double page spread, magazine, contents page

Photo editing

for my magazine pictures i used a few different websites and softwares to edit my pictures. i used photo shop to edit all of my pictures on to a Polaroid picture frame, i chose photoshop because it had all the right adjustments and transformations i needed such as crop, scale, distort, contrast/ brightness, black and white effect. i also used a website called Rollip that i found on the internet, i used this because it had some good filters i could use for certain pictures i chose the filter "vintage sun down" as it went well with the Polaroid frame. i also used tuxpi.com another photo editing website i found on the internet to edit another image for my double page spread which gave my picture an older effect to go with the old fashioned Polaroid frame. 

photo editing

audience research, magazine chart

double page and contents page analysis

I looked at a double page spread in Kerrang magazine. The color scheme is red, white and black. The background is black and the title is bold and in red and white to stand out to the reader. They have used more than one image which makes it more eye catching because there's more to look at.

i looked at a contents page of Q magazine. the colour scheme was red which matches the logo for Q and black and white. the layout is a coloumn of writing on the left and a huge picture of his face on the right which is the main attention of the page.the image is of james blunts face and he has no expression. they have made some of the text in bold.

i looked at a double page spread of NME magazine which is about lily allen the colour scheme is black and white but she is wearing a bright red top which stands out against the white background. lily takes up most of one of the pages which makes her the main attraction.  the title is a quote of hers that is in different size letters in a newspaper font which makes it more interesting and different. the title takes up most of the page and is even bigger then the picture to catch peoples eye and make them read it instead of just flick past it.

music magazine in shops

 

Things that make a succesfull music magazine are powerful story, a compelling image and a benefit spelled out for the reader.fonts, cover lines, images and use of white space. a snappy main story cover line, with powerful typography, that sparks curiosity descriptive words to grab the reader.on’t let the cover get so crowded with text that nothing stands out. Do not put busy backgrounds, lots of people, or complicated images on the cover. music magazine genres there are only usually a few magazines on show in shops let alone genres, the main genres they have are Rock and Pop as they are the most popular type of music. it is important to see music magasines in shops as they promote music artists and are the main reason aritsts get radio plays, music videos shown and exposure to the world. The magazines are on the middle shelf at eye view so its right in front of you when you walk in, it is next to the magazines about cars and motorbikes which could suggest music magazines are more popular to males. The rock magazine stood out because it was mainly black and the other magazines were in colour. the institution that owns kerrang and Q are bauer media group, which is a huge successful group owning many famous magazine brands. Looking at music magazines in shops helped what my magazine will look like because it showed me what colors stand out against other magazines e.g. black white and red stood out against the other colors pink, yellow and blue. The fonts that stand out are bold and simple compared to other fonts that are hard to read and swirly.

school magazine draft

School magazine front cover draft

contents page draft