Double page spread changes

Because I am not yet sure on my house colour I am putting everything in one colour then after I have placed and created everything I shall think more about my colour scheme. For now though I will go with my initial idea and make it red. This is my double page spread with finalised font. I have extended the lines going off the page because I felt that with the lines just suddenly ending it looked randomly placed rather then a thought over placement like it is.

First draft of front cover

This is my first draft of my front cover on inDesign. So far out of my work I am least happy with my front cover. It may be because it still lacks a cover photo. But I'm not pleased with some of the fonts (especially the title) and the sizing of some of the factors. I will be changing this through looking at my research and trying out different fonts. I will also take and edit my photo soon.

Double page spread first draft

This is my first draft on inDesign for my double page spread. This is my chosen font &&@&£@&. I chose this one as it instantly caught my eye and I found it interesting. I was able to imagine it on my page and could see how I could incorporate it.

JayZ double page spread Q analysis

This is a double page spread from Q magazine. I have chosen to mimic the conventions of this particular magazine as I am wanting to create a double page spread about a male artist. The 'J' in the background of the text is conventional to Q magazine, the letter symbolises the first letter of the artists name. In my magazine I may chose to do thing - it depends whether I chose to do a more conventional layout like this or a more unconventional challenging double page spread. On this page the quote has been laid on top of the picture instead of in between the text. I will not be copying this convention in my magazine as I liked how the quote broke up the text slightly in the previous articles I read. This article looks intimidating and a lot to read so would put some people off for reading - especially those in the target audience I am aiming at.

Title font

Today I went though numerous fonts on the Internet using the website dafont. I have decided I want a large bold serif font for my title as it has to stand out on the page and fill the required space I have designed for it. I have not yet chose a font but after looking through this website I know what I want it's just a matter of finding it.

Mark Ronson NME double page spread analysis

This is a double page spread by NME, as NME goes this a fairly unconventional double page spread. It has an overall simplistic look on the page. The minimalist retro colour scheme and costume ties in with the artist and retro vintage look. When styling my double page I will also take into consideration how I can realte it to the artist and the audience. The enlarged capitalised C signifies the beginning of the article and its a convention of majority of magazines. If I chose to use this convention I will however make the first letter slightly smaller the this 'C' as I think it is too big for the actually articles text size. A quote has also been shown on the page where the artist has made a comment that the journalist is presenting as a direct quote to give the audience the artists true opinion. I am definitely going to do this on my double page magazine as it is conventional and stands out breaking up the text.

First draft of contents page

This is my first draft of my content page on inDesign. I have not yet added any house colour theme to my contents page. My photo fits well with my page design but as I add colour i may need to rethink a few factors of the layout.

Client Profile

In order to make my article I decided to make a client profile of my artist.

Name: Jesse Sanson

Age: january 9^th 1991

Born: Glasgow moved to london to persue his passion for music

Album: Suburbia

Released 18^th March 2013

Tour name: Suburbia tour

Spread over a year around Europe and Central America

One smaller tour before just around the UK then it took off, The Vines tour

Singer songwriter

Beginning: YouTube busking and record company found snapped up Hologram records

Article

 This is my article for my double page spread. It is a mix of a brief summary of the artist and a fan question answer section.

YouTube seems to be the hottest place for record labels to find global superstars. With national sensations like Justin Beiber and Lana Del Rey popping up from nowhere and suddenly making it huge, it was only a matter of time before Hologram Records snapped up the comforting sound of Jesse Sanson. Jesse, originally from Glasgow Scotland moved down to London as an adolescent at the age of 17 to pursue his dream of becoming a successful singer-song writer. ‘Suburbia’ is Jesse’s recently released album (18^th March 2013) already it has made it straight to the top of the album charts. The albums success points to him achieving a very promising tour beginning at the end of this year.

“This tour is going to be SO much more advanced then my last, I have so many exciting surprises in store for my fans!”

If you didn’t catch  Jesse on his last tour ‘The Vines”  I suggest you keep an eye out for a venue near you as these tickets will go faster then you can say your name.
-something about breaking america-

WHO DO YOU COMPARE YOURSELF TOO?
SARAH ROBINSON
Ed Sheeran. Our music flows within similar roots, we both have our own originality which compliments our music. Would you say your better? [Laughs] theres potential for me to exceed what he has achieved.

WHAT WAS THE FIRST SONG YOU FELL INLOVE WITH?
ALEX WRIGHT
Justin Timberlake of course - I have always been a fan of his music. However my favourite song would have to be... “What goes around, comes around.”

WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE FILM?
CHLOE RISEBOROUGH
The social network. Its a very intelligent film, featuring Justin Timberlake [laughs]. If anyone hasn’t seen it I’d suggest you watch it.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE TOUR?
LIZZY JAMES
I’ll take some time off, as much as I love music the lifestyle can be tiring. However this doesn’t mean I’ll forget music, any inspiration at all and I will begin writing again.

WHEN DID YOU REALISE YOU'D MADE IT ASH RANADE
Headlining a few major festivals alongside my own ad commercial.

Holiday

I have recently came back from a holiday in Barcelona. Whilst in Barcelona I decided I was going to make final decisions on my model names. Whilst there I thought about the names of the people I'd met. In the end I decided on the name "Jesse Sanson" for the male and "Rosie Rendles" for the female.

Gold bubble

Today on photoshop I created a good bubble to advertise free posters on my magazine. I originally wanted to make it yellow to alert the reader to it. However I then seen a bubble on Q magazine which was gold. I liked the gold a lot more as it looked more classy; it also would not clash with any colour scheme I chose.

Double page spread first draft

This is my first official draft of my double page spread I have gone through many different layouts and poses. This is my final draft and I will begin making it in photoshop soon.

Lana Del Rey NME double page spread analysis

This NME double page spread goes against regular convention by applying a black and white photo and creating a high contrast difference on the article page by using opposite colours blue and orange. The photographer has chosen to use a black and white photo because of the artist, Lana Del Rey's music is mainly sad slow songs. The black and white effect presents this as she is not vibrant and 'pop' she is 'traditional.' I am going to relate my photograph choice to my artist and article when I make my double page spread as I think it proves a more effective collective page as everything ties in for a purpose. The choice to add the small facts table in the middle of the chart is relevant to the article 'Mission accomplished. As it is showing how much she has accomplished. In my double page spread I am going to add either a chart or quote to my relating to my article.

Logo

I struggled when choosing my magazine title font as nothing was exactly what I was looking for. I knew I didn't want it to look plain and that I wanted it to be the thing that stood out most on the front cover. I began to search for different more interesting fonts. In the end I decided instead of making the whole title an interesting font; I was just going to do something different with the E. Popular music magazine Q uses this technique, making the Q a remembered logo. The logo currently used on my magazine is circular and interesting. I have chosen this one as it stood out for me whilst browsing www.dafont.com.

Barcode

Today I made my barcode using the Photoshop software. I chose to make and add a barcode as it is a convention of music magazines.

Front Cover and Double Page spread photos

 These are my initial rough photos for my contents page and double page spread. I decided to use a male model for these as I am having a female on the front because that is what I learnt from my research. Some of these photos I will have to re-take as they are quite unfocused. But overall they have turned out successful.

Questionaire results

Contents page initial thoughts

Through looking at different music magazine contents pages I have collected my ideas together so far and have came up with this contents page using a male model. By using a male model on my contents page it has solved my dilemma of what gender to make my model. However for the front cover I will instead use a female model as my questionnaire said the prefer a female model on the cover.

Analysis on Florence and the machine double page spread

Notes

Just a few notes I've been making about my magazine. Trying to gather my ideas together on paper in order to get further in designing my magazine. On this page I have drafted a few layout ideas for my contents page. I have also thought about my models - male or female? That is my current debate. Finally the scribblings on the right are ideas for a possible small iconic logo for the magazine. Hopefully soon I will have gone through all my ideas and can finally get round to applying them to the rough cut.

Collecting research

I have conducted a survey to find out what my target audience would like the see regarding my front cover. I am currently creating a tally chart then will present my findings on graphs.

Questionnaire on front cover

Focus group Music magazine Questionnaire

Hello I am a year12 student conducting research for the making of a music magazine. My genre isfocussed on popular alternative music, examples of magazines like this are Q and NME. 

Front cover

1) Which name do you prefer out of the line up?

a.     Impulse

b.     Amour

c.     Pearl

d.     Elixir

e.     Lilt

2) What do you think the house colour scheme should be?

a.     Reds

b.     Blues

c.     Purples

d.     Greens

3) Should the font be flicky or not?

a.     Yes

b.     No

4) Should the model be male or female?

a.     Male

b.     Female

5) Should the model be the most dominant thing on the page?

a.     Dominant

b.     Not dominant

6) Out of these layouts which do you find the most pleasing to the eye? 

Possible Magazine names

In todays lesson I thought of possible magazine names so far names I've liked are:

• Elite
• Impulse
• Elixir
• Amour 
• Lilt

In the next few weeks I will be conducting some research in a focus group within my target audience to see which would prove most effective. In this research I will also be solving other critical decisions with my focus group and recording my findings; applying them to my magazine.

Nicki Minaj NME double page spread

Q issue 307 contents page analysis

This is quite a clear and concise contents page used by Q. It is simple but effective; its simplicity makes it look classier and doesn't need to be crammed and busy looking.

I think I prefer this simple minimalistic approach; it is very keeping with the vibe of Q magazine. Q after all standing for ‘Quality’. I am going to make my contents page similar to this one as I think it is more effective than a more busy looking contents page. The purpose of a contents page is to inform – and this one is easy to read, thus serving its purpose.

 The layout of the page is important it can either be blocky or more image dominant. However this contents page seems to follow both. Majority of the page is taken up by one dominating picture of Lana Del Rey (also the front cover star). But at the same time the general effect of the page is organised with a blocky layout. It is also left justified all of the text on the left side of the page and all of the images on the right.

At first I wanted to create a contents page more like the 50cent one where it was more image dominated and had barely any writing. But after seeing this contents page I may have changed my mind as I really like the simplicity of it.

A house colour is used throughout Q magazine, this is the red. Q is known of its red Q logo, connotations of the colour red are passion and lust. This makes it look like something the reader desires.

For my magazine I may use a house colour. However because Q is so well known for being red I wouldn’t want to use this colour as my magazine would look to be a copy of Q – this is bad for my magazine as it would always be in the shadow of Q. Instead I am going to conduct some research into finding out what colours my target audience like.

Finally it is important to pick up on small details on the page, details like the page number and the small arrows pointing off the page. These minor details are easily overlooked nut without them the page wouldn’t be the same. Also the numbers are all of different sizes – this would have been very thought-out. It would be imminently noticeable if something was out of shape.

I will be taking good care when adding these details to my work as they are an important feature that adds up to making my magazine look more professional.