Music Magazine: Design: Front Cover: Draft 2

I have added in more cover lines and made them more interesting to the eye. I am staying with the same similar colours and this will become a style that will follow on all my magazine pages. I have added in a oval shape which has a drop shadow effect. I think this makes the magazine cover look more professional. I have added in the date and price in the top right corner of the magazine too. I next plan to add in a barcode and more cover lines using the similar colours and font styles. I want to keep the cover lines style and interesting as possible. On the final magazine cover I would like it to be filled with cover lines.

Music Magazine: Design: Front Cover: Draft 1

This is the progress on my front cover. I am happy with the design so far, i believe the main image is different to what you may normally see on a music magazine as she is sat down. I have kept the background white to match the simplicity look in my proposal. Many music magazines are over packed and have a lot of things going on, this can sometimes make it hard to focus on one thing. This is why i have chosen to go down the simple route so it is different to other music magazines on the shelf and will stand out.

Music Magazine: Research & Planning: Proposal

• My music magazine is going to be aimed at 16-24 year olds as this is the target audience age related mostly to chart music. I want my magazine to be successful with both the male and female audience. This means this is the age group that is going to enjoy my magazine the most and it must match their needs to make them want my magazine.

• What the magazines all about and aims to achieve: The magazine is going to be about all the main stream music that people are enjoying. It will include artists, songs and albums that are in the chart. It will also have information about new releases and up coming releases that we think would do well in the charts. The magazine aims to get all the information about chart music across as is needed by the audience. It will achieve covering all genres of music and to be suitable to everyone no matter what their taste in music.

• Main image: For the main image I am planning on using a female to model as a new and up coming  pop star that is expected to do well in the charts and with the target audience. I have chose a female as it is easier to transform her into a pop star look then a male model.

• Theme: For the magazine I want to keep a similar theme all the way through so there is a distinct difference between my magazine and other magazines also in the market too. It will have its own unique look about it which will make it stand out against other competing magazines.

• Text: I am going to provide interesting text styles on the front cover to attract the attention of the reader. I am going to use a polite language and make sure there are no sarcastic/mocking articles/cover lines in my magazine as I want it to be suitable for a wide audience and not everyone would appreciate that.

• Design: I want the magazine to have a simple style to the design as there are too many magazines already on the market that look over crowded and have too much going on all in the same page. If I make my magazine design simple it should stand out against all the others. I want the audiences eyes to be able to focus on one thing then move to the next and not put too much on the page they don't know where to look or what to read.

Music Magazine: Research & Planning: Existing Magazine Analysis: VIBE

VIBE Magazine: Analysis No.3

Vibe magazine is all about providing all the information someone interested in pop culture needs. It is a widely popular magazine and tends to also provide many pages not just about the music itself but also the celebrity gossip that goes with it.

Music Magazine: Research & Planning: Existing Magazine Analysis: NME

NME Magazine: Analysis No. 2

NME magazine provide readers with indie/rock music information. They provide all the latest news and latest facts all their target audience would be interested in. It provides people with an escape to the chart music and an alternative read.

Music Magazine: Research & Planning: Existing Magazine Analysis: Billboard

Billboard Magazine: Analysis No.1

Billboard chooses to use the mainstream chart music in their magazines. They provide the reader with the latest chart news, artist information and the songs from the charts. This is why they have a fairly young target audience as these are the people who enjoy the chart music most.

Student Magazine: Contents Page

This is my contents page to my magazine, I have made it simple and easy to follow/read. The colour scheme matched that of the colleges logo and I have also inserted the college logo into the background.
I have kept to simple colours for my text and simple fonts as this gives the page an over all uncluttered look which is the style I was aiming for in my magazine.
I have faded the back out by making it more transparent as this means the text stands out against the background and there are no colours too dark.
I used an underline on some of the text for the first time as another effect which creates part of my magazine.
I used a gradient effect to create the mixed background colour that matches the logo, this was difficult to create and took a lot of time to work out how to do it. Eventually I got the look I was looking for.
I am pleased with how the magazine contents page has turned out and think it matches exactly the image I had in my head.