The document discusses planning the front cover of a music magazine. Various title options are considered but "Bright Lights" is selected based on a Facebook poll. Different color and font options are explored for the title before deciding on a bright yellow font that evokes nightclub lighting. Two layout designs are discussed for the front cover, with one using the main image off-center, and for the contents page, with one option deemed too simple.

1. FRONT COVER PLANNING FRONT COVER PLANNING

2. Titles Music Lyrics Beat Rock Bright Lights Millions Song Mania Generation Titles

3. Shortlist Beat Song Mania Bright Lights I set my facebook status asking my friends what they thought about this name for a music magazine and it received mixed results with about 45% of people liking the name and 55% disliking it. Even though more people liked it than disliked it, most agreed this name would not stand out and sounds quite boring. This Title would be quite relevant to my magazine, but is quite plain and boring. I do not think it would be very eye-catching. This title is my favourite because it reminds me of bright colours and flashing lights, which you see a lot of in clubs where dance music is played. It also reminds me of one of the magazine front covers I analysed because it included lots of bright colours and the lighting was bright as the image was taken on a sunny day. This word sounds very energetic and has a great vibe to it. It reminds me of the music magazine ‘kerrang’ as it is unusual and stands out.

4. Chosen title – font planning I made a status update on my Facebook asking what title my friends like best out of my shortlisted titles. ‘ Bright Lights’ had 80% of the votes, so I decided to use this title.

5. Decision for Title including colour and font The orange seems a bit dull and I do not think it represents ‘bright lights very well. The yellow is quite bright so represents the ‘bright lights’ well, but it seems a bit boring and not Very attention catching. The different colours represent ‘bright lights’ quite well as lights in night clubs, where dance music is most often played are usually different colours, but all of the colours make it look quite busy and hard to read. This is my favourite font and colour because it is bright and not too ‘busy’. It is also very easy to read and the font looks like lights in a night club which is a good way to show what the magazine is about too.

6. IMAGE COLLAGE

7. MY IMAGES

8. HEADLINES Top tips for the day after Drink cheap, dance for free! … Reviews night club How to dress to impress Bright scenes How to DJ Top 10 clubs

9. LAYOUT (1) TITLE Slogan Main Image Barcode Headline With image Image Headline Head line PLUS LAYOUT (1) This is a good layout because it follows a lot of conventions and is also very interesting and eye catching. One draw back about it is that the main image is not in the centre of the magazine which is usually what is expected.

10. LAYOUT (2) TITLE Main Image Barcode PLUS Head line Head line Head line Head line HEADLINE TO MATCH MAIN IMAGE LAYOUT (2) LAYOUT (2) This layout is good. I like the way the headlines are around the main image. It follows some conventions but there will be a lot of blank spaces on it. It may also make the front cover look a bit busy because the headlines are overlapping the main image a bit too much in my opinion.

11. CONTENTS PAGE PLANNING

12. Layout (1) CONTENTS LOGO IMAGE Numbers and What is on the pages IMAGE I like this layout but I think it is a bit too simple and boring. I also do not think there will be enough room for all of the text that is needed on a contents page. Also, the title is slanted which is not usually seen.

13. Layout (2) CONTENTS IMAGE Page numbers and what page titles Page numbers and what page titles I like this layout because it is very clear and effective. It seems a bit boring though as the layout may be a bit too simple so may not be that eye catching.

14. Layout (3) CONTENTS IMAGE Page numbers and what page titles Page numbers and what page titles IMAGE Layout (3) This layout is my favourite because it is very similar to my previous mock layout, but with an interesting touch to it. It is more eye catching than the previous layout.

15. DOUBLE SPREAD PLANNING

16. Titles “ Quote from the article” Something about being rich and hardworking? -Posh charlotte goes mad Posh charlotte dances like a pro MK Char Posh char goes bizarre

17. Layout (1) TITLE IMAGE ARTICLE Layout (1) Layout (1) I think this layout could be quite effective in a different sort of magazine, for example, one aimed at an older generation, because the article will be in one block and will not catch the attention of my target audience.

18. Layout (2) TITLE IMAGE ARTICLE I like this layout because it is eye catching and follows some conventions for example, the image taking up more than half of the page. I like how the title overlaps the image which helps connect the two pages together.