The Construction Of A Music Magazine

This is the first draft of the front page of my music magazine. The first problem with it is that the masthead is too large. The second problem is that it's too blank and the writing seems too boring. I also felt there needed to be another photo on the front page, as if you look at practically any music magazine there are at least two photo's and very rarely just one. I therefore took another photo of one of the other bands that were on the front page.

To solve this I put the "The" in "The Modern Age" above the "M" in smaller writing, added another photo and added more text to the front page. I also added some colour and made some of the text bold to catch the readers attention. I also added another photograph and boosted the contrast on both photo's.

My first version of a double paged spread had many problems. For starters, the fold will make the text un-readable. Also the text was just on the page and not set out properly. The photos have no captians and the text overlaps.

This is my finished version, the text is columnised and the fold of the page does not get in the way. There are captians on the photos, and a stamp like piece of text in the corner to grab the readers attention with black and red font. I also but a brief advert for the up-coming album.

This is the first draft of my contents page and i didn't like the way it was set out and the photo's didn't stand out enough. Also I didn't like the placement of the title. To solve this I boosted the colour in all the photo's, moved the title and made it red. I also changed the placement of the text making it easier to read. I boosted the colour/contrast in the main photo a lot more than the rest so that your eye is drawn to that. Below is the finished music magazine.