My Music Magazine So Far...

Front Cover:

Contents Page:

Double Page Spread:

Improving and Editing my Contents Page.

I need to consider how to improve my contents page for my music magazine to make it more professional.

As I have a black space on the top right of the page this seems wasteful and so to improve I will need to consider a way to add something into the page.
Furthermore, I will need to consider how I can make the page more professional and more like a music magazine contents page.

Improvements to Double Page Spread.

I have finished the new copy of my double page spread and made the improvements which will help my double page spread look more effective.

Editing/Improvements of Double Page Spread.

There are a number of imporvements that need to be made to my double page spread, I will improve the:

- Font Size
- Change the italics on the font
- Add more text in due to the decrease in font size
- Add in more images to make the double page spread more realistic
- Blend images within text to make it more effective

Editing.

After completing my final designs and editing them, I will look over them and further edit my designs to ensure I have a final product which is both professional and effective.

Final Mock-Up of Double Page Spread: Stage Four

I have finally constructed my final mock-up of my double page spread.  Finishing I added a quote from the article I had wrote to make this double page spread more effective and more like a traditional music magazine.

Final Mock-Up of Double Page Spread: Stage Three

I have placed my text onto my double page spread.

Double Page Spread Text.

I have wrote my article for my double page spread exclusive about my model 'Caridee Jones'.

Final Mock-Up of Double Page Spread: Stage Two

I have now added the image of my model onto my double page spread.

Final Mock-Up of Double Page Spread: Stage One

I have started to construct my double page spread.

Editing Final Design of Contents Page - 2

I have re-edited my contents page as I believed my first editing of the model on my contents page was too similar to the colour of the background, so I have edited my image of my model to make her brighter and more of a contrast to the background.

Editing Final Design of Contents Page.

I have edited my contents page, to make it look more professional and the layout neater.

Editing Final Design of Front Cover.

I have edited my front cover, before there was a shadow around my model but now I have edited it to make it look more neater and professional.

Final Mock-Up of Contents Page: Stage Four

I have finally completed my final mockup of my contents page.

Final Mock-Up of Contents Page: Stage Three

I have added my text onto my contents page.

Final Mock-Up of Contents Page: Stage Two

I have now added the image of one of my models 'Billy Jones'.

Final Mock-Up of Contents Page: Stage One

I have started to construct my final contents page.

Final Mock-Up of Front Cover: Stage Three

I have constructed my final product of my music magazine front cover.

Final Mock-Up of Front Cover: Stage Two

I have now added a tagline and my image of my model 'Caridee Jones'.

Final Mock-Up of Front Cover - Stage One

I have started to construct my music magazine front cover.

Stage One:

Mock-Up of Double Page Spread (Without Own Images).

I have constructed my first mock up of my music magazine double page spread, without using my own images.

Ideas to Own Music Magazine.

After much consideration with my fonts I have decided to use...

-  Broadway for the masthead on each page.

-  Centaur for any other text.

Mock Up of Contents Page (Without Own Images).

I have constructed my first mock up of my music magazine contents page, without using my own images.

Mock-Up of Front Cover (Without Own Images).

I have constructed my first mock up of my music magazine front cover, without using my own images.

Background to Indie Rock.

Indie rock is a sub-genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others.
Originally used to describe record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US, and then Britpop bands in the UK, broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective.
In the 2000s, as a result of changes in the music industry and the growing importance of the Internet, a number of indie rock acts began to enjoy commercial success, leading to questions about its meaningfulness as a term.

Introduction to Construction.

I have finished my planning and research in my music magazine and will now begin constructing my music magazine, Select.

Introducing My Band or Artist (Models for my Images).

In my music magazine my main model will be Caridee Jones, the new upcoming star in Indie Rock music. 

My music magazine will also feature other well known bands and artists such as:

- Nick Blake, (Solo Artist).
- The Fuse, (Band).

2x Mock-Up of Layout for Double Page Spread.

I have created two mock ups of a potential double page spread.

These are shown below:

2x Mock-Up of Layout for Contents Page

I have created two mock up layouts of potential contents pages for my music magazine.
They are showed below:

2x Mock-Up of Layout for Front Cover.

I have created two mock-ups of my potential layouts for my music magazine front cover.

These are shown below:

Explanation of Chosen Genre and Audience.

I have analysised a number of music genre's to determine which one I would base my music magazine around these are:

- Indie
- Rock
- Country
- Pop
- R'N'B
- Jazz
- Dance
- Alternative Rock
- Classical


After much consideration I have limited my choice of genre to two genre's:

- Indie
- Rock

With these two genre's I will have several different choices.
One: I could mix both genre's together to create a Indie Rock magazine.
Two: I could create a Indie magazine.
Three: I could create a Rock magazine.

My target audience will be both genders aged roughly 15+.

Ideas for Colour.

I will consider a variety of colours when creating my music magazine. These will include:

- Black and White (To keep the magazine simple, and to express a vintage, theme).
-  Blue and Yellow (As these are both calm and collective colours using these together would create a cool tone).
-  Red and White (This would contrast the colours as white is a innocent colour and red could be portrayed as anger or passion).
-  Dark Shades (This could portray a genre of rock or a more hard rock side to indie, depending on what genre I choice).
- Pastel Shades (This could illustrate the softness of the genre).

After much consideration I will come back to my colour scheme when constructing my music magazine, to analysis which colour scheme will suit my magazine the most.

Ideas for Font.

I have considered a number of fonts to use throughout my magazine.

I will use a variety in my music magazine.

The fonts I have considered are:

 

- Arial

-  Bauhaus 93

-  Californian FB

-  Goudy Stout

-  Kristen ITC

-  Trebuchet MS

-  TW Cen MT

-  Freestyle Script

-  Century Gothic

-  Tahoma

Ideas of Masthead Names.

I have constructed several different music magazine mastheads these are shown below:

- Base
- Pluck
- Turn It Up
- Pulp
- Select
- Dance
- Step Up
- Just Dance
- Rock
- Flow

After much consideration I have decided to name my music magazine Select.

Analysing a Music Magazine Double Page Spread.

I have analysed three double page spreads from music magazines.

Analysing a music magazine double page spread

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Analysing a Music Magazine Contents Page

I have analysed three music magazine contents pages, I identified and analysed several different devices on the contents pages, including, mastheads, text, colour, target audience etc.

Analysing a music magazine contents page

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Analysing a Music Magazine Front Cover.

I have analysed three front covers of a music magazine, talking about the masthead, image, headlines, pugs, taglines and other devices shown on a magazine.

Analysing a music magazine front cover

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Introduction to Music Magazine.

I am about to begin researching exsisting products of music magazines.  This will eventually lead to me creating my own music magazine.

Final Front Cover and Contents Page.

After a survey I have decided on using my second mock ups of my magazine cover and contents page.

My final product is below:

2nd Mock Up of Contents Page.

I have created a second mock up of my contents page.  I have altered my contents page a great deal and this will benefit as it relates to my front cover more.

2nd Mock Up of Front Cover

I have created a second mock up of my front cover.  I have made some changes which I think benefits my magazine and will be successful.

A Range of Photos Taken & Analysed.

I have analysed a variety of photos which I am considering using in my school magazine.  Eventually I will decide which images I will use and where on my magazine I will place them.

Analysing images

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1st Mock-Up of Contents Page

I have created my first mock up of my front cover. 

The mock up is shown below:

Analysing a Magazine Cover and Contents Page.

I have analysed two front covers of school magazines and two contents pages of a school magazine.  These are shown in the slideshow below:

Analysing a magazine cover and contents page

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1st Mock-Up of Front Cover

I have created my first mock up of my front cover. 

The mock up is shown below:

Beginning of Construction.

I have started to construct my school magazine.  I will create a number of mock ups and after finding appropriate images and detail I will create my school magazine.

Mock-up of Layout.

I have created two mock up's of my layout for my front cover of my school magazine.  I have annotated both to explain where things might go.

My second mock up is below:

Mock - Up of Layout.

I have created two mock up's of my layout for my front cover of my school magazine.  I have annotated both to explain where things might go.

My first mock up is below:

Ideas for Colour.

I have complied a number of different colours for my magazine background and fonts etc.  These are:

- Blue and Gold (Themed after the colours for the Prom in July 2011).

- Black, Red, Green and White (Themed after the colours for the Kenyan flag which relates back to the Dreams and Teams trip that Biddulph High School offer).

- White and Black (Representing the wedding style theme for the play, The Wedding Singer).

After considering each colour theme, I have not decided on which theme to use but will consider this more closely and then decide closer to when I start to design my school magazine front cover.

Ideas for Fonts.

I have brainstormed a number of fonts for my magazine.  I have analysed a numerous amount of fonts to use in my magazine these are:

- Calibri
-  Bradley Hand ITC
-  Century Gothic
-  Dotum
- Tempus Sans ITC
-  KaiTi

After looking through several different fonts I have decided to use Century Gothic for my headlines and subheadings and use Tempus Sans ITC for my masthead.

Ideas for Masthead.

I have brainstormed a number of mastheads for my magazine.  I came up with a variety of ideas; these are:

- Insider
- Inside Out
- Outsider
- Outside In
- The Insider
- The Outsider

After coming up with these potential mastheads I finally decided on using Outside In for my masthead in my school magazine.

Introduction to my blog.

Hello, my names Holly Jukes and I have just started to study Media Studies at my sixth form, Biddulph High School.  My aim is to create a school magazine's front and context page; both my front cover and my context page will illustrate what my magazine will hold and will be attractive to my target audience, pupils in both the high school and the sixth form but will mainly be centralised on sixth form events but will also include information about the last school prom from July 2011. My magazine will include pictures and information for the reader to have a initial idea on what the sixth form has to offer. 

Hope you enjoy my magazine cover and contexts page.