Questions

I've started working on my interview questions for the double page spread. This is the first draft of the article. I might change the questions round yet, add or change some.

The three double page spreads are what I'm using for inspiration for my music magazine. I really like the minimalistic design and colours of the Lady gaga page, especially the giant L across the article, that's really eye catching and works really well. The reason i picked the radar magazine is because i really like the background for their image which is not just a plain colour, which is something i want to do on my double page spread. I like the layout of the the vaccines double page spread, i like the bold heading and also the use of quotes in the colour scheme.  When i make my double page spread i will use a mix of all three of these pages as inspiration when designing and making.

music contents page

This is an example of Q contents page. A large amount of the page is taken up by a main picture of a band. The design is very simple, as well as a simple colour scheme. The page has a lot of text, it does have two pictures as well but it doesn't look to busy like other contents pages I've looked at. When i make my contents page i will use this for inspiration, as well as another page i looked at when making my college magazine which is a contents page from Spin magazine.

Double page spreaad 2

This is another double page spread for a music magazine.  Compared with the earlier one this one has a lot less text. The main image covers nearly both pages, and there is only a small amount of text. Although the heading for this page is very clear and visible whereas the other one wasn't.  The main image is of a band, the front man is placed in the middle of the pages and is more forward that the other two which makes it clear who he is.
The colour scheme is tinted a pale red colour, with pale white text. The band's outfits match very well with this, but are also eye catching because they stand out, such as the glitter and stripes.
There is 2 sets of text, the large one which introduces the band, this is in larger bold white and at a slight angle to make it eye catching.  The main body text is much smaller more formal text, which is times new roman font and black.
The title is placed at the bottom of the page over the main picture, its a more elegant text compared to the others. The makes it eye catching, when you look at the page my immediately focuses on the large  of the the title.

Double page spread

This double page spread is very minimalistic, it has a very simple design. The main article with the the text is on one page only while the other page is a picture only. There is limited colour, the text and picture are black and white, the only colour is the red L that covers the text. The text is a formal times new roman font, which i think emphasises the simple theme. I really like this idea, i like the colours and the simple design. It looks very professional and sophisticated, which means it will appeal to a wider audience. There isn't really anything that i don't like about this double page spread, when i make my music magazine, i will use this for inspiration as this is the sort of design i hope to achieve.

Music magazine

My second piece of coursework will be a music magazine. My task is to create a front cover, contents page and a double page spread and i will be using a minimum of 4 of my own images. I will again be using  DTP and image manipulation programme and i will continue to use this blog to record my progress.

Music magazines

Most music magazines have a target audience of young people, it also depends on the artists they are going to feature. Although Magazines such a Mojo have a older target audience because they feature older artists such as the Beatles, and a lot of rock from the 70's and 80's, music that appeals more to older people such as middle aged people.  If a magazine is going to have lots of posters in such as Kerrang their target market is teenagers who will put the posters in their rooms.
Where as a magazine such as NME will have a wide target audience because of the wide variety of content they have in their magazine, features that will appeal to younger and older people.