2. How You Can Recognise My Magazine As A
Real Magazine…
You can tell straight away that this is a magazine,
due to my masthead FYE. I placed it in the top left
hand corner of the page on purpose because it is
eye catching and it is the pace where the human
eye looks at first then reading, a lot like every other
magazine sold
There is I have included a sell to
also a date promote the feature in
of the magazine
publication
Also, my magazine
has a barcode in the
There is a main story headline to show
bottom left hand
what is the main story in the magazine.
corner of the page,
This is also found on most magazine
and a price next to
front covers
the barcode. The layout is typical of a real magazine
as there are a number of cover lines and
some featured articles
There is an image bleed which
is typically seen on a magazine
front cover to gain attention and
draw a reader in

3. • My magazine can clearly be
identified in belonging to the
“rock/alternative” music genre.
Overall, the font is mostly formal as
the magazine is for an older
audience, and the colours used are
brighter, bolder colours to gain
attention, and neutral colours to
denote sophistication.
• The layout is also formal as
everything is in 3 columns and
throughout the magazine, this
layout is not compromised because
otherwise the target audience would
be different for my magazine. In
both my contents page and my
double page spread I used the
column guides to help me achieve
this.

4. • I used three main colours for my magazine, they were
black, white, and red. I chose these colours because
these are unisex colours so my magazine is not just
focused towards one genre even if my magazine
would be mainly read by men. Also, I used the red and
white to attract the audience as they are bright, bold
colours that are catching to the eye
• I also found out from my research that these are the
main colours used in my genre of my magazine. An
example of this is Q magazine, and they also use a
little negative space to make it look more formal. I
have tried to do this throughout my magazine.

5. • I wanted to ensure that my main
text would be readable but formal
because the main readers of my
magazine would be older. The body
text is size 8 in my double page
spread and is a serif font to confirm
my target audience. During my
research, I found out that the
majority of the text was on 1 page
and a large picture or pictures on
the other. I emphasised this in my
magazine.
• However, I did use some sans serif
fonts in my magazine to attract the
reader to the magazine. An
example of this in in some of my
cover lines.

6. • I used a sans serif font to attract a younger
audience as the genre of music is not only loved
by older people e.g 30-50 years old, but there are
also some youths that enjoy the music as well so
I have to accommodate those as well.
• I have rotated some images to give the magazine
more of an edgy feel and to make it look more
modern. This also breaks up the layout style
which in this genre of magazine would not usually
occur.
• Finally, I have made some the images look like
they have been printed out of an old polaroid
camera to make the magazine look more
authentic and unique

7. Front Cover
• Placement of my masthead/logo (top left)
• Image bleed
• Sans serif headline
• Ellipse shapes
• More than one image on a page (with NME magazine)

8. Contents Page
• Logo of magazine (top left
corner)
• Border lines
• More than image on one page
• Date in top right hand corner
• Quote on main image
• Three coloumns

9. Double Page Spread
• Drop caps
• Date of publication
• Page number
• Logo of magazine
• 3 columns

10. Front Cover
• Different barcode position (bottom left)
• Use a red ellipse shape with white text with a drop shadow
• Placed an image in the top right hand corner on an angle
• Use a different camera position (far shot) instead of a mid close up
• Placed text above image and below it, instead of around it

11. Contents Page
• The album review section
is placed just to the left of,
but is more or less in the
same position
• Black text used, just a
different size
• Red page numbers in a
different size
• My album review section’s
text is serif, to give it a
more formal look and feel.

12. Double Page Spread
• I have put the images on 1 side of
the page apart from one which wraps
around the main body text, as I didn’t
want the double page spread to look
plain and boring.
• I have placed some quotes from the
text around the page instead of what
Q do and just leave them in the text.
• I only used one drop caps, as I didn’t
want to overload the page with too
much larger text .
• I didn’t bleed one of the pages, I just
placed many images on the page.