Music magazine: Final Contents page

This is my final contents page. I think this would really appeal to my target audience because it matches the genre of music and has used typical girl colours. 

Music magazine: Stages of my contents page

Stage 1

I started designing my contents by adding the title, I played around with fonts and colours but went with pink because it is a typical girl colour and would attract my target audience of teenage girls. I used a font which went with my genre of music (Pop). I added boxes which included what was 'On the cover' and what my magazine 'Features' this is a typical convention of a music magazine however I just adapted it so it went with my genre of music, by adding a bold 'stroke' on the boxes making them stand out.

Stage 2

To make this actually look like a contents page from a music magazine, I added a smaller version of my masthead from the front cover. This makes it easily recognizable to audiences as a music magazine contents page and also gives it a 'pop' feel. I then added an image that I took, which is of the same girl on the front cover. I also added a bold stroke around the picture to make it stand out.

Stage 3

I then added two more pictures of different sizes, overlapping each other however they still stand out because of my use of the stroke around the pictures. By adding pictures of different sizes it makes it look busy and full of information attracting potential buyers.

Final contents

To finish I added the finishing touches such as the date, and page numbers onto the photos, these are all typical conventions of a music magazine contents page. I added a puff with our website on it to make it look like a real music magazine. I used the same font for my page numbers and titles so it would draw audiences eyes to them, making them want to read on. The use of the puff, colour palette and font all appeal to my target audience of teenage girls.

Music magazine: Draft contents page

Draft contents page

I did my draft contents page on Indesign. I played around with the layout as well as pictures and colours. I decided that I would used the picture I took of the guitar however not the other photo. I also decided that I would use the idea of the boxes 'on the cover' and 'features' because they look stylish and the colours go with the genre of my music magazine.  

Music Magazine- Contents page Inspiration

Billboard magazine contents page

We love pop magazine contents page

These are contents pages from 'Billboard' magazine and 'We Love Pop' magazine. I hope to use these as inspiration when designing my contents page. I love simple layout and how easy Billboard magazines contents page is however I really like We Love Pop magazines bold fonts.

Final front cover

Music magazine: Stages of my front cover

Stage 1

Once I designed my masthead, I then put it in place and put it into size. I made my photo black and white  but kept the lips red so they stood out and gave off the idea of sophistication and glamour. This is what would appeal to my target audience. I matched the colour of the masthead to her lips to draw attention to both of them. 

Stage 2

I then added my cover lines, I put my 'artists' name in bold and added a white stroke so it stood out amongst the dark background. I used bold but simple fonts making them eye catching and easy to read. I used a reduced colour palette of typical girl colours such as pink, purple and red and used a block of colour to also act as a background to some of the cover lines making them easily seen against her dark dress.

Stage 3

To make it look like a typical pop music magazine I added a puff however only make it have a stroke as the circle so the cover image was still easily seen. I tryed using a whole block of colour for the puff however the cover looked over crowded and messy, i thought this gave a sophisticated look to the magazine cover, while also making the cover line stand out. At this point I Also decided to add a tag line saying 'the ultimate pop mag' this use of slang would appeal to my target audience of teenage girls and makes it look like a music magazine. I made the word 'pop' stand out by putting it in a typical pop font and making it red.

Final front cover

To finish, I added the finishing touches of typical conventions of a music magazine such as a barcode, the date and a price. I also thought it needed something extra so then added a banner across the bottom of the cover with again a simple but bold font 'calibri'.

Front cover: choosing the font

I wanted to have an eye catching font which looked like it would appear on a pop music magazine cover. I decided to make it the same colour as her lips so it would link the two together and go nicely. I liked the shape of this font but it didn't scream out 'pop' to me and it didn't look like a music magazine.

I tried something abit more interesting but I think that with a line not filled in with colour in the middle it didn't really look appealing to a teenage girl audience. 

I then went on photoshop and downloaded a font from a website called 'dafont' which was called LL Record font. I then used the 'd' key to get the play button and then put in into the P of the word play so it looked like a music magazine. I thought this would be too cheesy but then I tried it and it looked nice while also looking like a music magazine, striking out all the other connotations of the word play.