The document provides details on planning the front cover, contents page, and double page spread for a music magazine. For the front cover, the main image will feature an artist holding a record on the left side. Cover lines will promote articles on various artists. Logos were designed and one was selected. The contents page will include 5 images related to feature articles. Fonts and text details are provided. The double page spread will profile a YouTuber and include four images showing her editing, playing keyboard, and watching her videos.

1. PLANNING
PRODUCTION

2. FRONT COVER DRAFT

3. FRONT PAGE IMAGES
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For my main front cover image I am going to have my artist standing against a plain wall
so she will be seen easily. She will also be holding a large record in her hand so people
know that the main image is related with music.
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I want her to be wearing a tartan shirt/dress as I believe this item of clothing fits with the
indie rock genre.
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The main image will be mainly focused to the left hand side of the page so I could fit
more subheadings on the right hand side of the page.
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I am also going to be including images of my artist who is going to be featured on the
double page spread. I am doing this so the reader knows what will be included in the
magazine and if they would be interested about the article inside.

4. COVER LINES FOR FRONT COVER
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I am having a variety of cover lines on the front cover of my magazine. My main
subheading is going to relate to my main image. It will say “LOVELL: I’M JUST A
NORMAL GIRL”. I have chosen to use a quote because this will entice the reader to carry
on reading to the main article
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Other subheadings I will include on the front cover will be:
-Green Day split?!
-AC/DC knocking X-FACTOR off Christmas number 1
-Kings Of Leon talk about their new album
-Tonight Alive VS The Brobecks
-How The Beatles started a music revolution
-Beyonce pregnant?
-The changing hair of rock
-Exclusive with…
-PLUS, Vampire Weekend, The 1975, Lorde, Arctic Monkeys, Alkaline Trio
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I am using these subheadings because I know from my audience research that my target
audience would be interested in these articles.

5. LOGOS FOR FRONT COVER
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I want my logo to be bold and easy to read. So I have decided to design four on da
font.com and pick which one looks the best:
I like this logo because it is bold and easy to read. It looks
modern and would be suitable for my target audience
because it is more unique then a simple bold font
I chose this logo because it fits with the genre of the
magazine which is rock and indie music. This logo looks bold
and distressed which fits with my theme well. It is also very
easy to read.
This logo is bold and easy to read however I think that it
looks quite unprofessional and does not fit with my genre
of magazine.

6. CONTENTS PAGE DRAFT

7. IMAGES ON CONTENTS PAGE
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I am going to have 5 images all together on my contents page. The main image will relate
to the large image on the front cover of the magazine and under this image I am going to
include the first paragraph to the opening article that relates to the photograph.
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In the three circle boxes I am going to include a picture of Beyoncé as one of my
storylines is “Beyoncé pregnant again?”. I am also going to include a picture of the “Ellie
Palmer” who I’m using on the double page spread and in the final circle box I am using a
picture that I took at a Arctic Monkeys concert as one of the articles is also based on
them
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In the top left hand corner of the magazine I am going to also include a subscribe box to
get sent my magazine every time it is released. I believe that this is an appropriate place
to put this advertisement because it will be the first page the reader will turn too.

8. CONTENTS PAGE FONTS
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The font on my contents page are is going to be simple and easy to read. I am not going
to use a font that is too distracting and eye catching because I want there to be focus on
the images on my contents page.
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I will get my fonts from a website called “da font.com” as this website has a wide variety
of suitable fonts for me to choose from.
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I am going to use the same font as my logo for the “Contents Page” title as I believe that
this would make the magazine look more professional.
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For my feature articles and regular content the font that I will use will be chosen from
these two:
This font is also going to be used on the front cover of my
magazine for subheadings so in my opinion I believe that it would
make my magazine look more professional if I used the same
font for the subheadings on my front cover for the subheadings
on my contents page.
I like the look of this font as it is easy to read and bold. It is
also a “serif” font so gives my fonts have more variety and is
something more interesting for the reader to look at.

9. TEXT FOR CONTENTS PAGE
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Regular Content:
-New Releases
-Upcoming Concerts
-Q&A (with the latest bands and artists)
-Giveaway, competition
- Reviews
-Fly On The Wall
-Letters
-Top 20 Of The Week
-Hot Gossip
-Quote Of The Week
Features
-Lovell talks about her new single
-Alex Turner: going solo again?
-Beyonce baby rumour
-Ellie Palmer “YouTube has changed my life”
-The 1975- Festival plans for 2014
-Vampire Weekend
-Kings of Leon Talk about their new album
-Green Day split?!
-Red Hot Chilli Peppers: secret interview
-Views on Maroon 5 postponing tour
-AC/DC: A whole lot of Christmas number ones
-Tonight Alive VS The Brobecks
-Arctic Monkeys AM review
-Lorde: Pure Heroine review
-Snow patrol new album preview
-Exclusive interview with Alkaline Trio
-How The Beatles started a music revolution
-YOUR thoughts
-Who to watch out for
-The changing hair of rock

10. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD DRAFT

11. IMAGES FOR DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
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I will need four images for my double page spread.
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My double page spread is based on a girl called Ellie Palmer who has her own YouTube
channel and writes her own songs. In my images I want to highlight that she is just a
normal ordinary girl who loves what she does.
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One of the images I am going to take is going to be of half her face. I believe that this will
look good on one side of the double page spread. I think that this will look good against
the smaller images.
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For the three smaller images I am going to take some natural shots of Ellie and what she
does best. I am going to take three images. One of her on her laptop editing her video,
another playing the keyboard and an over shoulder shot of her watching one of her own
videos.

12. FONTS FOR DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
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I want the font on my double page spread to be simple and easy to read. I would not like
the font to distract from what I’m saying and the images on the page.
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The typography that I will choose from will already be on the programme that I am
working on because they have the best fonts that look good small and are still easy to
read.
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For example some of the fonts I may choose from will be “ Century Schoolbook”, “Lucida
Bright”, “Batang” or “Adobe Heiti Std R”