My front cover will be the main focus of the magazine, having a good front cover is vital for a magazine as it needs to catch the readers eye, if it doesnt then they wont buy the magazine meaning that there is no income. The front cover includes the brand logo - Listen'UP. I chose this as the title as it it links to the idea of a music magazine but we can also play around with the design of the letters so therefore makes it original and different which relates to the style of the magazine as indie music is a 'different' style. My tag line -let the music make the choices. Refers to what the magazine aims to do; give you the low down on whats hot and whats not in the music industy but also gives us all a chance to view bands which we might not recognise.
The main photo is of UTURN and Daria - this photo relates to the main article in the magazine - the main flash this first story on page which is mainly there to show the interesting areas and indicate what will be included in the magazine. I have decided to use a full body shot as the positions the band members of U-TURN are very different from how normal band members would stand this adds to the individuality of the band. The individual style of each member works well together and helps bring the 'individual look of the magazine across. The text i will use here will be biggere and bolder that the other stories on the front page because being prominent will mean it draws the audience in. Also on my front cover there will main sells these are also main stories which will make the reader want to read the magazine but arent the main focus. Having these advertised on the front cover enables the reader to see what else is going on in the magazine. The main sells on my front cover will be the Innerpartysystem tour and the Tickets.
Similar to many other magazines i have used columns and rows to help me lay my magazine out so it will not look messy or to busy. The use of columns and rows in magazines can vary depending on the target audience with formal magazines it will straigh and simple so not to distract the reader away from the main stories. With my magazine i have made sure that there is order but made sure that its not too simple. By doing this i have been able to move the writing around and place it in random text boxes. With my target audience being a younger audience the different shapes and different layout of things helps to give it originality and fun.
The use of a barcode is necessary with all magazines as its the main tool used by all magazine companys to ork out how many sell and to whom the magazines are ebing sold. The use of this can help to make the magazine better and to gather information on what should be included. Although my barcode is big its not distracting. Placing it in the corner means it is easy to find and is not interfearring with any of the articles on the front of the magazine.
This is my contents page for my music magazine, the contents page is one of the most important pages of a magazine however people spend on average the least amount of time looking at this page. The purpose of a contents page is to inform the readers of all the stories in the magazine and what pages they are on. One or two stories may be on one page at a time as they may not be as interesting. The more interesting the stories the more pages they will cover they will also have bigger titles on the contents page as to be noticed quicker than the other stories. Many magazines will have pages where you the audience can get involved, these pages will generally be towards the back of the magazine and only cover one or two pages.
On a contents page there is normally a welcome note from the editor or from all the people who make the magazine. Instead of doing that i decided to do a summary of the magazine. The brief summary lets the reader know what the magazine is aiming to do just like a mission statement for a business does. I decided to place this in a corner as when you turn over from the front cover the top corners are generally where your eyes focus on first and as a result it will be read by the readers.
Like the front cover i have used a column layout however i decided to only use it in certain areas like the different photos at the bottom and on the magazine summary and on the rest of the page i decided to 'randomize' it, this helps to emphasise the genre of my magazine and adds a young look on the magazine. With the diagonal randomly placed stories it will make the reader want to have a look at them. However by doing this there is a downside, with the randomly placed stories it means there will be alot going on one page and as a result it will confuse the readers or clutter up the page. As a result i have tried to make the main stories stand out with bigger text and by putting random photos in different places it will cut it up into different sections. The photos i will use will be random photos linked in to different stories. For example a photo from a backstage party and from a live concert.
I have also decided to include a strap line; a line of text hich goes at the top or bottom of a page normally shown on the front cover, to advertise subscription to the magazine. Generally a strap line wouldnt be used for this but it is a good way to advertise something. The strap line will be in a bright colour so will be eye catching to the reader.
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