2. FRONT COVER- ATTRACT
When doing my front cover, I had to find a
variety of ways to help keep it ‘attractive’
as well as standing out from the crowd. For
this, I looked and researched similar
magazine to my genre (indie-rock) to help
me follow a similar pattern and keep it bold
and outputting. From this, I found an NME
front cover featuring Lily Allen which
helped me to follow a similar layout but not
complete. I also looked at a Rolling Stone
front cover of Lorde which helped me with
subheadings (text style), shapes (lines
between each subheading) and the
overall image. When I combined the two
magazine covers, I created something very
contrasting from each individual magazine
but a solid indie rock look.
My inspiration (Rolling Stone and NME)
3. FRONT COVER- ATTRACT
Furthermore, I really feel like I achieved the best
potential I could when finalising my front cover
and I made sure every detail was put in place to
make the overall look more bold and refreshing.
The use of a strip at the stop with the colour
coordinating “issue 001” was designed to pull out
features within the strip such as the “free” posters
as well as “special, win Arctic Monkeys tickets” as
from my experience, seeing free things is instantly
a good thing. As I’m 17, this will appeal to the
target audience too as they will benefit from it.
Moreover, the yellow helps to grab attention to
these areas once again helping to convey this
idea. When doing my masthead, I realised it had
to be very bold and big to compete against other
magazines. For this reason, I created a unique 3D
“V” within “Volume” to help portray this as well as
using glowing text in a big size font (around 170-
180)
4. CONTENTS PAGE- ADDRESS
When it came to my contents page, I knew that writing (language)
would be a major detail to this as it will contain a variety of
information that will have to be interesting with an idea to it. From
this, I made headings such as “I’m going solo,” “Killer countdown,”
and “Extra Extra!” to try target the audience eyes and make them
want to read on and find out more about it. The language which I
used in the subheadings also had to seem interesting and not give
in too much detail otherwise it would’ve been pointless to add it.
The us of personal pronouns “our” also helps the audience to feel
as involved as they can as well as feeling comfortable.
When it came to my images, I knew I had to use a range of shots
and mise-en-scne to help demonstrate the different styles of
indie-rock. From this, I displayed a variety of ideas varying from
people to concerts to help show the heart of indie-rock.
Within my regulars, I kept simple headings such as “crossword”
and “concert reviews” as they will be added monthly into the
magazine. Despite this, my first heading which is “Volume
monthly trends” portrays an contrast from this and helps to
address what the audience with different trends each month.
5. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD- ADDRESS
Finally, my double page spread
was another product to help
address the audience to make
them feel as comfortable as
possible and as involved as they
could. From this, I kept the
language simple to understand
but still suited for 16-25 year olds.
By displaying an exclusive
interview on how Luna Dawson
was founded and before she
became famous, I wrote 2
columns talking about her new
single “Firestone” by addressing to
the audience of new indie-rock
music that has been published. I
also wrote about her personal life
such as her background (where
she came from). By having Luna
age 18 also helps the audience to
feel involved and how she is not
different to them making it less
patronizing.
