This is my contents page final design. After researching the different music magazines i decided that i preferred the style of contents pages in Rock Sound magazine. I therefore decided to interpret this idea in my magazine. I believe this contents page is easier to follow and people can easily spot the main stories and their page numbers without having to try and find them and possibly just giving up even looking at this page and just flicking through the magazine.
I decided to place a picture running down the left hand side of the page, the picture which i have chosen is of the artists who are on the front page of my magazine as they are going to be one of the main features. I have placed many pictures on them and talked about them quite a lot to promote the story and to influence people to read it. By seeing the constant pictures the readers automatically know that this is a big story, this may encourage them to read the story even if they do not know the band.
After looking at different music magazines, i discovered that most music magazines decided to list some of the features included in their magazine down the right hand side of the page. Although this was not the same for every music magazine which i looked at, i did seem to be a common convention in most magazines and so i decided to interpret this idea into my magazine contents page. I have also chosen to place the story about my main artists who are on the front cover, first in my list, directly across from their picture on the contents page. I believe people then only have to look at the picture and then can easily find the story which is about them, the small paragraph of writing underneath also gives more insight into the story for the readers. I have also chosen to add a section called 'Tracker Awards'. I believe that this almost makes the magazine a type of awards business as they are giving awards to artists who are voted by the public. This idea also lets the audience become more involved in the magazine and gives them more of a say as to what happens, again this could encourage them to carry on purchasing the magazine to see if the person they voted for wins, and to carry on voicing their opinions.
Subscribe to us. This is a small section which i have placed, however it is probably the most important. This is how the magazine is going to make most of its money and therefore i have chosen a small paragraph underneath to talk about special offers. People will immediately like the idea of saving money and getting something for cheap and this could again influence them to turn to this page and consider subscribing to Chart Tracker magazine.
I placed three blue lines around the border of my magazine. I did this as my title before i chose Chart Tracker was going to be 'Tune' and i was going to design this writing in blue with three lines running narrowly together almost like the idea that someone has written it with three blue pens all taped together. However i couldn't get this idea to work and i decided that this title wasnt really going to look good. the reason i chose to have the three blue lines was to match with the title of my magazine, however i decided to rethink my title and changed it to 'Chart Tracker' however i still decided that i liked the three blue lines running around the page and so i decided to keep this feature.
I also had the title of the magazine 'Chart Tracker' at the bottom right hand corner of the page, again i have chosen to do this to continue promoting te magazine and advertising it's name even whilst the readers and viewing it. The more they see the name the more that my audience will remember it. Hopefully if they like the magazine, they will remember the name and recommend it to other people, they may also be encouraged to look out for and purchase other issues.
I have chosen to ahve the title FEATURES at the top of my contents page, after looking at many different examples of contents pages some said 'Inside' and 'This Issue' I decided on having the title of features as i believe firstly this sounded more professional and i also believe that it sounded more like what was included in the magazine was special. The word features made the things inside my magazine sound exclusive and interesting whereas i believe the title 'Inside' was boring and made my magazine sound a bit dull.
I have also decided to change the colours to red and black. As after researching many different music magazines i discovered that the colours tended to be dark, bold and loud to stand out and grab the readers attention.
This is my final design for my Music magazine front page, double page spread and contents page production task.
Firstly when thinking of an idea which i could do for my double page spread and having researched many different examples from magazines such as NME and Q i decided to take my photograph in a typical, natural setting which shows the artists in everyday life. For this i decided to have my artists pretending to be drunk, surrounded by empty beercans and bottles. This gives the effect of the artists of been on a night out. I also added a blow up guitar as i thought it added a bit of humour and uniqueness to the picture as most of the pictures in the magazines which i had seen showed the artists holding real instruments. I thought this technique really worked well. Then, using my research i interpreted the ideas of the other music magazines which i had looked at and decided to have my main picture running over one full page and a littlle bit of the next page, leaving a small room for some text to run down the side. This is a technique which i noticed in the NME magazine which my magazine is similar to.
I then chose to add a police do not cross sign, across the picture. I thought this gives the impression of a wild night out, with the artists getting drunk and partying. I thought this captures the wild lifestyles of the music artists and the police sign highlights the fact that it is dangerous to cross as they have had a wild time. This links in with the 'Heading Home' text which i chose to place directly underneath the police sign. I believe the font in which this is written makes it look almost like the bars of a police cell which again indicates the wild night which it looks like my two artists in the photograph has had. Even though this is exaggerated i believe that this technique worked well and highlighted the point which i was trying to make. I also chose to have the words 'Heading Home' in red as i thought the colour had connotations with danger which again linked in with the wild party scene shown in my photograph.
To the right hand side of my page, i have chosen to have the text, which in this case is the interview between my two main artists which form the band 'The Voice.' I have chosen to do an exclusive interview as people are immediately drawn into a story by this and i thought that it would attract people to my magazine. Underneath all of the text on the right hand side of the page, i have the title of the magazine written in the bottom right hand corner. This technique continues to promote my magazine and continues to alert the readers attention to the title of my magazine, so that it sticks in their minds and will hopefully encourage them to buy it, if they are fans 0f the magazine.
I had many different ideas for the front page of my music magazine. After i kept re-drafting my many different ideas i decided on this one to be my final front page.Firstly after researching music magazines i discovered that only a few of them offer free things inside the magazine. I believe people like freebies or good deals and this can sometimes attract the audience to a magazine and influence them to purchase it. Therefore i decided to include a 'Free CD' offer in my magazine to try and hook the readers attention and encourage them to buy my magazine. I have chosen t0 place an advert for the free CD in a bright yellow box in the top left hand corner of my magazine. I believe the bright yellow box and bright red font stand out against the black background, this is eye-catching and immediately draws peoples attention in. This is one of the first things which i want my audience to see as this could influence them to buy my magazine.
I have again chosen to place the same bright yellow box highlighting the free cd further down the left hand side of the page where the magazine displays a few of the artists who are going to be on the CD. I thought that this would help to direct the readers to where they could look to find out more about the free CD. I wanted to put some of this information on the front page, as many people would not bother to spend time flicking through the magazine to find out what artists it featured. Therefore i placed some of the well known names onto my front cover as these again would catch the readers attention in the same way which the prospect of the free cd would. I believe people would see some of the big names on the CD and immediately purchase the magazine just for the CD, if i was to design the full magazine i would explain some of the smaller acts on the CD towards the back of the magazine as they aren't going to encourage people to buy it, if it is a small band or artist which not many people have heard of.
Running along the top of my magazine, to the right of my free CD offer i have placed the text '15 New Tracks and Remixes.' i believe that the number of tracks on the CD would again be another selling point for the magazine. I have chosen to place this near to the offer,as it gives the audience a bit more information as to what is included on the CD. I have chosen to write this in a lively font as it stands out and catches the readers attention.
For the main picture of my magazine i chose to have my two main artists standing in an alleyway. I believe that this technique worked well. It stands out and instantly shows the relationship between my two main artists in my group. I also edited this image and faded the wall and background out to black so that it blended in with the background of my magazine. I believe that this technique worked well and almost give the photograph the impression that it is a paparazzi shot and that the audience are almost spying on them to see what they get up to. I believe the closeness between the two also highlights the intimacy between them and hints that they have feelings towards each other.
For the title of my magazine i decided to have it in the font of 'Welton Urban', I believe firstly that the urban font links in with the streets and society.This again highlights the fact that these two artists grew up on the streets and have made it big. It also highlights the fact that anyone can become sucessful no matter where you are from, as long as you have the talent.
I have chosen to place my main headline across the picture on the front of my magazine as this was a technique usually done when i looked at magazines such as the NME. I chose to have the main text as speech 'Were heading home'. I have chosen this text as the main story is centred around them going to their home city on their tour. I thought this text linked nicely in with the main story and the title gives a brief insight to the audience as to what the story centred around the artists on the front cover is going to be about. I have also seperately added some speech marks which i have produced in a larger font and a different colour to the speech so that th audience can clearly define the speech and that is what the two main artists have said. Underneath this i have then added the name of the band, this promotes the artists on the front cover as the audienceof the magazine will see any artists on the front cover of a music magazine as being sucessful and a good band and this could encourage them to buy the magazine to hear more about them. The name of the band underneath lets people who are interested know the bands name so that they can purchase their CD's.
I then chose to add some more storylines around my page, this gives readers more information of some of the stories featured in this issue and it also gives them an insight into what bands the magazine focuses on and what genre of music the magazine is centred around, which in this case is Indie. I also experiments with different typesof fonts to try and make the front cover look interesting and stylish as this is going to be the most important part of the magazine and is the magazines selling point. The audience notice the front cover and if that doesn't influence them to buy the magazine, they are not going to bother flicking through the magazine. I have the name 'Wilson' written in a heavy metal font. Underneath this is a conterversial story which centres around one of the artists calling the music industry. I chose the heavy metal font as i thought it looked the most controversial and firey which gives an insight into the story and into the artists personality. This font also helps as most people think of heavy metal artists as being controversial and always getting into trouble.
I have also added some text which runs along the bottom of the magazine. This starts with the word PLUS and instantly calls out to the readers letting them know that not everything which is featured in the magazine is on the front page. It also gives the impression of, theres a lot of great stuff in the magazine as shown on the front page, plus all of this other great stuff inside the magazine. This gives the magazine the feel of being sucessful and crammed full of good features and stories. This helps to constantly try and encourage the audience to buy the magazine.
I have also placed in a small white font the strapline. 'Your favourite Music Magazine'. This is almost telling the audience that it is their favourite music magazine. This could encourage people to read the magazine to find out how good it actually is. It also relates directly with the audience saying that this is their magazine and is almost bringing them into the magazine as if the readers are a part of the magazine. This technique could influence people to buy the magazine.
Finally i have placed the barcode, price and date in the bottom right hand corner. This is because after researching music magazines i dsicovered that this is where they generally tend to be placed. I also wanted people to quickly be able to see the price so that if they like it, they can find out straight away how much it is and buy it, without having to look all over for the price of the magazine.
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