Draft contents page



DRAFT FRONT COVER

This my draft front cover.

Evidence of editing in photoshop

Red eye removal

Step 1. This is the original image with obvious red eye.

Step 2. Next, I’ll zoom into the picture to see the eyes more clearly



Step 3. I will now select the red eye removal tool on the left hand side of the page.

Step 4. I have now clicked on both pupils with the red eye tool and you can now see her eyes have turned black.

Original images for music magazine

These are the original images I took for my magazine. I manage to achieve different camera angles including high angle and low angle shots, long, medium, and close up shots. I got my two models to do a variety of poses I thought were apropriate for a rock magazine. Costume was also important, and because my magazine is rock I got my models to wear a variety of clothes like leather jackets, hats, jeans, combat trousers and t-shirts. I chose to use different props such as a 'NO BALL GAMES' sign, a guitar, a microphone and earphones

evidence of sending link to students

This is evidence of the link I sent out to students of the ages of 16-19 of both sexes. I received 23 responses to my questionnaire in total.

College preliminary contents page

This is the prelimininary college contents page.

Contents page layout plan

This is the planned layout for my magazines contents page.

This is the layout for my magazines feature interview. I have chosen to use a number of images as my research and analysis has shown that many magazine readers do enjoy looking at images of musicians. I have tried to make the amount of text and images I used as equal as possible for my readers to enjoy both the text and images.

Front Cover layout Plan

This is my initial plan for the front cover of my music magazine.

Contents page analysis

NME CONTENTS PAGE

This magazine's contents page features a number of different images; these images each have a notable quote associated with them and some interesting information about the person or group. This gives the reader a little taste of what’s in this edition and makes them want to read the rest of the magazine.

The fact that images overshadow the text shows that this magazine is relying on imagery to entice the reader rather than the text, and it also shows that the editors believe that the readers prefer images rather than a large amount of text on the contents page. However, there is also quite a bit of descriptive text featured on the page considering that the contents is a single page, so overall I think there is a fair amount of text for the size of the page.

The main colours used are black and white. This symbolises the fact that this magazine is not over elaborate; it is simply a rock magazine which their target audience wants. The fonts used are mostly serif fonts (Times New Roman etc.). These fonts make the magazine seem more sophisticated and professional, making it appeal more to the reader.

The layout of this page intentionally puts more emphasis on the main features articles and interviews, by accompanying larger font with large image. The purpose of this is to help the audience know where to locate the main articles which they would want to read. All of the other content in the magazine is located an index with page numbers at the bottom of the page so that the audience know where to locate that content.

The contents of this page are separated by black lines. The purpose of this is to make it more organised and easier for the reader to distinguish between the different articles. The contents page also has a promotional offer in the bottom right corner of the page offering the audience a 36% saving on the full price of the magazine by giving NME £74.99 for the year. These promotional offers are important because it helps gain the magazine money and a larger audience. Also, the promotional offer is in a pink box which is unique on this page. This draws the reader’s eyes to it and makes it likely that they will read it.

The NME logo does not feature anywhere on the contents page suggesting that they are already a well-known brand that they don't need to show their logo again on the contents page.

Ideal reader profile

My ideal readers name is Justin Cole. He is an 18 year old male living in north London. He is currently doing his A levels and is studying music, photography and art. Justin's favourite hobbies are playing his guitar in his band, playing video games and listening to his favourite rock music. His mother is a receptionist in a doctor's surgery and his father is a builder. He also has an older sister, Rebbecca, who is 24 and shares her brothers taste for rock music but also likes R 'n' B. Justin does struggle with reading but is capable enough to read more easier texts. My magazine's interviews and articles will contain text which will be easy enough for Justin to read but still be enjoyable and captivating, making sure it is still of a high standard. I will make sure my magazine contains everything a rock music lover wants, like interviews with popular rock musicians and images that are interesting.

Title Blocks

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These are my title blocks, in which I believe are ideal for my magazine cover. I have created a poll for people to vote for which title block they believe are the best/ideal one for my magazine cover.

Magazine questionare analysis

Analysis of Questionnaire Results

I received 23 reply's from the questionnaire I produced which is a sufficient amount to make the final decisions for my rock magazine. The questionnaire was given to males and females of the age range 16-19 years old. In the first question I asked what priced did they believe to be a fair amount to pay for the magazine that will be released monthly. The majority (35%) believed the price should be between £1-£2 which is a fair amount for a new magazine on the market. 52% of people asked preferred the magazine title to be called LOUD, so I decided that is what I will call my magazine.

61% of people asked did say that they would rather read about established artists rather than up and coming artists, nevertheless my magazine will feature up and coming artists because it is not fully established enough to have interviews with well known artists and people will like to find out about exciting new artists. An overwhelming 77% would prefer to read interviews with music artists, so I will make sure the majority of my magazine will be interviews.

70% of people revealed that they regularly collect magazines. This is a very promising statistic because it shows me that if my magazine is popular with my target audience, there are still enough people who would be willing to regularly collect my magazine. The majority of people said they would prefer my magazine to have a red & black colour scheme, I agree that this would be appropriate for my rock magazine so I will use this.

Lastly, 78% of people said that they would like the magazine to offer the readers the chance to win competitions to meet bands and artists etc. So I will ensure that the magazines will be able to offer readers the chance to meet artists or bands that are featured in my magazine.