Updated Double Page Spread Draft

I have chosen not to go along with the scrapbook idea I had before. I don't think it would look very rock so I left it out. Ive also decided to go against my previous draft plans. The others all involved a Union Flag/Jack and I thought it would be to much to look at as the readers just want to read this section. 

Updated Front Cover Draft

I have a whole new front cover for my magazine. I have kept the same ideas and similar fonts but moved everything around and i have a new image, which is not out of focus. 

There are still some other problems with my magazine. The fonts for example. I have used the same font (All Ages) twice, which doesn't look good at all and the "Plus" section is not easy to read. In the coming days I will address this problem by changing the fonts and I will post the updated version.

I Have changed the fonts. on the right hand side and I have also changed the colours. I have therefore made sure the audience can read it. Another problem I had with the colours was that the didn't stand out. To make the text stand out, I needed to step away from the colour scheme and add more yellow. I also did this with my contents page.

Contents Page Draft

For my contents page draft I have not used all of my own images. This is because I couldn't find enough models and separate locations to shoot various pictures. Two of them are my own images.

When I was doing some research into magazines similar to my genre (NME, Q and MOJO) I found that they used around 6-8 images per contents page, unless it was a special issue. I decided to follow this convention with my contents page. 

I have also made sure I followed the same colour scheme throughout (this can be seen in my front cover and double page spread) so that the whole magazine reflects the best of British idea.

1st Contents Page Draft

For my contents page I have chosen to keep to the colour scheme used on the front cover of my rock magazine "Anthem". The red white and blue has been used but i thought that black text was better as its generally used for all types of media and I thought that's an important convention I should follow. I have also decided to use the yellow and black colour scheme on the articles about Reading and Leeds because those are the colours the festival(s) use. 

I chose to do 5 images for my contents page (not yet my own images) because images in a contents page are mainly used for the main articles and more than 5 main articles seems excessive. 

However, the text is not fully clear and that needs to change. To do this I may have either change the font or make the text bigger. To make it bigger I may need to delete an article or two but, that would mean my magazine would look empty. Another way would be to move the main articles across and onto the matching images that way no articles are deleted and the text can be bigger.

1st, 2nd and 3rd double page drafts

This is my first draft for my double page spread. I have not used my own images in my drafts.









I have changed the opacity of the Union Flag on the side where there will be most text, this is so i will not have to use a bright florescent yellow to make the text clear.







Iv'e made the main image a lot smaller so I can fit in the scrapbook idea I have previously mentioned in my blog.  I think the scrapbook idea goes along nicely with the article which is about a band member leaving. Also, the text has been changed to black and Iv'e decided upon my fonts. I'm unsure about the red anchorage text however.
I will use this as a template for my final double page spread.
On the actual piece of work I will have more images and they will be relevant to the story.


All of this is not going to be used. The amount of different images and locations was too vast, I could not afford it and I didn't have enough time to be able to have around 10 different shoots. I am now going to look at other ideas for double page spreads that aren't as demanding or time consuming.

Props, Setting and People Needed

A list of props, sets and models needed for the double page spread, contents page and front cover of my music magazine.

• A drum kit, one used to play rock and looks at least semi-professional
• A room used to record or practice music in
• A union flag
• Drum sticks
• Broken drum sticks maybe
• T-shirt with rock connotations e.g. with an iconic figure on it or a phrase etc...
• At least two additional models
• The additional model has to have similar attire 

I will also need a better quality camera for the photos as they weren't of a brilliant quality, and I will need to use the studio so i can get better lighting conditions for my shoot.

I have not used most of these props due to the fact they didn't look right. When my contents page had people all with very similar attire on, it looked as if they were one band. To have an effective contents page I needed three different looking people to make it look more musically diverse. I also tried shooting with a full drum kit. But, this looked stupid. I only used one image with the a drum because this was the only one that worked because it looked to much like a Drummer's magazine rather than a rock magazine. 

Themes For My Contents Page And Double Page Spread

Initially, the theme i was going to use was a scrapbook theme but, that doesn't suit the "best of british" union Jack theme I chose for my front cover. Instead i will still intend for parts to look like a scrapbook but the colour scheme will have to be changed to the British red, white and blue. However, I cannot again use the union Jack for my contents page as that's about the main article. The contents page needs to detract from the other two yet, keep the colour schemes for purposes of continuity.