Music Magazine: Contents Page



I based my contents page on a number of contents page's i had looked at.

WHOLE IDEA: I wanted my contents page to follow the same colour scheme as the my front cover to keep the continuity. I think that the page is too clustered and could be improved on. I don't like the page is it just looks too busy and my eyes cannot focus on a certain thing. The picture could have been edited better.

My ideas for using the black lines to separate everything came from the random line i used to separate the main titles. Although I like the titles i have used on the right hand side of the page, if the audience reads these titles they should be excited and interested.



Music Magazine: Final Cover Target Audience Reviews

I am going to get feeback from my target audience.

Alex Smith - I really like the way that you have made the image the background, i think that this works effectivley as it grabs my attention and persuades me to read the magazine. I also like the colour scheme red and white although not everyone might as they might think that red is seen as danger since you created it the little devil :).

Jack Callaghan- The colour scheme is good and makes it clear and easy to read, the picture is good as it looks straight to the camera.

Daniel Smith- I dont like the colour scheme that is used on the front cover.; This is because I think that they are too stark and contrast each other too much as they take too much of the attention away from the main image. I dont like the font that is used is very nice because I think that it is not a very nice font. However, I think that this font is good because of the fact that is qute large and in your face. I dont think that the bar code should be on the front cover. I think that there should be more cover lines on the page because they are what is going to sell the magazine.


The feedback that i have got from my target audience i am going to use and change my colour scheme slightly to suit the main image. I am going to take into consideration of my feedback and add more cover lines for maximum realisticness. 
I think overall that my front cover could use a little more work and i am going to change it. I will take into consideration what Daniel has said and i will add more cover lines as that is what sells the magazine, editors of magazines cant just rely on a good front cover main image. Other than this i will keep the rest of my magazine the same and will keep the colour scheme throughout.

Music Magazine: Final Cover

Music Magazine: cover pictures

I am going to use this photo for my front cover. I like this photo because it looks very nice and i think that it would be the type of photo used on the front cover of a magazine in the music industry. I nice and genuine picture.

I might use this picture for the contents page as it was one of the best pictures that i took. I think that it captures the theme i was going for, Cheryl Cole.

I am not going to use this photo. It does not look very serious and it just doesn't look right at all. I wouldn't want to see this in a music magazine as i would most likely laugh at it rather then be interested by it.

I may use this photo somewhere in my magazine, because i like this photo. It looks very pretty and think that it would be a good picture to put in a magazine.

I am deffinatley going to use this photo for my double page spread as it looks playful, and looks like something that would be put in an article with pictures.

I am not going to use this photo as it is not a very good picture with the scarf being blurred.

I am not going to use this photo because it is not a very good shot of her.

I am not going to use this photo because it looks very evil, and i would not want to see this in a magazine.

Music Magazine: Contents Plan



This is just a mock of how my contents page is going to be set out like.



Music Magazine: Mock Cover

This was my inital idea, to have my picture covering the whole page with cover lines over the picture. However looking at the cover the colours would not go over the picture as well as i had hoped. I am going to try and use different images and shots of the same image and see what i can do with the page, as i don't want readers distracted and not know what they would be looking at. I think that i could edit the jewels that are on her jacket and make the writing stand out more so that it would not cause any confusion for the readers.
I used the fireworks programme to manipulate the photo of Cheryl Cole by taking away the background and thining out her hair and hairlines.



I chose this picture because i like the pose that she is doing, and when it comes to taking my own pictures i would like the pose to be in this similar sort of style. The colours contrast the whitebackground, i would like my cover to carry on this colour scheme as most people chose the red, black and white scheme.



Music Magazine: Ideas

Names For Magazine;

Musqiue
Vibez
Beatz
Alouette

Contents Page;

HAND DRAWN PICTRURE......




Article;
About Cheryl Cole being the most stylish woman in the world.
fashions do's & dont's
New platinum selling album?


Coverlines;

Cheryl Is Still Sexy No No No.
Britney Hits Back With New Chart Topper.
Is Justin T Still Crying Rivers?
Beyonce DIVORCE!
What Do You Do When You Cant Go Higher Than Platinum? (DRAKE)
Rihanna Only Girl In The World Finds Her Man?! (MYSTERY PHOTOS)

Cheryl Is Still Sexy No No No -
 I chose this coverline because i think that it is a catchy line. People who know Cheryl Cole was part of one of the biggest girl bands ever, Girls Aloud. This would appeal to the people that  do know this, as one of their most famous songs was Sexy No No No. This line would grab my attention because if you understand the meaning of it, then i would be intrigued to see what this meant.


Britney Hits Back With New Chart Topper-
I used this coverline because I think that it would grab peoples attention because the media has been drowned with crazy stories about Britney Spears and by saying that she has come back with a New Chart Topper. I think that this would grab the attention of the readers. I think that this would influence the older generation to read as they would be able to see her from bad to worse to good again.

Is Justin T Still Crying Rivers?
I though that this was a good coverline as the words are incorporated in the phrase from one of his most famous songs. It makes you wonder what he could possibly be crying about, there is so many questions that could be asked by the readers such as has he broken up with a girlfriend, has something bad happened to him, this is what i think a magazine should be able to do, to get the readers interest without them even having to open the front page.

Beyonce DIVORCE-
I chose this coverline because I think that using something dramatic and in capital letters never fails to grab the readers attention. So I thought using the line Beyonce Divorced would make the readers instantly shocked and want to open to page and find out more. Using such an iconic famous figure in the music industry and pair her with something dramatic and bad would make the front cover more appealing, this coverline can also appear to older audiences. The younger generation will just be more intrigued to see the pictures and not care so much for the article. The older generation will care more for reading the article, therefore it fit's every age category within reason.

Rihanna Only Girl In The World Finds Her Man?!
I chose this coverline because i thought that with using the words from her hit number one "only girl in the world", and saying that she has found a man will make the younger readers more determained to open the magazine and want to see pictures and articles that would be written about her. Also the use of the media the way they twist things could make the readers itching to find out wether these things are true or not.

Music Magazine: Graph Results

This graph shows that the majoirty of people said Yes that the main image should catch your attention. This questionnaire was completed by 20 people so you can see that 17 of the people said Yes and 3 said No.



This graph shows that 7 people think that 3 cover lines is most appropriate for a front cover. No people though that 7-8 lines should be on a front cover, yet it is interesting to see that 1 person thought more than this would be appropriate.



This graph shows that most people prefered font 4, with 9 likes. The least popular is font 5. Looking at my results in this graph I think that I should have had an open question asking why they prefer the fonts theyv'e chosen.



This graph shows that 11 people prefered colour scheme 1. Only 3 people chose scheme 2. I think that most people went for the in your face colours as they stand out and match better.



This graph shows that 6 people thought 3 lines were enough pictures for the contents page, and 6 people also though 6 lines were appropriate for the contents page.



This graph shows that most people listened to Hip-Hop. No people listened to Jazz music.
As you can see the next most popular type of music is Pop with 5 likes.

This grah shows that 9 people prefered cover 2 (Rihanna). The next most popular magazine cover these chose was cover 1 of (Cheryl Cole). This is interesting as I would like to know why people chose Cheryl Cole over Nicki Manaj, based on their popularity and music as they are all singers.

Music Magazine: Questionnaire

This is my questionnaire as you can see there are only 7 brief questions.