Final Double Page Spread

This is the final right hand page for my double page spread. It is quite simplistic and professional and I took my inspiration from Q magazine, minus the large lettering it uses to cover its interviews. I have stuck to my house theme of white red and black and have complied with typical magazine conventions and written in columns.  

Final Double Page Spread

This is the final left hand page of my double page spread. I have used the artist featured on the front cover in a long shot and edited the image on Pixlr, to bring her out in colour, to make her metaphorically 'shine' in the world around her. I used one of the more memorable quotes from her interview and placed it over the top of her, to give the reader an initial look at what the interview is going to include 

Final Contents Page

 

This is the completed version of my contents page. I have made a few changes, including the font style and layout. I think this version is a bit more interesting to look at and flows better on the page.

Final Front Cover

 

This is the final version of my front cover. I have used a mid shot of a featured artist in the magazine, used a bold masthead, and I have also included particular points of interest within my magazine on the cover. I used a font colour theme of white and red to stand out against the darkness of the image, and I edited my image on Pixlr. I turned down the saturation on the image, and then highlighted the flower in its original colours. I think this front cover is appealing to my TA, as it maintains simplisity, whilst still managing to look professional and displaying some of the typical conventions of a music magazine, like the date and the barcode. The artist featured has the indie folk style I am trying to sell, which will also be appealing to my target audience. 

 

 

New Contents

 

This is another version of my contents page. I decided, instead of featuring a person on this page, that I would try to be a bit more creative, so I used one of my books of sheet music and see what shapes I could create, I found that the loveheart shape was most successful and the most appealing to my TA. I did not edit the image, as I felt the neutral colours and the lighting in the picture were already appropriate and fitting for my house style. I have used a different font than on my most recent front cover, but they will be changed to match for the final edit. I did not use a particular order for the colours in the text, I left it up to what showed up against the background the best, but at the same time making sure I was in keeping with my three font colour scheme, and ensuring that I highlighted the key words.

Contents Page

This is one version of my contents page. I used a mid shot of a 'festival goer' behind the text, and I enhanced the colours and vibrancy of the picture to give it a bright and summer feeling tone, I then blurred the image slightly and placed it behind the text as it is not the focal point of the page, the text is. I wanted my text to look inviting and interesting to look at, so I continued with my house theme of red and white and then added black to help the text show up against the models skin. I did not use any particular order for the colours in the text, I only based it on what is easiest for my TA to read against the colourful background. I included several things in my contents page that I think would appeal to my TA most, like the mention of a particular festival and a few bands that my TA would typically listen to. To improve this page and make it look more like a typical music magazine contents page, I would decrease the image size and place the text to the side of it. I would also include page numbers and vary the fonts and font sizes to highlight particular points of interest. 

Front Cover

This is my nearly complete front cover. I have used a mid shot of a featured artist in the magazine, included a masthead on a vertical and I have also included the points of interest within the magazine. I used a colour theme of white and red to show up against the black and white image, and I edited my image on Pixlr. I removed the colour and highlighted one particular point in the image in colour, the flower. I think this front cover will appeal to my TA as in my opinion it looks quite classy, and inviting, and the artist featured has the style usually associated with indie folk, which is what I am trying to sell. To improve my cover, I would need to add things like a headline and links o social networking sites perhaps, but I do not want to disrupt the look and design with things like bar codes and icons, because I think it will look irregular and unappealing to my TA.