Music Magazine Contents page

As you can see i have kept to my mock up design as best i could and have created this as my contents page. the two photographs also keep to the house of the magazine as they are both dressed in black with a red guitar and these two colours are the main colours of the magazine.

The writing in the Contents page also stays with the house of the magazine as it is yellow with the same font style as the front cover.

Contents page mock up

This is going to be the layout in which i will design my magazine contents page from, my magazine contents page may not be the exact same as this, as this is just a breif idea which will guide me in the creation of my magazine contents page.

I have the word contents page at the top to allow readers to be able to find the contents page very easily. There are going to be two pictures either side of the page, this is to make the page more attractive and easier on the eye. The background is going to be black and red as this is what the background of the front cover is, this is then keeping to the house of the magazine.
The words "contents page" are going to be in a yellow font that is the same as the title page on the front cover, the page titles will also be in this font, this is so i can create a house for the magazine and keep to it.

Magazine Front Cover

As you can see the actual magazine front cover that I created is very similar to the mock-up, however the puff is on the opposite side in the actual magazine, I decided to do this due to the picture, as if I would have put the puff on the opposite side then it would have removed the guitar from view, and I wanted the guitar to stand out most, this is why I have changed the artist to black and white and the guitar in colour, I did this in Photoshop cs4. I also put the puff behind the guitar but in front of the person in order to build on making the guitar stand out. I wanted the guitar to stand out as this is what the user will recognise rather than the artist as it is a new artist that the magazine is featuring in order to help boost the artists career and to give the reader some inside information on the new artist.

I have also added the date issue and the price as this will allow the reader to see if it is the most recent issue of the magazine and to see how much the magazine is.

To encourage the reader to purchase the magazine I have also added a free download code so they can get one song for free, when the readers see free they will be encouraged to buy the magazine, this is a very popular tactics used by most magazines and by a lot of mainstream shops as if the reader/customer sees the word free then they think they are getting something for nothing and do not want to miss out on the opportunity to get something for free.

I have used a pun of the word riot as it is one of the song names for paramore, and the genre that i am using is the same genre as the band paramore so the readers will instantly recognise it and will think of the band paramore and see that the featured band is very similar to the band paramore, this will then encourage the reader to buy as they recognise the band paramore.

magazine front cover mockup

This is going to be the layout in which i will design my magazine front cover from, my magazine front cover may not be the exact same as this, as this is just a breif idea which will guide me in the creation of my magazine front cover.

i have the magazine name at the top to allow customers to be able to see it straight away even if it is slightly hidden from veiw by other magazines on the shelf, the main picture is going to take up the whole of the magazine background and is going to be a edited picture of my band with a gradient as the background to the image.

The puff in the lower part of the magazine will be used to tell the user what is inside the magazine in order to incourage them to buy this magazine instead of another.

My moodboard

Photoshop practice 2

double page spread analysis (1)

The head line is the same font and style as the main coverline on the cover, it also has a quote from this page on the cover in order to attract the reader to this page. Lily allens name is also in the same font and style which makes it stand out from all the other text. The background is white in order to keep it plain so the readers attention is only on the text and the picture. The picture in this double page spread takes up a whole page, this is a verry common method in magazines as it attracts the reader to the article if they are flicking through and see a large picture of one of their favourite bands or stars. The text then takes up the other page and is started with a drop cap, this is also a very common method in newspapers, magazines and books, they do this to attract attention to the article. The lead is position above the 4 coloums in a lager text size in order to bring attention to it so the reader can see what the text is about. The artists (lilly allen) clothes match the colour scheme of the page so the picture “fits” and looks like it belongs in the page. Lilly allen is looking directly at the reader which shows that she wants the readers attention. At the bottom of the page, like in most magazines, is the page number and the name of the magazine and the date, this allows readers to take quotations from the article and also allows the magazine company to quote from it in the front cover of the magazine or in previous or future issues.