Final Design Two Page Spread

Final Design Contents Page

Final Design Front Page

Evaluation

Evaluation for Music Magazine - Simon Fillingham on Prezi

Contents Page - Music Magazine

Front Page - Music Magazine Final Design

Design of Two Page Spread

Double Page Spread Mock Up - Music Magazine x2

This is my second design for my double page spread

Double Page Spread Mock Up - Music Magazine

This is my first design for my double page spread mock up.

Music Magazine Mock Ups - Images

Album Artwork x1

This is the first album released by my indie/ rock band. I decided to name of this as i feel it keeps the culture and hometown of the band involved in their music, with their pride in where they were brought up clearly shown by the title. The style of album art i have chosen, is a looney tunes type background, followed by a storyline text to accompany.

Risk Assessment Forms

Contributors Release Form

Final logo design

This is my last design for my logo:

Time Planning

Contents Page Mock Up - Music Magazine

Contents Page Mock Up x1 - Music Magazine

Logo Designs

These are my two designs for my logo of my music magazine. I have used the name 'Unplugged' incorporated. I feel that by picking one of these as my logo, it would add a great effect to the front page and contents page.

Name for Music Magazine

I ran a poll on my blog for 7 days, with suggested names for my music magazine. I collected 7 results from it, with one clear winner being chosen. This name is:

Unplugged

I am happy with this chosen name, as i feel that it is what my audience wants, and it relevant to the type of music magazine it is going to be. The word unplugged, has an indie effect to it, showing how i can adapt other indie/ rock factors into my magazine, with images and the house style.

Now i have chosen my name for the music magazine, i can start to design different font types on Macromedia Fireworks. I think by maybe adding a image to the title, maybe even the logo adapted to it, i can create a memorable style.

Music Magazine Front Cover - Mock Up x2

Music Magazine Front Cover - Mock Up x1

Photoshop Test x2

This my second test on photoshop. In this picture i have made the image into a sketch type image, and filled in the colour of each of the beatles. This is called a type of pop art effect, however it isn't of one person, it uses all the members of the beatles. I think this effect works really well on a front page as it ecnoruages the indie trend of something unique and well worked. I think it also works well as it shows how all the members of the beatles have a different colour for what they bring to the band.

Contents Page Analysis - NME

Photoshop Test

This is my first test on Photoshop within school. I have had previous experiences on the software, however not enough knowledge to use all the devices. In this image, i have kept the colour of the hair for Hayley Williams, from Paramore. This works well as her hair stands out alot more, with the black and white background. I have also used, the liquifier tool, to make her teeth bigger, as this i feel would make the title of the article relevant. I would think of a catchy slogan like 'Hayley Bites Her Way To No.1.' Lastly, i used the spot healing brush, to get rid of anything i felt made Hayley look unprofessional.

Two Page Spread - NME Magazine

This is my two page spread for NME magazine

Two Page Spread - Kerrang

Contents Page Analysis - Kerrang!

This is the contents page analysis from Kerrang.

Front Page Analysis - NME

This is my second analysis of a music magazine, from NME

Mood Board - Indie Rock

This is my mood board for a music magazine. The types of images i placed on it are:

• Man at a festival

I did this because i feel this fits in with the genre of my music magazine. In this image you can see that he is at a festival, enjoying the music and feeling a part of something special.

• Jeans, high top shoes and checkered shirts

This is the fashion for my music magazine. these are the types of clothing that people wear if they are of Indie nature.

• Band names in background

I have chosen to put some bands in the background that are playing at a festival, as i feel that it shows what indie music is going to a festival such as Leeds, Download or Glastonbury.

In conclusion i feel that my mood board sums up the genre that i am going to use for my music magazine. I also feel that the sort of image used on this, could be used for my front page or even images in the two page spread, to make the article more appealing.

Front Page Analysis - Kerrang

This is my analysis of the music magazine, Kerrang. It was relseased in 2003.

College Magazine - Contents Page

College Magazine Mock Up

• For my college magazine, I have designed a mock up. I feel that this mock up is a lot better than the original newsletter type for numerous reasons. To start with, the masthead i have used, is very informative for the reader, rather than the picture of the school.
• Also the background colour has been made to add an effect of making it more attractive and appealing to the audience. The use of colour is used throughout the magazine because i felt the other newsletter was very boring. Colour is used on the border around the images, some of the text and the auto shape used to draw attention to the news feed.
• I have still incorporated the logo of the school, and the specialist science college. Also, the images i have used are relevant to the content of the magazine. This was not used in the original newsletter design, as the house style was kept in all editions.
• In conclusion, i feel that this magazine is more appealing to the target audience, in the above ways.

Analysis of College Magazine

Introduction to Music Magazine

For my AS coursework for Media, i have been asked to design the following:

• Front Page


• Contents page


• Two Page Spread
  

For my research, i am going to analyse other music magazines and mock up a college magazine front page and contents page.

The portfolio hand in date is the 16th April 2010.

For my music magazine i will be designing a music magazine based around the genre Indie/Rock. I have decieded to choose this genre of music as i feel that this is where i am most comfortable doing, and my favourite type of music.

Bands that i feel define Indie/Rock music are the following:


The Kooks, Them Crooked Vultures & You Me at Six.

Music Magazine Questionnaire

This is my music magazine questionnaire. I have chosen to do this, for research on what i will need to imput into my own mock up for a music magazine front cover, contents, and two page spread.