Today I created a practise copy of a double page in a music magazine this contained different live shot image that i took at a gig. The double page also included an article about the band and there music carrier. I also used different questions that then band answers in a interview.

This was the double page i need to add more colour to these pages as there is too much white on the page which is not very appealing.

Primary Research:

I as part of my primary research, I created a questionnaire about music magazines and what the audience would like to see more or less of in a magazine. Once the questions are completed and i have my results these will help me come up with different ideas for my music magazine front cover and double page spread.

The questionnaire

1. What gender are you?

Male

Female

2. What age group are you?

10-15

16-21

3. Do you buy music magazines?

Yes

No

Sometimes

4. If so how often do you buy them?

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

5. How much money do you spend on music magazines?

________________

6. What music magazine would you most buy?

NME

Kerrang

Other______

7. What genre of music do you listen to mostly?

Chart

Pop

R&B

Rock

Indie

Punk

Screamo

Other_______

8. What colours do you link with this genre?

__________________________________

9. Inside the magazine what to you like to see the most?

Band interviews

Articles

Photos

Other_________

10. What do you first notice when you see a magazine?

Colour

Images

Title

Promotions

Other__________

Music Magazine Analyse

Today I looked at different music magazine front covers. I analysed the font cover pointing out the main aspects and the differnt effects on teh reader. This will help me with the different effects to use when creating my own front cover. I looked at differnt genres of magazine such as NME and Kerrang.

The title of the magazine is NME

The main image is Florence and the machines. There are six other images of different bands/singers.

The main headline is “the music issue NMEs 10 tips for 2009. This is on a yellow background strip and uses red and black colour text which stands out, also uses the colour scheme.

Other heading are the band names which stand out to the reader.

The word plus, is promoting the magazine adding more information to what is inside the magazine.

The overall colour for the magazine is white, red, yellow and black.

The range of articles inside the magazine will include the different bands/singers of the front cover.

Another Magazine Front Cover

The title of the magazine is NME

The main image is The Wombats, this images is used as the background for the magazine. There are six other images of different bands/singers. There is also a image of the T in the park logo which relates to the genre of the magazine.

The main headline is “The Wombats” The wombat’s part is in a yellow, this is bright and stands out to catch the readers attention.

Another smaller heading is a slogan about the main band the wombats “why Britain’s gone silly for the lords of the indie dance floor” this shows the reader inside the magazine about the wombats. There is also heading relating to the other images used, this is to give the reader more information about what’s inside the magazine.

There front page include two heading boxes at the top and bottom. At the top of the front cover uses a yellow background with black text making it stand out, this includes different band names, and will make the reader want to know more.

The word plus, is promoting the magazine adding more information to what is inside the magazine.

There is not an overall colour for the magazine is but yellow is used a lot making the stand out over the image background there is also blue background text which stands out. Also white, red and black is used as these.

The range of articles inside the magazine will include the different bands/singers of the front cover.