Cover Drafts and Final Cover

 

Draft One:

 

 

The colour scheme is really consistent on this draft but the kickers are really simple and there are no cover lines. I like the font which I have used on the kickers and the one cover line as it is consistent. The headline looks too much like a poster and not like a magazine and this needed to be improved.

 

 

Draft Two:

 

 

I really like the way I have changed the headline dramatically to the black and faded white to achieve a more magazine-look. I have kept the colour scheme the same but added cover lines underneath each kicker to give the magazine more features and to look more busy. The top right of the page is too empty and needed to be improved.

 

 

 

Draft Three:

 

 

I have kept most things the same from the previous draft but added the top right hand corner feature as a secondary lead and another image. I like the image I have used as it is varying the artists on the page and giving the magazine more interesting features. I used the faded white box behind the text to keep the theme consistent. I hadn't included my tag line at this point.

 

 

 

 

Final Draft:

 

 

 

Everything has been kept the same on the final draft from the previous one apart from the issue number and date has been moved to the bottom of the page to leave space for the tag line which is keeping the same colour scheme to make sure my cover is iconic.

Audience Profiling - Readership Document

 

 

Below is a copy of my final audience profiling sheet. I have tried to include the various items which I feel would be linked with my target audience of 'Distinct' magazine. As you can see I have varied my colour scheme to make the document stand out, but the background colours and the masthead have stayed iconic to the theme of the magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Draft of contents

Below is a draft of my contents page.
It is not yet completed.

 

 

 

 

Drafts and Final Draft of Magazine Cover

 

 

Below is the first draft of my magazine cover. As you can see there is quite a lot of white space behind the main image and I firstly wanted to improve this. The headline and masthead make the cover look a bit like a poster and not music-related enough. I like the colour scheme which I have created, but I think I could add more features onto the cover and make the headline stand out more.

 

 

 

 

 

Below is the final draft of my magazine cover. As you can see I changed the headline a lot because I didn't think it looked like a magazine enough, it looked more like a poster. I kept the colour scheme running through on the kickers and the masthead, but by changing the colour of the headline, it drew more attention to it by making it stand out against the lighter background. The tag line which I created is easily seen from a distance and I incorporated another colour into the scheme which went with the mustard colour which I'd already created. Overall I am really pleased with the whole effect of the cover. I think it suits my audience really well and the colour scheme makes it iconic to the type of music I am including in my magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

Masthead Fonts

 

Below is a copy of the document I created to outline the various fonts which I considered for my masthead, and the final font I chose and the reasons why.

 

 

 

Indie Music Magazine Research

 

Below are the three pages of my research for my indie music magazine research. I have mainly found images relating to the indie music genre such as bands and solo artists in the same genre. I also did some background research idea on a well-known indie rock band 'Mumford and Sons' to get an idea of the types of things I could include when I create a 'band' for my magazine.

 

 

 

 

Professional Photo Shoot Planning

 

 

Below is the page of Professional Photo Planning which I created so I could understand what types of photos I planned to photograph for my music magazine. The four main types of photos which I planned to obtain are the cover photo, photos to go on the cover (graphical features), a contents page image and a double page spread image. Below you can see what techniques I hoped to use by taking these photos, and how I aimed to achieve this.