The document provides details on the mood boards, flat plans, visualisation diagrams, and thumbnails Sinead Bidwell created to plan their music website and magazine. The mood boards show layout examples from other publications and different title fonts, styles, and color palettes considered. The flat plans showcase cover design options. The visualisation diagram outlines typical magazine elements like the title, branding, barcode, and central artist profile. The thumbnails present potential cover and spread concepts, with the artist page layout deemed clearest. An artist facing away during a performance is favored for the bold central cover image.

1. Sample Materials
Sinead Bidwell

2. Moodboard

3. Moodboard

4. Moodboard

5. Moodboard
The mood boards above show some of the research I have done before planning the creation of my own
music website and magazine. The first slide shows some examples of layouts from different websites
including NME, MOJO and Rolling Stone so I could compare some of the similarities between the sites and
recognise the different conventions. The second slide has different title fonts and styles from existing music
magazines along with some possible font ideas for my magazine. I added the existing titles to understand
the layout of the magazines. For example, the logos and titles are always in bold fonts that make them
stand out to the viewer / reader and the reader knows that the bold text is something important. This is
then followed by a smaller, easy to read font for the rest of the articles or subheadings. I think this is
because using an easy to read text means the reader is more likely to stay interested in the article as they
don't have to try and concentrate on trying to read a tricky font. The final slide then shows some colour
palettes I might decide to use. Out of all the colour palettes, the one I like most is the red, navy, blues and
black palette. I like this palette as it looks simple and sophisticated because it has a sleek look without
being too distracting and drawing attention away from the content on my magazines. I did include some
bolder palettes using shades of orange but I decided it was too bright for the style that I wanted and I
prefer the elegant look of the navy and red together.

6. Flat Plans
These flat plans are for
the layout for my printed
magazine. The two
options for my cover are:
- One big, central
image of an artist
with text around
him/her
- Have different
records in the
background with
bold text over the
top
Out of the two, i think a
central image is a
stronger idea as it has
more potential to be
attention grabbing.

7. Visualisation Diagram
A bold title will catch the viewers attention. It needs to
stand out and be noticeable.
A house style of grey and red will be used for synergy
across my products.
Typical conventions such as a barcode, price and
issue number will be included to make my product
more professional.
Possibly a puff will be included as a way to interact
and engage with the audience.
My model will be in the centre of the page maybe front
facing to create that direct mode of address.

8. Thumbnails

9. Thumbnails

10. Thumbnails
The thumbnails are for potential front cover ideas, double page spread ideas and an example of
how an artist page will look on the website. I think the strongest thumbnail is the example of a
web page titled Artist 1 as it is clear to understand how the page will be laid out. My thumbnails
show that I will include a combination of videos, images and text in my products which will keep
the audience interested. The first set of thumbnails are examples of front covers to see what I
could potentially end up with as a final result. Out of these, my favourite is the first one with the
artist centre in the frame. I like this one as it is similar to the style of existing magazines and I
think by following that style, it will make my product look professional. When it comes to having
the artist in the centre, I need to consider how I will have them posed as it can change the tone
and ‘feel’ of the magazine. If I have the artist facing the camera, that direct mode of address
creates a connection between the artist and the reader, whereas if I have the artist facing away
then it feels like there is more distance between the reader and the artist. For my magazine, I
think that I want to have my artist facing away from the camera as I want to have an image of the
artist whilst they are performing. I want the performance to connote power and by having the
artist bold and central, I think this idea will come through strong.