The document summarizes the layout and design choices for the front cover and inside pages of a student-designed music magazine. On the front cover, the designer followed conventions like featuring the main artist and having a bold masthead, but challenged expectations by making it look professionally designed. Inside, they included original artist names and events. The double-page spread followed an interview format and included photos to engage readers. While some design elements like the background image challenged conventions, the overall layout was typical for a music magazine.

1. Layout:
The layout of my front cover is typical for a music magazine.
Usually there is a main picture in which is usually the featured
artist/group inside the magazine. I have followed this with the
faces of my group on the front. As well as this The masthead
should be really bold and be the thing that takes the consumers
most attention which it does here due to its font, colour and
spacing. The layout is pretty symmetrical and clearly laid out,
which makes it easy for the reader to be drawn to the separate
parts and features inside the magazine and also gives off a
professional look. You could say this challenges the target
audience of my product because they wouldn't expect it to look
that professional as they are students/teenagers.
Throughout my magazine, not only for the front cover I
have thought up my own, titles, names of bands/artists,
names of pages and events. This is shown on the front
cover by the names of different artists that are featured
throughout and cover the same genre. This challenges
conventions of other music magazines because they
already have this information given to them.
Teaser—selected piece of speech/information from
the double page spread to give the reader some
insight before they open the magazine, to entice
them in and make them want to read it. Always on
the front of magazines to sell the main story to the
reader.
Short and snappy magazine
masthead that is memorable which
will make the magazine better well
known—crucial selling point as this
is one of the things that the
customer will see first.
Barcode is typically at the
side, for ease of
transaction when
purchased as well as
being out of the way and
not intrusive to other
aspects on the front cover
of the magazine.
Containing a logo from a popular event that is eye catching and bright allows another
point of interest to the reader. People are likely to see this and want to read it if they
are particularly interested in this event. It empathises with the reader and especially
the audience I am addressing. I don't often see magazines use other people logos
however I have decided to challenge this as I believe it would bring the reader into the
cover more.
The main image on my
front cover I have
chosen to have each of
the individuals face a
different way, I think this
allows the cover to
attract attention easier
and adds an interest to
the image. It also
portrays that my artist
have lots of different
directions and
possibilities in front of
them that they can take.

2. Typically on a double page spread there is usually a strong title and
picture that represent the band/artist initially so that the reader gets the
overall idea about them and is immediately drawn to the article/page.
The main text in the page is set out in columns which strongly portrays
the way in which all magazines are lay out. I have put the questions and
the individuals initials in a bold font so that this allows the reader to
identify the text easier, making it more pleasurable to read.
I followed the conventional format of having the double
page spread of my music magazine follow the format of an
interview. It is what I am most interested in as a media
consumer myself and what I perceive as being the most
popular format inside music magazines. This format is not
too heavy to read and is enjoyable also as you are
constantly finding out new information about the
individual/band.
The background image is the bands logo and
relates to their name significantly. It is important to
correlate the colour schemes throughout the
magazine as it reminds the reader subtly which
brand they are reading as they go on. It is not often
that a double page spread would have an image or
shape as the background usually they just follow
block colours or bright colours in which the text
contrasts well with and using an image could go
against the usual conventions of a double page
spread.
Placing images throughout the article
keeps the reader interested and gives them
even more of an insight into the groups
personalities and vibe.

3. Like most contents pages of music magazines I have listed the features
down one side of the page and the conventions down the other. This
allows the reader to be able to identify what the special features of
the magazine they are buying are and why they might want to buy it.
It also allows the reader to be able to quickly scan the page to find
what they might be wanting to find. Instead of just naming the page I
have summarised what the page may be about underneath which
some other magazines do too. Usually contents pages contain a
number of small images that relate to each page whereas I just
decided to use the faces of my group because it leaves more
anticipation as to what they will find throughout the magazine.