I have also lowered the opacity on the picture and now I think it fits better on the page than it did on the red/black background.

I have also added another column because my research shows that most double page spreads have three columns. I have also added an important quote said in the interview at the bottom of the article. But I think I will replace it in between two columns because I think that will make the magazine look better and having the quote after it has already been said looks amateur.

I am also going to change what the QR code will lead to because I realised that a QR code would not lead to the rest of the interview but to more content. So I am going to change what the QR code leads to  and I think that the image on the right page needs more manipulating.

Magazine Contents Page - Draft 3

This is the third draft of my contents page, this time I have made the image bigger because it makes the image more dominant with the text and this fits in with stereotypes surrounding the genre.

That is the only change I have made because I thought it was the only change that was needed, I am going to make the 'A' in the background stand out more because it is unique to the design and also include something in the top left corner of the page.

Magazine Double Page Spread - Second Draft

This is the second draft of my double page spread, I have included another image on the right of the second page because my questionnaire told me that magazines need more images.

I also changed the colour of the 'M' in the background and made the opacity higher so it fits in with the design well. The colour of the text has been changed as well because the red font conflicted with the 'M' in the background.

In my next draft I am going to consider changing the background on the left page and possibly using effects to change the colour of the clothes on the subject to match the colour scheme.

Magazine Front Cover - Draft 3

This is the third draft of my magazine front cover, I have used the image I took on the professional camera because I think it sits better on the page than the previous image.

I used the effect bevel and emboss on all the text because it looked amateur when I had put all the text on the page. I have also done that to the two red boxes to make them sit better on the page.

I have included a website and a Twitter hash tag on the front page because my research told my that most people use the internet to read music magazines and it makes my magazine interactive with social media.

Next I will try and make the sell lines below the headline more readable as well as possibly change the background colour. Also add the date and the price of the magazine in the bottom right corner.

Magazine Contents Page - Second Draft

This is the second draft of my contents page, the only thing I thought needed changing was the font of the features. I have seen this font on other contents pages during my research and I think it suits the demographic effectively.

In my next draft I think I will look to do something in the empty space that it above the image. I will only do this if it fits in nicely with the design and doesn't ruin the dynamic.

This contents page is why I used the font that I did, you can see the similar style font for 'features' and I thought that it suited in with the design of my contents page.

Magazine Contents Page - First Draft

This is the first draft of my contents page for my music magazine. I have decided to go with a black background because I didn't think red would be the best colour and the black means that I am staying with the same house style and colour scheme from my magazine front cover.

The faded 'A' behind the image is an idea I got from my magazine research, plus it is also the first letter of my masthead and I think it makes the design more innovative.

The clothes that are on the subject have been chosen fit for purpose because grey is apart of my colour scheme and I think that it sits well on the page. I am going to manipulate the image further in my next draft to see if I can make the image look better and also to remove the logo on the hoodie.

I used red font because it sits well on the black background and if I used grey then it would have made the page look too bland. This way I can use all the colours in my colour scheme.

Magazine Pictures

This is the image I will be using for my front cover, it is the same pose and mise en scene as the original image but it is taken on a better camera so it will sit on the page better.

This is the second image that will be on my double page spread. This will be along side the text because my research told me that I need more images in my magazine. I didn't take another image for my double page spread because I thought the first one I took looks better on the page.

This is the image that I am going to put on my contents page. The last picture I took was in school uniform so I needed to re take it with a better quality camera and with the appropriate mise en scene.

I was going to vary the distances and look at various camera angles for my pictures. But my research showed me that the images are mostly medium shots so I decided just to use the same camera angle for all of my pictures.