Drawn analysis of front cover, contents page and double page spread of my magazine

1. Drawn Analysis
Cover Page, Contents Page &
Double Page Spread.

2. Cover Page
• I chose the name Quaint for my magazine
because it means;
“attractively unusual or old-fashioned”
• This relates to the theme of my magazine as all the images are old
fashioned, timeless and classic, yet attractive and unusual so it
catches peoples attention.
• Hence the reason I went for a black and white theme and it is quite
vintage and at the same time with the element of gold/yellow as well
as the contrasting colours in adds a burst of energy and vibrancy so
it doesn't just simply follow the typical connotations of a newspaper.
• I chose to use a close up shot so the models face for my main
image, so she is the complete focus of the front cover and the
information etc is all secondary.
• I chose to make my magazine genre; Indie Pop. This is because the
vintage style of it due to the black and white yet distressed photo’s,
but, I added the element of pop (diversity) also as my style and
musical icon is Lana Del Rey and she dabbles with both Indie and
Pop music.

4. Contents Page
• For my contents page I followed and kept the same theme as my cover
page as I wish this to run through my entire magazine.
• My background is still charcoal colour on the left hand side of the Polaroid's,
and the background is white on the right hand side of the Polaroid's. The
masthead is also a charcoal colour with a hint of gold/yellow through it, and
apart from the page numbers that is the only bit of gold/yellow on the page.
• I chose to present the images on my contents page through a series of
Polaroid like images (about 6) to act as a barrier to break the page into two
so the image can be split; one side showing the information in the particular
issue of the magazine and the other showing what is featured over and over
again/reoccurrences.
• The features of the contents page will compliment my chosen genre
because the Polaroid picture frames I will be using to show off miniature
taster images I have taken of my model before the double page spread. The
frames will be mirroring the instant photos Polaroid's usually produce, ones
that can't be manipulated. The old fashioned way. These images will also
represent my model in an authentic, classic way, as these types of films and
frames are occasionally used In the fashion industry, by modelling agencies
who use them to realistically and naturally represent the models.
• These representations are all vintage in style and the old fashioned element
of the Polaroid cameras images reinforce the fact that my magazine is
striving to have that harmoniously, vintage melodic theme running through
it, complimenting the genre.

6. Double Page Spread
• On my double page spread I made it slightly different to what I’ve done on
the cover and contents pages.
• I made the right hand page have a black and white vintage floral
background with the interview from the artist in the 4 white boxes which are
jaggedly presented on the page, with the title of the article also presented in
a white box, but a thinner one.
• I made the left hand side of the page have a charcoal coloured background
but this wont be seen much as the I plan for the image to take up the entire
page. It’ll have one box on it, looking like it is stuck down with uneven
transparent black and white spotted cello-tape.
• I chose the layout to be like this to make it quirky and stray away from the
normal connotations of a magazine (DPS), to make mine more unique.
• The elements on my double page spread compliment my chosen genre of
Indie-pop because again the flowery theme, specially due to the way I intend
to edit it will have a vintage look to it, like a grainy, ‘flickery’ old film would
have.
• The same applies with the distressed (white) brick wall because it adds an
element of shabbiness to the quite prim classic magazine that so far exists
before the DPS and this is what I intend to do, it gives me both the ‘Indie’-
(independent) and ‘pop’- (eclectic) elements I intended to achieve.