Double page spread first mock

This is the first outcome of my double page spread. I am happy with this and I feel it look neat and professional. I have included the correct conventions such as the text written in columns, page numbers and the name of artist and magazine.

I asked my friend Jamie Power what he thought of the magazine and this is what he said -

"I think chelsea has done really well, I was the model for this shoot and I feel like she has worked well with the photos she captured. I like the way it looks like I am looking at the pull quote"

contents page first mock

 

This is the first mock of my contents page. I am pleased with the outcome however feel like it could be improved. I have followed many conventions such as photos, page number and a picture of the front cover being on the front.

 

I asked my friend Rhea Killick what she thought and this is what she said -

"I like that it has their social media sites, i also like the pictures and ow it is organised. i feel as if its a bit dark there is not a lot of colour.;"

first draft

This is the first draft for my front cover. This includes all conventions such as masthead, anchorage text, sell lines and more. I am pleased with the outcome of this and will continue to improve this once I have finished my contents page and double page spread.

I sent this picture to my friend Charlotte Whittington, as this is what she said about it -

" I like the way you can tell what kind of magazine this is straight away, it look really good and I like the colours"

Starting the contrustion

Today I started to construct my front cover.

I started with my photo with I had already edited using photoshop. I then decided to start with the masthead and sky line as my starting point. I had already had my chosen font for my mast head and had to download it onto my computer and use photoshop to choose the correct shape and colour.

My inspiration for my skyline comes from mixmag magazine. They have a sky line promoting their magazine so as they have good sales I thought having a sky line would be beneficial to my magazine.

My photoshoot

Planning photos for front cover and double page spread

For my front cover photo and double page spread photos I am using my friend Jamie Power. I have chosen to use a male because there are more male artist within the house genre than women.

I am going to set up a plain white back drop and use studio lighting for my light. I need to take into consideration the types of shots I will use for example for my front cover image I want a mid shot of Jamie so you can see his outfit. This is a common shot for front covers as it doesn't look to close or too far away; it looks professional.

The photos for the double page spread can be more adventourus however you want the picture to take over alot of both the pages. The different shots I could use are;

- Long shot
- Mid shot
- Close up
and more.

I am going to explore shot types and composition to create the best outcome for my genre and to make sure my double page spread doesnt look over crowded and unprofessional.

To make sure that my model Jamie was able to do the photoshoot in the week I gave him a text asking when it was good for him to do the shoot. These are the messages we sent:

Research into target audience

Originally my plan was to create a questionnaire with questions regarding the contents of my magazine and see what my target audience like and dislike. However, as my target audience are spread over various social media sites I have decided to take this opportunity to find out what a huge amount of my target audience would like too see. I will post questions on twitter, facebook, instagram and also use Imessage to message people I know and see what they think.

Double page spread mock

Having pictures on my double page spread is important so that it looks interesting and exciting to read. Readers are more likely to read it with a larger picture and a smaller amount of text because too much text looks daunting. This is because my target audience are young and are not into reading large amounts of text.

I have chosen to do a question and answer intrview with my artist becuase they dont have to read the whole article to find out what they want. They will see the questions in bold and just read the questions that catch their attention.

I have put a line through the middle of this page becuase double page spread are across two A4 pages however when I come to make my real contents page I will create it on photoshop using an A3 sheet.

Front cover mock

 

To be able to include all the correct conventions applied to a magazine front cover such as sell lines and the masthead, I needed to know where everything is going to go so it looks professional and neat so I created a very simple mock version of my front cover so that when it comes to it I know that everything I want to include will fit perfectly.

I have chosen to place my masthead at the top of my magazine becuase mixmag and kerrang have their mastheads across the top of the whole magazine which means this is a common convention which I should follow to create a succssful magazine.

I have chosen to place the anchorage text, which will be the name of the artist, across the middle of the magazine becuase Mixmag does this and mixmag is the only other magazine that has a similar genre. However, not all magazine do this for example Vibe magazine, which is a R&B magaxine, has the name of the artist on the front cover either on the side of the picture of below it.