Double Paged Spread Drafts

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These are my two double paged spread designs. Both of them are mainly picture based but also have an interview from the featured band on them. I think images work effectivly.

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Contents Drafts

These are my two contents drafts.

I aim to use loads of images in them and some text. I want to make them colourful but to a colour scheme so that they don't look too busy. 

Front Cover Design

My front covers I have designed. I want to use one main big image and possibly some small ones. Also some big titles and articles to make them look eyecatching. Also some nice warm colours but not to many so it doesn't look too busy.

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What genre of music are you into?

• Country
• Jazz Buble style ;)
• Pop
• Rock
• Indie

How often would you like to buy a music magazine?

• Weekly
• Fortnightly
• Monthly

How much would you pay for the magazine?

• £0.00 - £1
• £1 - £2
• £2- £3
• £3 - £4
• £4 - £5

What free gifts would you like in a magazine?

• Posters
• CD's
• Another Magazine
• Stickers
• Badges

What colour scheme do you think I should use?

• Black, Red, White
• Cooler colours are green, violet, light blue, etc.
• Warm Colours : orange, yellow, and red-orange
•  Neutrals, such as beige, brown, and grey.
• Other

What would you like to see in a music magazine? 
Please Specify.

• Band and Artist information
• Gig Information
• Upcoming Bands
• New Singles and Albums
• Charts
• Festival Information
• Competitions
• Other?

Textual Analysis - Double Paged Spread - Q

This is a double paged spread. Its from Q magazine.
   They have stuck to a very simple layout. This spread mainly consists of photos, they take up most of the room. The text underneath the photographs are just brief descriptions of who is in the photo and where and who it was taken by. All of these artists feature in this particular issue.
   The trademark red banner is across the top of the pages, that always there in Q magazine. The title on the left page at the top is written in big bold letters so its eye catching to the readers "Access all Areas"  kind of lets the reader think that they are getting information specially. "Behind the scenes awards special"  is written smaller, just underneath the title. This again may be information that isn't usually shared, so it makes it look even more special. "This is showbuisiness, not show friends"  could show the audience the seriousness of showbuisness and that its not always fun?
  There is a plain white background to make the images stand out more. Then the Q logo is in the corner of the top right hand corner.

Textual Analysis - Contents Page - Q

This contents page is divided into 4 sections. Features, The Songwriters, Every month and review. Each section is displayed differently to make them stand out. Features and Every month have a red background with white writing, and Songwriter has a blue background with white writing. Q Review is written in bold big writing, almost to make it stand out more, suggesting its more important than the other sections. Its a very simple page, nothing is to complex.

  Contents is written across the top in huge black capitals and definatly stands out. Its to show what the page is about and is displayed clearly.

 They display 4 pictures, the main one is of "Girls Aloud" which takes up most of the page. This could represent that they are the main article in the magazine. Then there are other images of over artists which give the audience another clue of who is featuring in the magazine.
  Under each section has brief descriptions of what is in that section.
  Q have used a rather busy contents page due to the variety of different images and colours. They usually stick to very simple layouts.

Textual Analysis - Rolling Stone

This is Rolling Stone magazine. Its usually based in the U.S.A and it focus's on music, politics and culture. There's an issue every fortnight. It is published by Jann Wenner. Rolling Stone isn't aimed at any specific audience, for they feature many different artists. The origin of the name isn't known, but its suggest it comes from alot of songs e.g Bob Dylans "Like a rolling stone".

     Rolling Stone feature mainly music artists on their front covers but they have been known to use famous tv shows or actors as well. 

  Its imported from America, and is only sold in major cities e.g. London, Birmingham. 

Masthead

   Rolling Stone has a trademark masthead. It could symbalise the continueing flow of music. The font is very classic and the R is longer then the other letters. This could also shows its retro, and features more classic bands.

The big image of Eminem, I think is very effective. It attracts the readers to buy it because its a very dark image of Eminem and would interest people to know what its about.

Textual Analysis - Contents Page - Big Cheese

The name of the magazine "The Big Cheese" is displayed on the top left hand corner, with the issue number beneath it.This gives a sense of brand identity. Underneath you get given the names of the people who work on the magazine e.g. Editor , Photographers. Their names are written in white and their contact details are written in blue. In red writing you get given an Address. Then at the bottom in white there is a billing address and information. All this information is displayed down the left hand side of the page. The black background makes the text stand out more and people would look at more.   Then next to this there is a letter from the editor, which most magazines display on the first page, discussing and talking about what is in the issue. But however its suprising they haven't included a picture of the editor, like other magazines.Again this is written in white text to make it stand out infront of a black background. The majority of the background on this page is white. Most of the colours are more themed with the kind of magazine being a "Rock Magazine". Beside the editors letter is the actual contents, which is written in red and doesn't clash with the background. Then theirs a heading above it that says Regulars which shows what regular things they publish in the magazine.You can see it clearly. It doesn't look that neat but that works effectivley again with the type of magazine it is, with the roughness.

Then you get given a picture of "Ozzy Osbourne"  at the bottom with a page number, so if you're interested where the picture is from you can go directly to that page. The picture however takes up most of the space on the page.

  This contents page is divided into 3 sections. But the actual contents seems a litte small, so it could suggest another contents page somewhere.

Textual Analysis - Cover - Q Magazine

This is Q Magazine, published by Bauer Media Group - the same publishers has Kerrang Magazine. They seem to publish a variety of different magazines, but for different audiences. This may be to attract a wider range of people. Q magazine looks more expensive and feels more expensive than others such like Kerrang. Q display more "shocking" and "eccentric" images on their covers which differ from Kerrangs simple band images. Kerrange magazine uses a more cheaper feeling material for their magazines,yet Q uses a more expensive and nicer material. You'd want to keep a Q magazine more than a Kerrang one due to its condition and vintage images.

The Banner across the top " The UK's biggest music magazine" would attract the audiences to buying it.

The image of Lady GaGa is very eye catching and quite shocking. It would attract an audience to buy the magazine, paticulary Lady Gaga fans. The overlaping text of "Lady Gaga" is to tell the readers that she is featuring in it.  Its striking and interesting.

The different artists that feature in this issue, have their names written in bold text on the right hand side and this shows Q uses more than one artist, and Jimi Hendrix being written in the boldest would allure the audiences because he's a classic rock artist.

The colour scheme seems to be the same every issue.They alway use a grey background. They use white fonts on the main artist "Lady Gaga" to emerge audiences. Where it says "100 most shocking artists" they elaberate on the "shocking" by again making it stand out with a white background and bold red writing.

Textual Analysis - Kerrang Magazine

This magazine is called "Kerrang". Its the worlds best selling rock music magazine. Kerrang! is a rock music magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom.The word Kerrang, sounds like the strum of a guitar, so it uses onomatopoeia. It relates to the theme of the magazine, being a rock music magazine.

  

Masthead

  The title - Kerrang - is to identify the name of the magazine. Every magazine must have one to do so. Its done in big white capitals, and its really eye catching. Visually, it reflects again the idea of guitars and rock music with the black lines possibly representing cracks and the music being so loud, it smashes it. Kerrang's slogan is also "Life is loud" so it represents that as well. I really like the Masthead because I think its really eye catching and is appealing to the magazine. The white font makes it stand out.

Image

  Kerrang every week, publishes an issue with a different Artist or Band on the front cover. In this particular issue, its of 30 Seconds to Mars's front man "Jared Leto". There is also a banner to support the image saying "30 Seconds to mars"  which tells the audience what the main article in the magazine is about and who's on the front cover. Jared's hands are in the way of the Banner, so the text isn't spread across the magazine, so it looks like its in the way on purpose. The main image of Jared Leto is anchored with the sub-texts " I could be your worse enemy"  "Jared Leto's Dark Side". The image is a mid shot, and shows body language, his fist in his hand, and his facial expression which is quite aggressive. This intrigues the audience to find out more about Jared Leto, persuading them to buy the magazine.

There are other images of the free posters you'd recieve in the magazine, and this could attract audiences. It says "Black Metal Poster Special" which could appeal to more older audiences?

 

My Music Magazine Comparison :)

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Things to do List!!!!

This is my action plan for my Music Magazine task:

• Do my comparison of magazines
• My textual analysis of 3 covers, 2 contents pages and 1 double page spread
• Conduct my audience questionnaire
• Conduct internet research into institutions and reader ship figures
• Carry on my internet research into institutions and reader ship figures
• Create colour analysis, font analysis and a treatment sheet
• Carry out  my photoshoot and interviews and put the photos on my drafts
• Create my final front cover, contents page and double page spread
• Get my audience feedback Create my evaluation