Music Magazine front cover

Front cover draft 3

Here is another edited copy of my front cover. I have only made a couple of alterations to my front cover. The masthead has been straightened out and made slightly smaller so that it can fit and fill the top of the page. The masthead now is clearly presented like that of a professional magazine, it does not look like it has been muddled up. I have also shifted the 'Exclusive' part of the front cover over to the left-third of the page so that it does not look as though it has been randomly placed, looking more of an organised layout. It will not be clearly seen from the left-third but readers will see a glimpse of it, intriguing them.

Music Magazine front cover

Front cover draft 2

Here is altered draft of my front cover for my magazine. I've made all sub-headings more bolder, making them more noticeable and easy to read. The logo in the left-third has been modified, I have change the initial text colour to a darker image so that the background image can be changed so that the contrast between them will make the logo stand out, more eye catching. The design of the heading next to the logo has also been altered. I have made it into a more unique, distinct design. I used a dotted underline design to help with the unique design. The 'Tomorrow Land' sub-heading has been enlarged an bold-end so that it is noticed and easily read in the left-third. On the other half of the cover I have enlarged and changed the font of the red text so that they appear more distinct and exciting to readers. The anchorage text displayed in front of the image has been changed slightly. I changed the text 'New Album' to the colour white, changed the font design, and displayed the text with a black background to make it stand out to readers. The positioning of the bottom texts and images have also been rearranged. The rectangle design has been rotated 90 degrees, so that it can give more thrill an interest in the left-third. The text within the design has also been altered to a more appropriate choice of words for my music genre. The 'exclusive interview' has been arranged in the middle of the bottom, and the barcode with the price and month issue is displayed in the bottom right corner. The new design layout and text designs, I believe have improved the cover, making it more thrilling and exciting to readers.

Music Magazine front cover

Front cover draft 2 (plan)

Here is a rough draft of my alterations I am planning on making to my front cover. I intend on making the logo bigger so that it can stand out more in the left-third. Trying to make it more of an original, authentic style for the magazine. There are some sub-headings I intend on also enlarging, this is to make them stand out more, filling the page and making them more readable from a distance so that it may catch a reader's eye. The anchorage text in front of the cover photo will be more bold to make it stand out more, making it more clearly read, trying to make the design more attention grabbing. Also, the bar-code will be shifted to the right-side of the cover and the text covering the right-side will be shifted to the-left. This is to make it be seen on the left-third, adding to the style of the magazine cover to catch more attention.

Music Magazine contents page

Contents page draft 2

Here is a second draft of my contents page. Looking over the NME contents design, I have designed the layout based around that. I noticed that the month issue and wed address was displayed at the top next to the heading rather then the bottom, this is so they can be easily found and not missed. I have added more information on more pages and included another image. Like the style of the NME mag, I displayed the page numbers at the top corner of each image and displayed anchorage text underneath each image rather then along with other information. I have kept the original style of my contents page as I still believe it suits my genre of music well. I have also categorized the text into two separate columns, one for the main features and one for the usual information for each issue. Reading through the NME magazine contents page, I noticed the main features were displayed towards the second half of the magazine. This is so that readers do not go straight to the main features, they read through the 'regular' information to find anything new about their familiar information before moving on to the main features. This gradually builds excitement and prevents boredom.

Music Magazine contents page

Contents page draft 2 (plan)

 Here is an idea for the second draft of my contents page. The idea is based on a contents page design from NME magazine. The design uses images along with anchorage text to exploit popular articles that the reader may want to know about. I like this design as it explains the images underneath rather then in a more organised style, the reader can clearly see the news about the image this way. This design gives a unique view, so I have decided to create a contents page with a similar design layout to this NME contents page, I will adapt the design into my own magazine's style. Although I have decided to change much of my initial design, I aiming to keep its original style.

Music Magazine double page spread

Double page spread

Here is a first draft of my double page spread. I have made significant changes to my initial idea. Using MixMag's double page spread designs as inspiration, I have created a design which I think will suit my magazine. I have removed the geometric designs as I decided to arrange the images as followed, having two images on top and one large image on the bottom. I also displayed the name of the artist behind the larger image in its own authentic, creative design. The authentic artist's name displayed behind the larger image clearly revealing the topic of the article, the combination of the main image and heading behind attracts the reader, promoting the subject. The next part of the double page spread is based on the Lady Gaga and Tinie Tempah article designs. Reading through the Tinie Tempah article, I have based my own on a similar topic, giving a masthead that grabs the readers attention straight away along with the anchorage text underneath. Seeing the Lady Gaga interview as well, I decided to display a bright red capital I behind the text. I have done this to clearly show who the text is about, but the colour of the letter keeps the magazine's authenticity along with highlighting the name of the artist in the anchorage text
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Music Magazine double page spread

Inspiration

Here is a double page spread article from an issue of MixMag music magazine. What appealed to me so much was the Font designs of the text. How the anchorage text is displayed in a large, simple, smart design. The design grabs the readers attention, and once read, they become intrigued to read more about the story. Reading through the story and observing the design, I think that this double page spread will be a ideal role model for designing and writing out my own article on my fictional artist.