Music Magazine Draft 1

Front cover

Contents page

Double page spread

Double page spread developments/progress

This draft was to see if my image would work.















In this draft I kept the image but using the drawing tool, I added a paint effect and a rough edge.

Contents page developments/ progress

In this draft I changed the images to make sure they work with the style.




















In this draft I made the story titles bold, increased the distance between the text and page numbers, and added an oval around the royal blood poster text to make it stand out more.

Front cover developments/progress

 This draft uses the white title to see if it would work with the image.

 This draft still uses the white title but with a black border to see if it would make it stand out more or not.











This draft uses the black title to see if it will work with the image.

 In this draft I used a dark background with a whiter border around the artist. The white title is also used.









This draft also uses the dark background but without the white border around the artist. I also lightened some of the text so it was more readable.

Image manipulation process

I recorded how I made a CD cover for my artist that is featuring on my double page spread, as there was going to be an image of their CD on the page and I couldn't use someone else's design. I used the drawing tool to draw around the image and to create the shade of the jumper and make the dark edges. I also used the fill tool to colour in key areas like the jumper and hair along with a newspaper image for the background. I also used Ariel font for the name and Javanese Text for the album title.

Final design of my CD cover

Swirl effect on final front cover

First I made a rectangle shape and coloured it.grey.

I then moved the layer down just above the main image

 I then went to Filter, Distort and Twirl where I moved the angle to the highest number.

 I then used the twirl effect a couple more times to make it swirl more.

 I then changed it to multiply and put the opacity down to 33%.

Lastly I added a layer mask and using a black coloured paint brush, removed the swirl on the artist so it was just in the background.

This was my swirl effect on my front cover.

Framing shots including and excluding elements as appropriate

Front cover images I chose to photograph my brother as he suited the style of my genre, with his style of clothing and being able to play the guitar. I photographed him against a plain background so to keep focus on him and make it easy to put writing over the top. Edits I decided to lighten the images as they were taken late at night so looked dark. I altered the tone of the image making the background the right colour, whilst editing the subject to keep the face warm in colour. Also in a few of the shots the t.v was in the way, so I used the clone stamp and blur tool to edit it out. Gig photos These photos were taken from the gigs I went to which I will try to include in my magazine. The quality in some photos isn't the best as they are quite blurry up close due to the image quality on my phone, but I will make sure that they are a small size so it's hard to notice and won't enhance the poor quality.

Google mock up ideas

I created these mock ups of my magazine by using images off the internet that will be similar in style to my own images. I did this so I could get an idea of how my magazine will look like and make sure that it actually worked and looked professional. I'm pleased with the overall outcome of my mock ups but on my cover I will adjust it further as I think it doesn't look as professional as I want it to be, and I'm not sure if it will look as good with my own imagery. Front cover contents page double page spread

Double page spread house styles

Double page spreads from NME magazine.

The house styles on these double page spreads is that the magazine always has a main image of an artist or band that relates to the main article.

Another house style is the way NME uses a drop cap usually sans serif to start the article as it draws the eye to the beginning.

NME use columns to separate the text and make it easy to read so its not just a big block of text that looks boring.
The style of text is the same through all three double page spreads with the same size and colour.

There is also a main headline that is used in all double page spreads to sum up the story or name who its about. Under the headline is a sub-heading that sums up the musician before the interview.

Lastly the house style is the quotes from the interviews that are enlarged or in a different colour so key answers are easy to read and help make the story interesting.

Contents page house styles

Contents pages from NME magazine

A house style is a company's preferred manner of presentation and layout of written material.

One of NME's house style on the contents page is the use of the title logo and the same font of 'this week' which are both place next to each other.

Another house style is the layout where there is the 'band index' on the left an image of a story in the middle and the stories on the right under different categories that are used throughout all three images.

The black box with the yellow font used to inform about subscription is another house style as the layout is the same throughout with images of previous issues and the colour choice to make it stand out.

Lastly another house style is the type of font that is used to write the stories as it is the same on each contents page. Also the story linked to the image is bigger on every image as its one of the magazines main stories so is bigger to make sure the audience see and read it.

Colour scheme ideas,Branding, Name ideas and feature story ideas

Colour ideas  By trying out different colour ideas I have decided to predominantly use black and white within my magazine, along with red to make parts of it stand out. I have also decided to use grey or a blueish grey maybe for the backgrounds or boarders. Branding-logo design Typology Serif: Traditional/mainstream font  Mainly used in body and display Times New Roman font Q magazine uses this font Sans Serif: Modern/fresh font Mainly used in body and display Arial font NME magazine uses it Block Serif: Contemporary font Mainly used in display Associated with American College culture Mutant academy font Decorative: Hard to read sometimes  Mainly use in display Funkrocker Font from www.1001fonts.com Kerrang magazine use this style Script: Posh style font Relates to handwriting Classical magazines would use this style Name ideas Alt rock Rhythm IMR (indie modern rock) Motif Concord Encore Audio Amp Outkast Indie rock music  I chose these names because they all link to my chosen genre, and I think they would work well as a title for a magazine. I decided to go with Encore as my title because that phrase is usually used often in rock gigs when the audience want the band to play another song. I also thought that the meaning of encore could relate to my magazine with the idea that my audience would want more of my magazine, like they would want more music from a band. Cover stories and feature stories Review of a bands gig top 20 playlist of indie rock/rock music that month interview with artist on front cover upcoming artists Bands new tour-dates band interview Insight into bands tour (behind the scenes) Album reviews Return of bands Viewers questions on musician