INTRODUCTION TO MAIN TASK

My main task is to create a music magazine front cover, contents and double page spread.The theme i will be using is Hip Hop and RnB music, this will appeal to the younger audience or teenagers between the ages of 14-19.

As you can see i have already done research and analysis of other magazine covers, contents pages and double page spreads. This will hopefully help me to generate ideas when planning my music magazine.

I hope to achieve a different outlook of this type of music which appeals to the same age group. I also hope to learn alot more about using different types of software such as editing pictures on photoshop. As i have already used these types of software on my preliminary task, it should hopefully help me when creating my music magazine.

The requirements of my task is to take a photograph which i will using as my front page, i also have to create a contents which i will be taking pictures for, as well as a double page article. I will be using DTP and Photoshop to edit the photographs and add text to create the magazine. I will also need to create a name and typefaces of the magazine which i will be planning out. I will be experimenting and researching different magazines, pictures and fonts/texts.

If this was a real magazine, it would be distributed every month as there will be suffecient information to fill the magazine with by the end of the month. This is because one or two weeks worth of news will not be enough to fill a total magazine. It would include information such as new chart hits, behind the scenes of music videos and shoots. It would also feature interviews about artists and features on new fashion trends.

I will hope to attract my audience by using funky fonts and bold, eyecatching colours. I will also be experimenting with photoshop and different types of DTP to help create my magazine cover. I will be researching into different magazines also to generate new ideas.

Flavour double page spread

Rap-Up cover analysis

Double page spread analysis

Flavour cover analysis

Vibe contents radial analysis

Source contents Analysis

Comparison of two magazine front covers

MOCK UP OF CONTENTS PAGE

FINALISED FRONT COVER- SCHOOL MAGAZINE

PRINT SCREEN 9- finalised front page


PRINT SCREEN 8- editing stars


PRINT SCREEN 7- moving text around for improvement


PRINT SCREEN 6- finishing all text to finalise


PRINT SCREN 5- adding more text and extra designs


PRINT SCREEN 4- adding text to masthead

PRINT SCREEN 3- colour balance



PRINT SCREEN 2- blending background


PRINT SCREEN 1- cuting out main photograph

This is my flat plan which i will i will be following, it includes the main characteristics of a magazine cover for example a masthead, main cover picture and information of what is going to be included in the magazine