Double Page Spread Plan

This was the plan which I followed when creating my double page spread to ensure this followed a clear structure and was successful when creating and finishing my double page spread. This enabled me to follow the conventions of a music magazines and allowed me to make sure my magazine was clear and how I wanted it to look as I planned.

Double Page Spread

I recently started my double page spread which was the size of an international paper of A4 but doubled within width, I placed the image I took of Sami as a background as this looked good as he was to the side, which is used in music magazines and will attract more audience as when looking through the magazine they will see the artist. I started my placing the title of my music magazine in the corner, making the font red to stand out and following the theme of my magazine red, black and white. I made a pull quote after, which font is used from the website of da font, which quoted the interview by saying "We trashed the room and booted the doors down!" which is interesting to readers and will attract more audience more as this makes readers think what happened and this a typical indie rock quote which follows the conventions of music magazines. Then I placed the information about the artist, which is typically used in music magazines and this makes the double page more successful as if a person is unaware of the artist featured, they can read about them to recognise or be informed about the artist.  After, I made a line with the line tool on photo shop and text in white and bold of the artist name to make the artist stand out against the black ground. 

 Then, I started the interview with using white text from photo shop and making the questions of the interview bold and larger than the other font as this is typically used in music magazine interviews and this also makes the text stand out so it is clear to the readers. I placed the text around the artist, so the image looked more important and stood out on the double page spread. Once, I had finished the interview, I choose a pull quote again, placed under neath the artist as a inspiration quote. This was also font used on photo shop. When researching indie rock music magazines, I found that the people who done the words and took the pictures are mentioned within the magazine, therefore I included this as well, as this follows the conventions of a music magazine. I placed certain, small fonts in a dark green colour to match the guitar and to use another colour, which I found had to be included, as this makes the magazine more successful than just using three theme colours. 

I also edited the double page spread, for the artist to stand out more by changing the size of the background image, making the artist larger, to emphasise the importance of the artist. I also changed the brightness of the double page spread to make the article easier and clearer to view.

Inspiration For Contents Page

This was the contents page I followed as it was the same genre I am doing, Indie Rock music, which helped with ideas and structure of the magazine. By using this contents page from NME, helped me with certain things to include, such as a band index which was an idea I used. This enabled my music magazine to look professional and suit the genre I was doing for my magazine. By following this structure of this magazine for inspiration, this ensured my music magazine to be successful and look attractive to readers. I followed this contents page, as I thought it to be successful and the use of the same colours makes the magazine more successful as by using the same theme makes it stand out to readers what magazine it is to usual buyers and it makes this magazine more realistic. The use of band index is a good idea as shows effort has gone into the magazine and makes it easier and clearer for readers to find their favourite artist or band, instead of searching. I also liked the use of the blocks with titles of different articles, which I used in my own music magazine. The picture looks professional, making the magazine successful. Although, It would have been more successful if more pictures were included, which is what I ensured my magazine done as I included four pictures and the use of an editors letter would be more successful as this engages with the readers, which I included within my music magazine. 

Contents Page Plan

This was the guide I used when creating my contents page so it would be clear and therefore following a structure. This guide to plan out my contents page enabled me to follow this layout to ensure my contents page was successful in being clear and well presented. This also ensured me to make sure everything was in order and in a set layout. This let my contents look professional and planned. 

Contents Page Printscreen

This is my contents page which was completed today. I finished the contents page by finishing features and mentioning contact, which I created on social media as an instagram and twitter.I also included an editors letter, and used a picture of Sacha Relf, who is also an a level media student. I included the use of an curved arrow, which included text of the gig guide on certain page numbers. Most of my time went on correcting the page numbers, making sure they were in order and all related to the pages I designated each article to. The majority of these features follow the typical conventions of an indie rock music magazine, for example the use of a band index. 

Contents Page Editing

Recently, I have been working on my contents page, I started this first as I believed this to be the most difficult as this has to include various content. I started with creating shapes to put titles such as 'IRM CONTENTS', 'NEWS', 'BAND INDEX' and 'RADAR'. Then continued to start the band index using numerous amount of popular artists and bands which are the genre of indie rock or alternative music. I used text within photo shop for the names in the band index and for the cover stories under the feature articles. Then, I created text on 'da font' website named harabara to create numbers for each page within the magazine. The text I used on da font for the titles of each article was bebas. Secondly, I positioned the different pictures on the magazine, after adding all the text, to each line up together. Today, I have been writing the cover stories under each article, from using inspiration of other indie rock music magazines and used original ideas to include for stories on my contents page.

 For the text I have used effects such as an bevel and emboss and putting and drop shadow on the text, for the writing to be clearer to read and stand out to the audience. In order to position everything correctly and symmetrical, I placed rulers on the page. 

Features, News, Radar and Reviews

For research I searched for the definitions of each of the sections of articles you have to include within the magazine on the contents page. Firstly, I searched features which gave the definition:

1. 'A feature story is a special human interest story article that is not closely tied to a recent news event. It focuses on particular people, places, and events, and it goes into great detail regarding concepts and ideas of specific market interest.'

This is to be used for double page spreads and special events/ features within the magazine.

The radar article is to be used for new bands, albums or exclusive news which is featured within the magazine.
The news article is new information about artists, bands, albums or gigs.
The reviews article is for critiques of albums or gigs.

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