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.

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