- The document summarizes the design choices made for the front cover, contents page, and double page spread of a magazine. It focuses on how these design elements were inspired by and challenged conventions from the NME magazine. Key design features discussed include the masthead, cover image, pull quote, and color scheme on the front cover. The document also discusses font, page numbers, and color scheme choices for the contents page, and main image, title, and article text used on the double page spread.

1. QUESTION 1

2. FRONT COVER
Mast Head
This is used to show the target audience of a magazine immediately, NME here
have made a simple masthead with a bold colour to make it stand out and it also
matches the cover line, I think that my front cover mast head also stands out
and matches my magazine genre, with my mast head I made sure that it stood
out against my background. I challenged the masthead on the NME magazine as
I changed the position and the style of it.
CVI
Here I used the image of Tyler The Creator for inspiration, I like how NME
used a large picture on the front of their front cover and I wanted the same on
my front cover. The reason why I used a big image for my front cover is
because when I looked at the NME magazine I used in my planning, I found
that the first thing I looked at was the front cover so I wanted the same effect
on my front cover. I wanted my model to also wear the appropriate clothing for
the genre of my magazine and I think I achieved this.
Pull Quote
I placed my pull quote in a similar place to where NME placed their pull quote
on their magazine, the reason why I used pull quotes is because I think it would
appeal to my audience because in my opinion the audience want to know what’s
inside and what the main story is about so I added the pull quote to achieve this.
I used white text against the background so that my pull quote could stand out
and also the same text as I did as the other cover lines so that the pull quote
didn’t look out of place. I put a stoke onto my pull quote to emphasise.
Colour Scheme
I used colours that are not too harsh on the eyes, I included colours such as
black, white etc. to keep it classy and to make my front cover look professional.
I haven’t used red on my front cover so I have challenged the colour scheme

3. CONTENTS PAGE
Title
I kept the conventions of the title on NME the
same on my contents page in terms of the
positioning.
Fonts
I used the same font throughout my contents page
so that my contents page didn’t look too complex
and difficult to read.
Colour Scheme
Again I wanted to stick to classy colours, nothing to
bright but something that looked professional, so
with the use of the grey background and the large
faint paint marks I believed it emphasised my
pictures and the things that I wanted to stand out in
my contents page.
Page Numbers
I used this page convention on my Contents Page
and Double Page spread. The reason why I wanted
to do this was because I was following the page
conventions that the magazine I looked at in my
planning.

4. DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD
Main Image
The main image on my DPS gives
off the genre of my magazine. I
used a cinematic effect on my
model to make the image look
professional and to also bring out
the colour of clothing my model
was wearing, I achieved the
cinematic effect by using
Photoshop. I followed the DPS
conventions of the NME magazine
I followed and the image has the
same structure is my magazine.
Double Page Spread Title
I changed the conventions of the title on the
DPS in the NME magazine I used to
follow, I didn’t want my magazine to look
confusing by having big and small letters in
the title. I used the font ‘Impact’ and I added
a stoke to it to make it look more defined. I
decided to use black so the title stood out
against the white background. I think that the
font and colour work well together and
works with the colour scheme of my DPS
Main Article
I included some swear words in my double
page spread because I wanted my article to
appeal to the target audience I am aiming
for. I also included pull quotes to stick to
the main conventions that NME used on
the DPS you can see on the right.