2. Masthead Ideas
• World of Music – Got the idea from different forms of social media e.g. World of Warcraft. The idea
is to get the ready to know that the magazine is mainly about music. It also tells the reader that
there is going to be a broad range of music within the magazine by using the word ‘World’. The
chosen font is a font I came across on dafont.com called ‘Primetime’ because it is in an old-school
style font that Q and Smash Hits both have.
• Music 4 the Mind – Based on ‘text’ language used in different social media. The ‘4’ is meant to be
able to connect with young people because it is informal and connects with what young people
type on social media. The font could be in ‘Impact’ because it would stand out and catch the ye of
someone who is in to music.
• X – Got the idea from Q magazine. The X is meant to mean ‘Xtreme Music’. The magazine is aimed
at teenagers and young adults so the informal term, xtreme, might also connect with young people.
The font is ‘Travelling Typewriter’, which The inspiration was from how global megastar, Ed Sheeran,
releases his music using that font
• Kaboom! – Based on the name ‘Kerrang!’ which is aimed at rock music. My magazine features
interviews with pop and rock artists, so the term ‘Kaboom!’ might sound like a younger version of
Kerrang! The font is in ‘Vexler Slip’ from dafont.com, because it has that feel that is similar to Q or
Smash Hits.
• Microphone – Based on the classical music magazine Gramophone. Classical music is aimed at
adults but since my magazine is for those aged 16-30, this might be used to connect to less
sophisticated readers and give information to their favourite artists. The font could be in ‘Times
New Roman’ but with less curl effects in the lettering.
MUSIC 4 THE MIND
Microphone
5. Location Recce
• After looking around the interior parts of St Andrews Catholic
School, I have decided to use a white wall as the background for the
subject in my front cover. The reason is because I don’t want to
have any other objects interfering with the Photoshop construction
of the front cover as I only want to capture the subject I have taken.
• My second image for my DPS will be by the window in the same
location as the wall in the first image as I want the subject to
replicate the album cover to Sam Smith’s album “In the Lonely
Hour”. This, I believe, will capture the subject as a high profile artist
in the music industry.
• I have checked the area for hazards and the only hazard I can find
the fire extinguisher for the second image interfering.
• I have gathered evidence of the location by taking pictures of where
it the shooting took place.
7. House Style/Colour Scheme
Comparisons (Music 4 the Mind)
• The colour scheme of Q is red, white and black
but my magazine’s colour scheme will consist of
blue, black and white to signify that it is a rival to
Q.
• House Styles – The text on the magazine is still
the same but the different fonts for example, the
Masthead text in Q is Times New Roman while
the text on Music 4 the Mind is Impact. The
content of my magazine will be in Calibri
compared to Q which is in Arial.
8. House Style/Colour Scheme
Comparisons (Pop!)
• Pop! will have many different colour schemes
which is what Smash Hits had over the years. The
colour schemes will mainly consist of bright
colours and white in places as it is aimed at
teenage girls.
• House Style – Smash Hits’ masthead changed
over the years, but I have chosen Kraash from
dafont.com because of it’s cartoonish appearance
and will be something to appeal to teenage girls.
9. Format (Size)
• My magazine will be approximately 30cm tall
and 23cm as it is the normal size of a British
magazine.
• Q is almost the same size, being 28.5cm tall
and 21cm wide, but as Q is also my rival I
don’t want to make it bigger in size as it may
not improve sales.
10. Test Photography
• These are all the images I took for my front cover. They are all the
same and in good quality but only one could be chosen. It is always
important to take more than one image because you don’t know
how it is going to turn out, for example, it might be distorted or
blurry. I included one of the four for the front cover and made it
black and white two make the magazine seem compatible with Q.
12. Graphic Layouts
• These are the graphic layouts to both my front cover and DPS. They
will both determine what my final magazine pages will look like
when they are created on Photoshop. My magazine will be 28cm
high and 21.5cm cm wide like a other magazines.
13. Graphic Layouts Continued
• These are the graphic layouts to my front cover and
DPS for my planned but scrapped magazine idea, Pop!
They both demonstrate what they would have looked
like if I chose Pop! over Music 4 the Mind.
14. Rough Sketches (Front Cover)
Barcode
Story Separation
Separates story
from subject on
front cover
Headline
“How ‘X’ did better
the Sam Smith,
Coldplay and Paolo
Nutini’s albums” is
in bold and in black.
The black in the ‘X’
is made to stand
out as the album’s
title. Black is made
to match the colour
on the album cover.
The ‘3’ in “3 Page
Read” is white so it
stands out against
the blue
background.
Masthead
The denotation of the
masthead is Music 4 the
Mind and is above Ed
Sheeran/Sam Smith’s
head. The masthead is
shown above his head
so that he can be seen
on the front cover.
Subject Shot
Connotes that this is a close-up of
Ed Sheeran, who is the artist from
my survey that readers will want
to see on the front cover.
Headline
“When will his next No. 1 be?” is also in bold and
black. Sam Smith’s name is in white and also
bigger than the rest of the text because he is the
subject on the front cover and the main feature
in the magazine. The ‘5’ in “Page 5” is also bigger
to show which page Sam Smith is featured in.
The colour scheme goes with the design
because I said I would have it repeating
throughout.
15. Rough Sketches (DPS)
8 9
Article Title
‘The Man Who… What,
exactly?’ connotes that
this copy is based on
the title of the Travis
album ‘The Man Who’
Main Image
One of the first
pieces of a double
page that is
noticed by
someone reading
the magazine,
connotes that the
image of Fran
Healy (of Travis) is
the first thing to
come to mind to a
reader. The shot of
the artist is going
to be a mid-shot.
www.music4mind.co.uk
The Copy
The story from Fran
Healy/Naughty Boy
in detail by the
editors for the
purchaser to know
the whole story
about.
Page Numbers
Website
Sentence Starter
Connotes that this is where the
Context begins in the DPS
Article Title
‘At the hotel… Hotel Cabana’
connotes that this copy is
based on the title of the Barry
Manilow song ‘Copacabana’
The colour scheme goes with the design
because I said I would have it repeating
throughout.
16. Target Audience
• My target audience is for teenagers and young adults and my
magazine will have that appeal that is similar to Q.
• Q is mainly targeted for those aged 30-40, who are looking for a
more sophisticated appeal and want to know more about the
artist by what he/she does. My magazine is for those who are
younger and will be interested in what the artist also does e.g.
what they do while touring or what they secretly do that no-one
would expect.
17. Photography Plan
Location Picture Needed Permission
Needed
Potential
Hazards/Risks
Back Up Plan
Corridor at St.
Andrews
Catholic School
Man in casual
clothes, against
a white
background,
looking sad,
away from
camera
Need to make
sure that the
chosen subject
has permission
to be featured
in magazine
Make sure no-
one blocks the
subject’s way
during photo-
shoot
Take a lot of
the same
image if the
first one taken
isn’t good
enough
