3. Ideas
• I want to make a double page spread with one side light and one side dark to show the light and darks sides of the rock genre and maybe the human mind.
• The masthead will be written in gold with gold oozing from the masthead to show it could of just been made amid not ready for distribution but it distributed
anyway.
• Target audience
• It will be for males and females.
• Its ideally or people 18+ as it will explore some mature and dark themes on the double page spread on with older teens and young adults can relate to.
• Due to the mature content and themes within the article, I will include contact details for supportive agencies to allow readers access to services to address any
issues arising from reading the content.
• Photography
• The front cover is going to make a photograph with me holding a guitar while looking down at the floor. I’m also going to have photographs of other instrument's
that will gradually get smaller and smaller as they in implemented onto the front cover. The dominant image will be a medium shot.
• For the double page spread I'm going to have 2 photos of me. Possible and the left side is going to be me holding a rose looking over to the left and on the right
side will be me with fake blood on my hand together with a guitar next to me looking to the right. The 2 dominant images will both be long shots and will be eye
level. The model of the 2 dominant image for the double page spread will be me sitting down on the floor. I want the sitting down poses because I want to let the
audience know that it’s the same person but he's in 2 different mind sets.
• Main Sell line
• The journey of a man who stated with nothing but his thoughts.(A Billboard Phenomenon)
4. Purpose
• The purpose of this magazine is to inform people that if your going
though a hard time, you can still achieve your goals no matter what
and the fact that you are much stronger then you think. I made an
example with the made up artist by showing the audience that he
was going through a very hard time with anxiety and depression and
because he stayed strong, he is now an icon in not just rock, but
music as a whole. The fact that he is a normal human being shows the
audience that they are not much different to him and that the fact
that he can do it, they can.
5. The Article 1 (draft)
• Rock was falling behind on the billboard hot 100. It was rare to see a
rock song in the top 5 as it has been overshadowed by it’s superiors.
It was looking pretty grim for the poor genre. Until a miracle
happened, a song that goes by the name “Life Is Cruel” hit the air
waves and skyrocketed to the top 5 on billboard. One week later it
stood there on the no.1 post. People have never seen anything like it
in years. A rock song. No hybrid. No pop or hip hop artists make an
appearance. A full rock song with the rock tunes. The rock vocals. The
rock lyrics. And the rock vibe. At first it felt a bit unusual as pop and
hip hop dominate the charts. And to see a thing like that is just a
mind blower.
6. In my article, I decided to give the 1st article a
flamboyant and uplifting tone to show the bright
side of this artists life and how he became a
phenomenon.
I wanted to write an article about rock peaking at no 1
on the billboard hot 100 because rock in the modern
day is overshadowed by there superior's. Pop and Hip
Hop.
7. Article 2 (draft)
• Even though life life is now filled with fame and wealth. His life was
filled with tragedy and despair. Each day of his youth was a simple
routine. Wake up, go to school, go home, and go to bed. Rinse repeat.
The feeling of never feeling happy, never feeling loved. Nothing
mattered in his life. He thought his life was over. When he was just 13
years old, he fell really deep into depression. The only thig he was
good at was music. He favorite instrument was any guitar he could
get his hands on. Acoustic, electric and even bass. It was escapism at
its peak for him as the sound swells his ears blocking everything
around him.
8. This article is going to be the complete opiate from the first article. This article is much
darker and more personal then the first one as this is going to be about his pat and how
he suffered from depression. Made this article because I want the to feel empathetic and
this could appeal to the audience as would like to know that even the most famous pepe
go through the same thing and that they are not alone.
9. • Purpose
• The purpose for this magazine is to inform the audience that this made up artist was going throw
a hard time as a teenager but came over it by letting his thoughts out via lyric's or rock tunes and
verses. It will also be a score entertainment as the audience can read about other artist in the
magazine and they could be interested in reading about the main artists story.
• Psychographic
• The psychographic for my magazine will be for strugglers as the the artist went through a hard
time before becoming famous and he used rock as an escape.
• I have decided that my magazine is going to be print because rock was at its peak back in the 60s-
90s and digital was not a main scarce of entertainment for music so I think it will be suitable for
my magazine to be print as a prefer more classic rock. Today, vinyl is starting to become more
popular in the medium and vinyl was one of the first physical distributions for music and print
magazines could become more popular because of that.
10. Legal and Ethical Issues
• When finding my secondary content, I need to make sure that I have
permeation to use that secondary content. If I cant get permeation to
use that secondary content, I can give them credit when
implementing them into my magazine. If I use the secondary content
and did not seek permeation or give the then creator credit, I will get
a copyright strike.
11. Primary images
I have taken some off my own photos for my primary images. I wanted the images to be a bit
blurry to show ambiguity to the audience. The artist is a very secretive man and he doesn't like
to be fully seen in public. It blurriness is also a metaphor for his depression as depression is
known to be very hard to deal with, its is also very confusing and hard to notice and that suits
the blurriness in the photo's. it will help to pull the audience in my making want to know why is
it so blurry and why can we not see them properly. I think the photo with him standing up will
be suitable for the front cover of my magazine because it will give them a teaser for what's to
come and with him not giving direct eye contact will make the audience feel uneasy as most
models on the photo usually look directly at the audience. It will also pull them in by wanting
to now why is he look at them.
12. I started to pick out what secondary images I want for my front cover for my magazine and figured out what images were
best suitable and why I thought they were suitable. Next time I will try in implement them into my final draft of my
magazine.
13. Secondary Images
• Don McCullin (1968) https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/beatles https://www.thebeatles.com
I have chosen 3 photos of The Beatles which I think will good as a secondary image for my front cover. I have chosen The
Beatles because it is a very old band and I want my magazine to be more old fashioned. I think that the photo in black
and white will be the most suitable because it looks very old and that will make stand out on the front cover as I want my
magazine to be old fashioned.
17. Note (front cover and double page spread
drafts)
• Review your designs for your magazine (screen shots)
• Experiment with different designs, colour schemes, layouts, fonts etc.
and reflect are these designs aesthetically working, meeting your
audience needs and expectations, the genre of your magazine,
following/challenging codes and conventions etc.
18. I started to precise creating a magazine on
Photoshop to see what I'm good at going and
what thing I need to improve before created my
magazine. I also played with the colour schemes
to see how it will suit the fond and how it will
stand out to attract the audience as gold
resembles greatness and sophistication. The next
thing I'm going to do is I'm going to experiment
with other gold patterns to see what is best suited
for the front cover.
19. I started to experiment will the secondary images of gold paint dripping
from the the masthead. I think the one on the right but the more
suitable one to use because I think the one on the right look a bit
cartoonish ad I want the magazine to be more realistic.
I also stared to play around with the different font colours to witch one is
appropriate. I think the lighter font colour is suitable because it will be easer
to see for the audience. The next thing that I'm going to do is to start adding
my dominant image and the features for the magazine.
20. I started to create my fin draft for my magazine. I used the polygon lasso tool to crop
out all the background areas on the images. I also used the ruler to create bleed lines
to see where exactly where I want text to be. The next thing going to do is try and
finish my front cover by creating a plug and to start implementing my secondary
image for my front cover.
21. I started to create a plug to show the audience that the artist has created a new single and the fact that he
wants go let everyone to hear s the CD with the song on is in the magazine for free. I used the brush tool to
create a zig zag pattern to make it look informal because I want to show the audience that this magazine is not
look sophisticated like all the other traditional codes and convections of magazines. I made it look unfinished
and a bit rushed to show the the artist and the publishers were to exited to wait as they know this magazine is
going to be special. I had a play with the different style of fonts to see witch ones stand out. I've decided to use
the font on the right as the font makes it easier for the audience to see and it will help to pull the audience in.
the next thing I'm going to do is to stared implementing my secondary image and my features for my
magazines.
22. I started to to import my secondary image onto my font cover and started
to manipulate the image with the polygonal lasso tool to crop out the
background of the image. I had issues with cropping the image as there was
the odd bits left of the background. I solved this issue by zooming in to
actually get rid of the odd bits left.
I also stared to write my features for my magazine about The Beatles being
a feature in the magazine to show the audience that there more features in
the magazine's it will pull them in the thinking that there is something for
everybody in the magazine
I also started to add the barcode to my front cover and tried to make it the
appropriate size. I added a barcode to show the audience that this is a print
magazine.
The next thing I'm going to
to do is to get started on my
double page spread.
23. I stared to create my double page spread for my magazine. I
used the brush tool to to create my background. I wanted to
create one side white and one side black to show that the white
side is going have a happy and safe feeling and it will include my
first article about how the artist became very successful in the
modern rock industry. The other side in black will is going to
dark, sad as this will include my second article about how he
struggled with depression before he became famous. On the
white side, I used a brush tool to create small messy scribbles
on each bottom side of the magazine in the opposite colour so
its easer to see the page numbers. The scribble on the left also
show that there is still some darkness in the artist mind and the
white scribble shows that there is always hope in the darkness.
as the black and white background is a metaphor for the artist
mental state.
I also stared to create my article title. I played about with some font styles to see witch one best suites the double page spread. Bother of them are effective
because I wanted the font style to look scary and abnormal because the second article on the double page spread is going to be about the artists darker times
about feeling depressed and being depressed for long period's of time is abnormal for an average human being. But I think the font on the top is best suitable
for the audience as it it easier to understand.
24. I played about with the font colours and I had
issues trying to make sure that I can see the title
properly. I solved this issue by splitting the tile in 2
colours with one half of the title back when the
backroad is white and the other half white when
the background is black. The next thing I'm going
to do is to start implementing my dominant images
to my double page spread.
25. I stared to implement my dominant images for my
double page spread. I duplicated the layer of one
image and rotated the duplicated image to create
a mirror effect. I used the polygonal lasso tool to
get rid of the background on each image and
used a ruler to find center point of the double
page spread and place the images together to
look like one image is on the light side and the
other on the dark side if the magazine. I had an
issue trying to find the center point of the double
page due to the article title being in the way. I
resolved this issue by hiding the title until I found
the center point. The next thing I'm going to do is
I'm going to start writing my 2 articles for my
double page spread.
26. I started to write my first article for my magazine. I used the
ruler's to create the bleed lines so the article looks tidy and easy
to read. I made the font side bigger for the drop cap to show the
audience where the article starts and then made the rest of the
article smaller so that it fits on the double page spread.
When creating my pull quote, I used the bleed lines to create a
rectangle and them typed the pull quote inside it so that it fits
in the middle if both articles.
The next thing I'm going to do is I'm going to write my second
article for my double page spread.
27. I started to write my second article for my double page spread. Just like the first
article, used the ruler to create bleed lines to make sure that the the article is
tidy and that it is easy to read.
The 2 article's both cover both sides of the double page spread with the first
article is a lighthearted article about how he achieved his goals. And the second
article on the right talks about his early life and how he suffered from
depression. The article look and the inside of his mind in 2 different states.
28. The next thing I'm going to do is to some finishing touches
for my front cover.
29. I added some finishing touches to my front cover of my magazine by
adding a price tag for my magazine and a guide to where to find the article
bout the artist I have created.
