My final front cover, contents page and double page spread

These are the final pieces of work for my magazine.

All the elements of my magazine is connected in

some where through the use of color, images and

fonts style. Things i did differently from my 

second draft are changing the image on the front

cover to a female model  because most of the 

images used in the magazine was of females,

the color needed changing as well because 

before it wasn't blending in with the rest of the

magazine but now one can clearly see a connection 

in terms of the colors used. I think i have

progressed in the production of my magazine to 

a great extent. From the first time i started to 

create this magazine it was plain, unattractive

 but with the use of technology i ended up with

 this final product that looks desirable. It feels 

good to have accomplish something that looks

 the way my magazine does.

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The second draft of My magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread

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when i did this version of my magazine my front cover was very masculine and grimy. The colors was very bright which was not a problem but it wasn't  in cohesion with the rest of my magazine in terms of the colors because my front cover is red and the double page spread is black with some injection of purple, pink and blue. It was some what the same problem with my contents page, the use of the colors didn't connect it to the double page spread. Overall you couldn't see the direct connections between all my pieces of work. I redrafted my magazine to create a final product. 

First Draft and plans of my music magazine



Plans on how my front cover and contents page would look like

Photoshop draft of my front cover in the making

This is the first unfinished draft of my music magazine. It was very challenging process in collecting the pictures for the magazine. I was faced with the issue of taking pictures that would represent the target audience. I wanted my magazine to look as professional as possible and fit in with other magazine in the R&B music genre. The editing process of the image was time consuming and required a lot of diligence.I tried to use effect on the fonts as away of futher representing the genre of music. Also as a way of attracting my intended audience. I think this is a good start to my magazine which has the potential to be categorized with some of the best R&B magazines out there.
      The name i gave  my magazine fit in to the genre of R&B. It was a decision that i came to after seeing an advert on television about platinum records being released my many artist in the music industry. I thought by choosing platinum as the name for my magazine would fit in with the ideas i had of what i wanted my magazine to look like. I chose to put the image on a white background because it would amplify the image and draw attention to the magazine. The colors i used stands out on the white bachground of the magazine also it matches with the costume the model is wearing.



Analysis and comparison of three double page articles from music magazines

The punk/emotional rock influence on the magazine is instantly recognisable within the setup and pictures of the double page spread, where the article is expressed as a “World Exclusive”, making it seem unique and special, where it is only available to the readers of ‘Kerrang’-it is also emphasised that the band has “invited” the magazine specially to their recording studio, so that readers can get an insight into the life of a famous band and the ‘celebrity lifestyle’-increasing fandom for the band. The majority of the two pages are used up by images, where there is only a small amount of text on the second page. Each of these pictures has been manipulated, to create a black and white effect, which matches the dark (almost gothic) emotional rock style of the band and its music. This is complemented by the bright red colour of certain text on the double page, which also relates to the bands style, with connotations of anger, blood and excitement. The font used for the title is very clear, using a ‘worn out’ effect, again relating to the punk style of the band. This title has then been set at an angle, and “best MCR” has been highlighted by using a larger font than the rest of the title, in white rather than red. This gives a subtle hint of informality to the double page spread, giving it more entertaining feel as the mode of address.
      Language is also used as an advantage to the magazine, differentiated from other music magazines by its unique mode of address to its readers.The title of the article is a quote from the band itself, which uses specialised language, such as “MCR”, that only certain groups in society will understand, creating a sense of community within the magazine. Other language used in this short article is often professional within the music industry, relating to the affluence of the young audience that may take an interest in the magazine.
  This double page article opened my prospective to ways in something like this can be presented and it could be used to reach an audience. One would think that and article like this should be full of writing and less pictures. This to me establish the point that an article with more pictures and less words can still reach the intended audience in the same way as and article with more writing and less pictures. I think its a very interesting way of putting forward an article and it has definitely given me ideas on how i could represent my audience. 

The party fun look on the magazine is one of the first things that catches your eyes when looking at this article. There are a range of bright colors used which stands out on the white background of the page. The colors create a party theme because they are bright and lively, which get the readers interested in wanting to read the magazine. The whole party idea is supported by the images on the article. In every image we see some portrayal of clubbing/partying taking place. The images is also of young people only thus establishing without a doubt who the audience is, young people who love having fun and love partying.
    There is much more writing in this article compared to the rock article, there is also a lot less bright colors used in the rock article. Which give a clear cut distinction between the two magazine article. The language used is very informal and supports the party theme "Party Maison". In this article there is nothing misleading about it because all the elements come together explicitly to portray one main theme which i thought was brilliant.
   This raises my awareness of the importance in combining the elements so that it can be unified when attracting and representing your audience. This has changed my thinking on how i should really go about planning the representation for my magazine double page article.

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