layout designs for music magazine

2. I want my magazine to be called ‘INDIE WORKS’.
I would like my masthead to be in either black,
red or purple. I have looked on a font website
called ‘da bomb’. I have decided on a few fonts
that fit the genre to the magazine. These fonts
are called ‘Punks’, Punk Inside’, ‘Dharma
Punk’, ‘Indie Hype’, ‘Indie Summer’, ‘Rock's
Death’. I have chosen these conventions for my
masthead due to my research. All of the
magazines that I have looked at have similar
styles. You can see the colours and fonts that are
on magazines in my audience profiles research
task.
My ideas for the main image at the
moment is to have a white background ,
so that the lighting is quite bright. I
would like to take a long shot of a
person (preferably a female), dressed in
the outfits that I have designed in my
initial ideas task, holding an electric
guitar in one hand and a tea cup in the
other. These ideas will represent the
story which will be featured on the main
cover line. The reason for this idea, is
because I really liked the front cover
design on an issue of NME, which I
have wrote about in my music magazine
analysis. It features Mark Ronson
holding a trumpet, against a white
background. This is where I got my
inspiration from. I really liked the idea of
using props, costume and lighting as
this links with mise-en-scene.
Some of the cover lines that I would like to
feature will be featured in my contents page.
The two secondary cover lines will be ‘new
and upcoming bands’ (which will be my
story for the double page spread) and
‘bands on tour’. The main cover line will be
‘too posh to mosh’, which will link to my
main front cover image. The reason for
these cover lines are that I believe that they
are stereo typical to my target audience.
The main story (new and upcoming bands)
is written in a interview format, which was
the most popular choice that people voted
for in my questionnaire.
I would like the footer of my magazine to say a list
of bands that are going to be mentioned in my
magazine. I got this inspiration from a magazine
called ‘The Fly’ which I have analyzed as part of my
research. I would like each band to be written in the
colour’s that are linked to my colour scheme (black
or red or purple).
I would like the puff to be in the shape of
a circle and have a give away such as
free concert tickets or free merchandise.
I think this will be a good giveaway and
would attract a lot of people to buy the
magazine if it had a good giveaway. I
would like to use a transparent effect on
this, like I used on the puff in my student
magazine design. Again, the colour’s
should be within the colour scheme.
I would like the skyline on my front
cover to say something about this
issue of my magazine being a ‘limited
edition’ or ‘big issue’. I would like to
use this, as I found these are what the
skylines say on most magazines that I
have looked at as part of my research.
The price of my magazine will be displayed just
above my barcode. The price of the magazine
will be around £1.70 - £2.00. This is the price
that most people voted for in my questionnaire
when asked what they would be willing to pay
for.

3. I do not want the editors letter to be
a huge feature of my contents page.
I found that in my student magazine,
I wanted to put too much in my
editors letter which I then found very
difficult to fit in around all of the
other features. I would like to keep it
short, explaining a few things that
will be featured in the magazine. I
would like the writing to be in a
script font (looks handwritten) so it
appears more personal from the
editor.
These sections will say the stories that I
will like to include in my magazine. I am
aiming to feature around 20-25 stories. I
would like to have around 4 sections in
which 5 or 6 stories will be included
underneath. My sections will be at the
bottom of the contents page, so the
images, headlines and editors letter all
comes above and are seen separate to
the stories. This is what I found on the
contents page from looking at other
magazines. I would like the font of my
stories to be written in capitals and it
I would like the headline of my contents page to say the main
headline of what my magazine is called in a smaller font to what it is
on the front cover, then to have ‘CONTENTS’ to be written in a
bigger font, so that it is the main focus. I would preferably like
contents to be written in a sans serif fonts. I want it to look quite
bold, and preferably in the same font as what my sections will be
written in. I would like contents to be white or black. These are quite
mono colours, so they will not clash with the main and secondary
images that will also be displayed on the contents page.
I would like the main image to be a close
up head shot of a girl, making direct eye
contact with the camera (what will be the
audience). I want there to be a focus on
her eye makeup, which should look very
exaggerated and quite edgy, linking back
to the genre of the magazine. I would like
the girls hair to have a messy hairstyle,
and pulling a face. Preferably winking or
biting her lip. The girl will need to be
quite young , so she fits in with my target
audience. The look of her will also need
to fit in with my look and feel of the
magazine and reflect both my research
of other magazines, and the choices I
have made based on my questionnaire
results.
For my secondary image, I would
like to have a mid shot of a girl or
boy holding up a vinyl record
(preferably of an indie band). I would
like the main focus to be of the vinyl
and then I would like the person
holding it to be in the background –
maybe out of focus. The reason for
this is because this way, I think the
image will look quite minimal which
was a popular choice in my
questionnaire when asked what type
of layout would be preferred. If I
don’t not use this idea, then I will
take a photo of somebody
performing (maybe playing an
instrument), which will probably have
a low angle shot. I have not decided
what I want the image to look like
yet, I just know I want the idea of a
vinyl. I would like this image to link to
a story that I hope to feature on my
contents page.

4. As I have already planned out my double page spread, I have a good
idea for what I am going to include. My headline will state ‘CAR CRASH
CITY’, as this is the band that is going to be featured on my double page
spread. I would like the font to be quite bold and take up around a ¼ of
the page. The fonts that I wish to use will be similar to the font I have
mentioned that I will feature on my front cover for my Masthead (‘Punks’,
Punk Inside’, ‘Dharma Punk’, ‘Indie Hype’, ‘Indie Summer’, ‘Rock's
Death’). All the fonts look informal and are really suited to the genre of my
magazine. I want to make quite a big deal of the band I am writing about
for my double page, so I want to make a statement with my headline.
I plan to have the main image of
the band I am writing about. I
plan to take the photos from a low
angle, looking up at the band as
they perform. I feel as thought
this is a really good image for my
double page spread as the article
is going to be all about the band
and where they are performing.
The image should include all
members playing an instrument
and I want the image to reflect
the story that will be written on
the opposing page.
The sections will contain the story about ‘CAR CRASH CITY’. As I
have already written the story that will be featured on the double page
spread, I will just copy and paste this when it comes to designing the
double page. The story is in an interview format, mentioning each
person in the band, having there say about their band. I would like the
font to be serif and quite standard, it needs to be a step down from
The strap line for the double page spread will
simply say ‘Interview – new and upcoming
bands’. This is already written on my draft of
the double page spread. I would like it to sit in
the corner, just above the main image (so that
it is still informative and doesn’t take any
attention away from the main image). I would
like it to be in a bright colour so that it can still
be seen and possibly be written in a sans serif
font, to make a link with the headline.
I have already written this
as part of my double page
spread. The stand is
basically an introduction to
my interview and gives a
brief of what is featured. I
plan for the font to be quite
small, and to be positioned
just under the headline. I
would like the font to
preferably in black or white,
depending on the colour
background that I choose,
which again will either be
black or white.
I have already planned out what block quotes I am going to be
including on this page. I have just referenced them from my
interview that I have already written. I would like the block quotes
to be displayed in small boxes that are seen to have a clear
contrast between the sections. The box should be in a different
colour (sticking with the colour scheme) and made transparent. I