Double Page Spread Flat Plan (2)

I have done another Double Page Spread Flat Plan for backup, just incase the other Double Page Spread doesn't look right or how I planned it to look. The only thing I have changed on this Double Page Spread is the main image, because thats the only thing I would find a problem with on my other DPS. Everything else I kept the same.

Double Page Spread Flat Plan (1)

Again, like my contents page and my front cover, I have created a flat plan for my Double Page Spread which just like the previous flat plans will help me determine the layout of the magazine. I have decided to keep the layout of this Double Page Spread simple and as a realistic target to meet. Each Double Page Spread I have looked at for inspiration have been simplistic and mainly interviews with the artist/band. I have decided to follow the generic 3 column article with extra information such as their most recent released album. I have also decided to half the page and have one half just an image of the artist, and the other half the article.

I plan to have this article as an interview with the artist, because that is the type of article what you would most likely find in a teen pop magazine that is currently for sale. I also plan to have the Double  Page Spread heading to be the artist's name, instead of a catchy title, because I want to keep my design to a minimum and easy to read for the demographic. I am going to carry the already existing colour scheme throughout the Double Page Spread.

Contents Page Flat Plan

Just like my Front Cover, I have done a flat plan for my magazines contents page. This will help me determine what my contents page will look like, and also how the layout will be when I come to designing it. I have again, decided to take inspiration for this from another Top of The Pops magazine, but this time a contents page. 

On my contents page, I have included the issues front cover in the left hand top corner, with the corresponding article page numbers for each of the cover lines. I have also took inspiration for the layout of the magazine, with the articles being placed around the cover in a backwards 'L' shape. This  means that the contents page will be easier to read, because its neat and organised. In my actual final piece for the contents page, I would like to include the highlighted sections so the reader can easily find the articles they would like to read. 

I decided to include the magazine's website on the contents page, because the website would be the place where the audience could easily subscribe to get their weekly issues sent to them in the post for just a certain price. 

For my magazine, I will run a similar colour scheme to this one, because it is the generic conventions of a pop magazine. I will also add clothing items and accessories in the bottom left hand corner of the page so it will link with the corresponding article. I plan to also take inspiration from the the image at the bottom right hand side of the page which I would like to include in my very own contents page. 

Front Cover Flat Plan

Font Samples

The main font samples I collected were the font samples for the masthead of my magazine front cover. I used the website dafont.com for all of the fonts. I want my masthead to be bold and eye catching so it will catch the eye of the demographic on the shelves. I have selected these fonts, because they will do just that, and its the same types of fonts I have already seen on magazines thats out currently.

Colour Samples

To help with the flat plans and the colour scheme of my music magazine, I have decided to look at different colour charts to get samples of the colours I could use throughout the magazine.

The two main colours I will use throughout my magazine are pink and blue, with also use of the colours black and white. These colour charts will help me determine the colour scheme for my magazine.

Shades of Pink:

Shades of Blue:

Time Management

I have looked back at my work and created a time management plan to help me finish my work in time to meet the deadlines for certain things.


Things that have went well so far:

• My PhotoShop Practice 
• The Flat Plans of both the front cover and the contents page of the Preliminary Task 
• Photography Inspiration

Areas to improve:

• Getting the rest of my work added to my blog
• Finish off the drafts of my Front Cover and Contents Page for my Music Magazine 

Reader Profile

To further understand my demographic, I have accumulated my survey results to put together a reader profile for the types of people that will be reading my magazine. This is the reader profile I have for my demographic in regards to my magazine 'Symphony' 

I made sure to include the music they prefer, and the shops they like. I also included their usage of mobile phones and the films they like. This is to get more of an idea of my demographic and the things they are most likely to do in their spare time. 

Photography Inspiration (Main Inspiration)

This was the picture that inspired my whole photo shoot. This image inspired me because I liked the lighting and the use of shadows. I also liked the way they had her hair in the shot and the clothing they had picked for the photo shoot. I Picked this photo for my main inspiration, because I liked how they used Black and White instead of colour, because you don't normally see anything in black and white anymore. I would like to use a shot like this in my magazine somewhere. However, I wouldn't choose to use it as my main image for my front cover, because I think there are too many shadows for a magazine front cover and I want the reader to be able to see my model clearly instead of her being in the shadows. I like how relaxed and calm her body language is in this shot. Since I am creating a music magazine for the Pop Genre, I want my model to look as comfortable as possible during the shoot, because I don't want to pose her like she should be on a Heavy Metal magazine, because that isn't the genre I am aiming for, for my end result.

This is the moodboard I am going to refer back to when I come to designing my own magazine front cover and when I am planning my outfits, including hair and make up, for my magazine photoshoot.

Photography Inspiration (2)

I decided to create another mood board looking specifically at photos from different photoshoots. Most of the images I chose are either in black and white or use the Sepia filter. However, I have included images that do use colour, like the image I have used from Clash magazine. I chose the image from Clash Magazine, because the low camera angle that has been used isn't normally seen on a front cover of a magazine. I was also inspired by the lighting in this shot, because the lighting that's used is a studio lighting, but it's a soft key lighting. The other colour images have quite dark lighting and have use of more shadows.

Photography Inspiration

I have created a mood board for my Photography inspiration, this includes any image that has came to my attention, because of the lighting, the camera angle, or the final editing that has been used. Most of the shots I have included are from the waist up and are mid shots. The images I chose either have natural lighting or a bright studio light. All shots I chose are in colour, because my genre of magazine is a pop magazine, and all of the pop magazines I have researched use colour in their images. The image of Jessie J would be a good image to use on on the Front Cover of a magazine, because she is in the center of the frame. The images of The Vamps at the bottom of the page would be good to use on a Double Page Spread, because the photo has been taken from the chest up, and they are in the center of the frame.

Institutional Research

Institution	Details	Publications
Emap	EMAP owns industry-leading brands that sit at the heart of business powerful B2B communities like Retail, Health, Construction, Architecture, and Fashion.  Our purpose is to connect professional communities and inspire them to know, to grow, progress and win.  Brands such as HSJ and Retail Week create deep relationships and unparalleled reach, to increase value for our customers.  We deliver this through senior networking events; industry leading awards; online data products; social media communities; headline conferences and, of course, critical insight, news and analysis.  We hear the market agenda, and create innovative solutions and better ways for our advertisers and sponsors to connect with their audience. We provide highly valued subscription services and are rewarded by a following.	Retail Week  Retail Jeweller NursingTimes.net Lighting
Conde Nast	Condé Nast is home to some of the world’s most celebrated media brands. In the United States, Condé Nast publishes 18 consumer magazines, four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps for mobile and tablet devices, all of which define excellence in their categories. The company also owns Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM), whose portfolio of brands serves as the leading source of news and analysis for the global fashion community. Condé Nast has won more National Magazine Awards over the past ten years than all of its competitors combined.	Glamour  Vouge Vanity Fair  Easy Living  House and Garden Tatler  GQ
Natmags	Hearst Magazines UK is a trading name of National Magazine Company Ltd, established in 1910, by William Randolph Hearst and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, one of the largest diversified media companies. It’s major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing , cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, internet business, TV production and distribution, newspaper features distribution and real estate.	Elle  Cosmopolitan  Sugar Scape  Esquire  Company
Time inc. UK	With more than 60 iconic media brands, IPC creates content for multiple platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events.  As the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher we engage with 26m UK adults - almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men. Our award winning portfolio of websites reaches over 25 million users globally every month. IPC Media is committed to working in partnership with its consumers, advertisers, business partners and employees to deliver exceptional value, service, innovation and creativity.	NME Women and Home Teen Now Look
Future Publishing	Future is an award-winning international media group and leading digital business. We reach more than 51 million international consumers a month and create world-class content and advertising solutions for passionate consumers online, on tablet & smartphone and in print. We hold leading positions in Technology, Games, Film, Music, Women’s Creative, Photography, Creative & Design, Sport and Auto. Recognised as an international leader in digital publishing, Future’s online presence has grown by 46% year-on-year.	3D World  Edge Fast Car ImagineFX GamesMaster Triathlon  Your Family Tree
Bauer Media	Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Bauer Media joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’s consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses. Collectively, the Group employs some 6,400 people. Bauer Media is a multi-platform UK-based media Group consisting of many companies collected around two main divisions – Magazines and Radio - widely recognised and rewarded as being industry innovators.	Grazia  Kerrang  Q Empire  Mojo

I done some Institutional Research on some Conglomerates that produce Music Magazines, I have included a little bit about each Conglomerate and how the other magazines they produce and how they compare to the music magazines they produce. I have included some examples of what other magazines they produce.  

Preliminary Task

This is the final product for my preliminary task, including both my Front Cover and the Contents Page. I'm happy with how they turned out as a final product. However, I wish I used better variations of colour and  better colour scheme on the front cover, because it doesn't look as colorful as the contents page.I also wished I changed the colour of the 'Win! a trip to Rome!' font, because it doesn't stand out very well on the background image. 

I think my final products came out the way I wanted them to, but with a few minor complications like the font colour problem. 

Flat Plans for Preliminary Task

These are the flat plans for my college magazine 'College Weekly'. I had decided to make the design of my college magazine as simple as possible, because I didn't want to overcomplicate the cover with too much going on since I planned to keep the full image when I got round to the creation of the magazine instead of getting rid of the background of the image, so I made sure the cover wasn't going to be too busy. 

When I came round to design the contents page of my college magazine, I wanted to keep the simplistic design of the front cover throughout the rest of the magazine. I decided to take some of the college logo artwork and use it kind of like a border around the page to give the page more colour, because the art work is the colour scheme of the college, which is 3 different shades of orange, two different shades of blue and one shade of blue. I plan to make 3 of the articles the main focus on the contents page, and I put those in boxes to separate them from the rest of the articles to the right. I placed the rest of the articles on the right hand side because people generally read from right to left, so they would be the last thing the audience looks at on the page. 

Review Previous Student Work

In class we were split into groups to review previous student work.  Each group got a Front Cover, a Contents Page and a Double Page Spread from a previous student's work. While reviewing the work we had to consider what we liked about the work, what could be improved, what the magazine was inspired by and the demographic of the magazine.

The group I was in was given this magazine to review:

The first thing we noticed was the magazine's inspiration. This specific magazine was inspired by a Kerrang! issue. We also noticed that the genre for the magazine was easily recognised as a Rock magazine and this is shown through the colour scheme, the masthead, images used and the layout. These are also some of the generic conventions of the Rock magazine genre and the Rock genre in general. 

The main fault we had with this magazine is that the student had used the same model in each of the photos but just changed the costume. This makes the validity of the magazine questionable, because you wouldn't see a magazine on the shelf of a shop with only one model throughout the magazine. 

The only other problem we had with his front cover was his main cover line, that goes across the page like a banner. The cover line's font doesn't fit in with the magazine he wants to create, the cover line looks out of place on the front cover. The font should have been integrated into the rest of the magazine somehow to make it look like its apart of the same magazine. 

Photoshop Practice (3)

The final Photoshop Practice I chose to do was a Double Page Spread article. I think this was the best practice for me for when it comes to creating my own magazines, because I learned that the columns have to be equal along the bottom and that you don't want to overcrowd the article with images and unnecessary information.

I chose the light pink/purple shade for the background of the text and the background of the artists name, because the colour is similar to the flowers on her dress and that will give the double page spread article a colour scheme,  which will be easily recognised to readers of the magazine/article. I kept my font to something simple and something that is easily readable for my audience. However, I changed the font of the article's subtitle and then again, with the font of the article title. I had done this to keep diversity throughout the article and make it slightly more interesting to read, instead of it being all one font and slightly boring. I kept the colour of the text to black, because it contrasts against the pink/purple shade and white background. The black also matches the main colour of her dress and the image of her album artwork in the bottom right hand corner. The font I chose also give the article a more personal approach from the Artist, because it resembles something handwritten, and is almost like a direct note from the artist to the reader.

I chose to do my Double Page Spread article as an interview, because I think they are more interesting to read in a magazine, because its more personal to the artist and the reader can get more information out of an article, because its coming straight from the artist and isn't edited so much.

I found both of the images on Google, and I got the font for the article title from www.dafont.com which I think fits better with the concept more than what the other fonts did in my previous Photoshop practices. The main fonts I used for my titles are the things I most improved on when creating this Double Page Spread article, because I the font I used for this article blends more with the finished project.

By the time I had finished creating this Double Page Spread article, I felt confident that I knew how to use PhotoShop and the tools it offers. I also felt confident in how to layout my Double Page Spread article for this PhotoShop practice task, and this is possibly how I would want my magazine Double Page Spread article to look in the final product.

Photoshop Practice (2)

 

The next Photoshop practice I chose to create was a PlayStation 3 game box art design. I chose to do this, because it is a completely different topic to what I have chose for my magazine and out of my comfort zone. This box art design is all dark colours, except for the red title 'Heads will Roll' and the Warning/Disclaimer bar on the back of the box. I decided to use darker colours for this box art, because the concept of the game is inspired by a Zombie Apocalypse and the dark, cool undertones of the colours are normally conventional of horror and zombies. 

I decided to use the colour red against the black, because they will contrast against each other and it also matches the colour scheme of the red piping at the top of the box and the red Warning/Disclaimer box on the back of the box underneath the extra information. The undertone colour of the Zombies in the last picture on the back of the box:

matches the colour scheme of the blue banners at the top of the game box. I found the image of the box, every image of the zombies and the font on google. I again used the website www.dafont.com to find a font that would match the concept and the demographic. 

I found this Photoshop practice went really well,  and I hope to develop these new skills further by doing more Photoshop Practices in the future to improve the Photoshop Skills I already had and to improve my work. 

However, I think the main thing I could improve on would be the font of the title and also the colour of the title. I think these were the main two things that I could have spent a little bit more time on when creating this box art. I think the colour of the font could be slightly darker so it matches the red line below the PS3 logo more, and I also think that the font could have blended into the background of the box more. 

Photoshop Practice (1)

Before I created my Preliminary task I decided to make a trial magazine on PhotoShop so I could familiarise myself with each tool and how they work. I decided to create a Pop magazine for a 13-18 year old, female audience.  The main models for the magazine were The Vamps. I decided to use The Vamps for my models, because they are a fresh, new band in the music industry and the female audience seem to really like them. I hadn't used much of a colour scheme for this front cover, because I felt that the styling in the picture was bright enough and I didn't want to overcrowd the cover with multiple colours. The colour I chose to stick with throughout the front cover is black because it contrasts with the white background and the bright colours the models are wearing. I had found this image of The Vamps on Google of one of their photoshoots for either another magazine or their single artwork. The barcode I used in the bottom left hand corner was also found on google. To get the Masthead, I used a website called http://www.dafont.com to find the right style and font for my magazine and audience. This front cover doesn't have any cover lines or sell lines on it, because I ran out of time when creating it. Time skills is something I need to improve on when creating both the college magazine and my music magazine. 

Introductory Survey Post

To help find out what my specific demographic would be, I decided I would create a Survey for my music magazine. When doing this I hope to find out what gender the consumer of my magazine is, the age of the consumer, what their most preferred music genre is and their hobbies. I think this is an important part of my audience research, because I need to find out what genre of music people would rather read about in a magazine and what does the consumer choose to do in their spare time, because this would be important information to know when creating different articles for my contents page. It would also help when thinking of each advert/ campaign that I could possibly pitch to my audience based on their interests and hobbies.

Font Inspiration

I have researched different types of fonts that I could use for my magazine. To do this I searched for font generators into Google and I used the website www.dafont.com to create these mastheads. These mastheads will fit in with my intended target audience and with the genre I have chose. My target audience is mainly females so they will appeal to this.  The fonts I have chose are large and bold, this would grab the readers attention. This would also fit with my target audience because I used the fonts that would be suitable for the older girls in the age group. 

Additional Influences - Poses

I have created a board on Pinterest for the poses I found that I use throughout my music magazine. I will refer to this when I am creating my own magazine.
I have picked a selection of images where the model is looking down the camera lens and others that are more editorial shots.
Poses Board 

Fashion and Makeup Inspiration (2)

I have found some websites that I could refer back to when I am planning my outfits for my magazine photoshoot:

Ariana Grande 

Ariana Grande Makeup

Ariana Grande Hair

I have also created a Pinterest board for Ariana Grande's makeup style:


Ariana Grande Makeup Inspiration Board 

I am updating this board every time I see a new picture I could take inspiration from.

I have also done this for her hairstyles:
Ariana Grande Hairstyles Inspiration Board 

And her Style: 

Ariana Grande Style Inspiration Board 

Additional Influences - Fashion and Makeup

For my Female clothing and make up inspiration, I looked online at shops like Topshop, Miss Selfridge, Primark and ASOS. Just like for the male clothing inspiration I have stuck to Highstreet brands and easily accessible shops only, because they are cheaper than the more High end products. I have chose dresses for my inspiration, because they are really feminine, you can get a dress to suit anyone, they are really universal so you can wear them in both the Summer and the Winter and even the months in between. I have also chose dresses, because the magazine pop genre is aimed at girls. The make up I have chose for my inspiration is more on the natural side and less of the big dramatic stage make up, with lots of make up involved. I have chose this, because again the magazine is aimed at a younger audience of girls who may be just learning about make up, and they don't feel comfortable with a lot of make up on just yet. The make up is based on a technique which big fashion companies like Burberry do quite well, it's the 'no make up, make up' or the 'barely there make up', it's used to enhance your features but not look as if you're wearing much make up at all. This would appeal to the reader, because this make up style has been seen on people like YouTube Beauty blogger, Tanya Burr, and Demi Lovato in her 'Made in the USA' music video, who may inspire some readers of different pop magazines. 

Double Page Spread Influences

On my double page spread inspiration mood board, the images I have mainly included are of interviews of different artists of the pop genre, because that would normally be the feature of the magazine readers normally look for, because they are classed as "exclusive interviews" which would make any fans, of whoever the interviews about, want to read the magazine. I have also done this so I could see the general layout of an interview and see how the interview flowed. I will use these images when creating and writing my own article for my magazine. All of the double page spreads I have taken from pop magazines, because that is the music genre I am basing my own magazine on. When looking at double page spreads out of pop magazines, I am looking closely at the favourite colours to be used in a pop magazine. This would link to the target audience, because the colours that have been used in previous issues are all feminine colours and quite bright colours, apart from the main text which is normally just black.

Contents Page Influences

On my mood board for the contents page I have included mainly existing contents pages from magazines like We Love Pop, Top of the Pops and Billboard. I added these to my mood board, because it would help me and give me inspiration for the layout and colour scheme I could use for my own magazine. I have also put a Teen Now front cover on my contents page mood board, because the colours used are feminine and would fit in with my intended target audience. Like on the front cover mood board I have put my own version of the 'Inside your mag...' which you would normally get at the top of a contents page, I also got this off a font generator. The already existing contents pages I put on my mood board are there to show me the expected contents page of a pop magazine and the expected layout of it.

Front Cover Influences

I have created a mood board full of my front cover inspiration, I have looked closely at existing front covers of different music magazines for my inspiration. My biggest inspiration is the way that the models have been posed, because it gives me an idea of how I could pose my models when I do my own photoshoot to help me create my music magazine. I have also been on a font generator for my Masthead inspiration which is in the top left hand corner, I think this font would appeal to the target audience, because even though it's plain and black, it still has the feminine touch to it, because it has the flicks at the end of the letters I also chose this font, because it reminds me of an autograph that a celebrity would give a fan. I think will add more of a personal touch to the magazine. I will incorporate some of these ideas into my work when creating my own magazine. I dislike how cluttered the 'We Love Pop' front cover is, I will not be using this technique for my magazine. I want my magazine to be able to be read by teenage girls between the ages of 13- 18. The main inspirations for my magazine on this post are the two 'Billboard' front covers, this is because the background is almost the same colour I want my background to be, and the main image is the same, with it being a medium close up of the model.

Initial Research into target audience

In order to gather my initial research into my target audience, I decided to create a survey/ questionnaire using Survey Monkey which I could then send out to the public to gather information about what my demographic like and dislike about the music industry and the already existing magazines surrounding that subject.

I asked the people who took my survey ten questions. The following questions were:

• Are you Male or Female? 
• How old are you?
• Do you enjoy reading magazines? 
• Would you pay £2.50 for a music magazine?
• Where would you buy a magazine from? 
• What would most appeal to you?
• Do you enjoy listening to music? 
• Which genre of music do you mostly listen to? 
• Have you ever attended a music event?
• What device do you use to listen to music? 

I felt as if these were the most important questions to ask when gathering information about my demographic. In the first three questions I cover; the main gender that I can target my magazine towards, finding out the age of my demographic and if the audience like reading magazines. With the help of these questions I can  start to develop the brief outline of my magazine with the gender of the audience, their age and then their opinions on reading magazines. These questions help me ground the most vital information I need to help me create my product later on.

The remaining 7 questions help me when it comes to learning more about my demographic. In these questions I ask my demographic if they would pay a certain amount for a magazine, this would help me further, because I need to know an estimate of their disposable income so I could then, as an editor of this magazine, know what I could and could not advertise for my audience. I also asked them where they would buy a magazine from generally, this helping me with where I could think about distributing my product and where would be the best places to distribute to get to the consumers.

I then went on to ask about their likes, dislikes and hobbies. This ensures that I can advertise and sell the right products through my magazine. This also helped me find the genre of my magazine, because I got a 50/50 answer on the 'Which genre of music do you mostly listen to?' question. The two most popular answers were Pop and Rock, meaning that I could have gone either way with the genre. However, with choosing a 13-18 year old, female demographic I decided to stick to the main generic conventions and create a Pop magazine. I also asked if they had ever attended a music event, again, to help me know what to advertise towards my demographic when I come to creating my final product. I would want to advertise any up coming gigs or concerts that would be happening, for example if a band or artist had just announced a tour, my magazine would be able to advertise that tour to the public.

My final question is one of the most beneficial towards the design of my magazine, because I needed to know how much my audience uses technology. This would be one of the most beneficial pieces of information for me when I come to creating my magazine, because I can add features like a website and an app for the magazine. The use of multi-platform would help with getting the magazine out to the customers or it might be a better option for the people that don't want to commit to a full subscription.


These questions will give me a guideline of how I am going to create my magazine and what I am going to include within it. Underneath are the screenshots I took of the questions I asked the audience on Survey Monkey.

Top of the Pops Double Page Spread Deconstruction

Three columns have been used in this article, they have used columns so the reader can easily follow along with the interview. The heading of the article is right at the top of the page on the left, because we read from left to right, then the sub-heading is directly below it. Colour helps to organise the page because all of the colours complement each other, and the colours that have been used and all tied in with nature and natural things. The colour green connotes natural, nature, growth and money. Purple connotes royalty, luxury, ambition and it also conveys wealth. White connotes innocence, light, goodness and mystery. Orange is associated with joy, warmth, happiness, sunshine. There is an image of Jessie J across the background of the double page spread, Jessie J would be seen as the main image of the article. The only model for the article is Jessie J, because it’s an article based on her handling he fame and her new album ‘Alive’ , they've only used Jessie as a model, because the article is about her personal life, and who she has become today. They have also placed a butterfly in her hand, in the interview she states “I've felt free since I shaved off my hair”, the butterfly could have been placed there to symbolise her freedom, and how she feels now that she is “stripped-back”.  The size of the font is about small to medium, the text itself is mainly in lower case  apart from where capital letters are needed.  The most used punctuation there is would be the punctuation mark, because it’s used throughout the interview with Jessie.  The magazine has used alliteration to entice the reader, they stated “Life’s not all leotards and lipstick for this pop star”.  The magazine uses lots of jargon, because only readers of that magazine will understand.

Kerrang! Double Page Spread Deconstruction

Columns have been used to organise the chart for the best to last My Chemical Romance album, picked by the readers of Kerrang! The images are organised by an image of each album  in every little review for each album, there’s photos of the band on the DPS. The headline takes up about 40% of the left page, the other 60% is taken up by a picture of Gerard Way and then 3 columns of a letter from Frank Iero, a member of My Chemical Romance, and the other columns are of the album reviews. The colour helps organise the page because it uses the same colours throughout the article and the colours also tie in with the colour scheme of the magazine. The picture of Gerard Way is slightly layered on top of the article Masthead ‘Welcome to the Chart Parade!’.  The connotations of red are blood, love and anger. The connotations of white are innocence, purity and light. The connotations of yellow are warning, warmth and happiness. The connotations of black are death, mystery and evil.  Photos have been used of the band, and the lead singer Gerard Way, to give you more information on the band, but just like the people who were chosen to appear in NME, are very well known to fans of this genre of music. My Chemical Romance have been used in this issue of Kerrang, because they are well known to the magazines demographic, and they have been out for years and just quit the music business, so they would have a lot to talk about.  The POV of the article would be the bands, because they are reminiscing in the moments when they had made these albums and the tracks for the albums. It gives the band a chance to look back at what they’ve done, and it also gives the reader a chance to remember the moments of the albums coming out or any little memories of the band they have. The size of the text is readable and I would say it’s a medium text, because it’s not small enough where you can’t read it, the font is just a simple font, so that’s also readable for the reader. Throughout the article, there will be some jargon language used, only words that the people who buy this magazine or who listens to this genre of music will understand.  People from other bands have been asked how they feel about some songs of My Chemical Romance’s and it shows the reader how influential they are to other people.

NME Double Page Spread Deconstruction

The layout of the festival survey for 213 in NME is very cluttered with the surveys people were doing, the layout isn’t very clear either, they have put the survey questions into columns, however it still is overcrowded. The headline is placed at the very top of the left page, sub-headings are used above each question category, eg ‘big questions’ and ‘your festival habits’. The colours used on the double page spread help to organise the page, because every colour they have used has a grey undertone to it, even the blue that’s been used. This would help to group each section together.  The connotations of blue are

tranquility and calmness.The connotations of white are innocence, purity and light. The connotations of grey are emptiness, lack of movement, and emotion.The connotations of black are death, mystery and sophistication. The photos that have been used have been taken from whatever festival the readers have been to. All photos used are live photos from the festivals that have happened. The images are of both males and females, this would also create a wider audience, because they are catering for both a male and female audience.  The article assumes the POV of the reader, because it’s about the questions they have answered about each festival. Images of celebrities have been used, because it would entice fans of said person to read the issue. The celebrities that have been used are very well known to the indie-rock fan base. The magazine has used jargon language, because the certain person who would but this magazine would understand most of the terms they have used throughout the magazine, you wouldn’t necessarily see the same language being used in a magazine like Top of the Pops. The magazine engages with the reader, because they want to know what they would like to see happen to the festival the next year. The font is very easy to read, very straight forward and is clear. 

Top of the Pops Contents Page Deconstruction

The page number is positioned at the bottom of the page in the centre. They might have done this so the consumer would be able to turn to the page easier if they had read a jumpline to an article. The layout of the text is the editors note in the top right hand corner, the information telling you what’s on which page is all set out into columns to make the magazine neat and organised. They are also in chronological order to make it easier for the reader to follow. The subheading are used for the different parts of the magazine, eg ‘all about you’ or ‘wins and offers’. The only numerical features used on the contents page is the jumplines to all of the different aspects of the magazine.The font which is used is just a plain, ordinary text, the main text is just black. The bold fonts are used for the subheadings, the main masthead of the contents page ‘Inside your Mag’ this would be done to capture the reader’s attention and to tell them about what’s in the magazine and what they should expect in that particular issue of the magazine. There are 10 images in total on the contents page, the images are that issues front cover, with jumplines off to different articles, The Vamps with Top of the pops magazine editor in a bowling alley with a caption of ‘Zoe was totally bowled over by The Vamps’, one of the Top of the pops staff with Austin Mahone captioned ‘Jo made Austin ‘fess up!’ and the other images are of Conor Maynard, One Directions new book, The Vamps signed guitar, a top and a pair of socks. The images are scattered all over the page. The images used are quite bright, the colours used make you feel happy, because they have used colours like tallow, orange, bright green, bright blue. The colours they have also used are summery colours, and are normally associated with happiness.

Kerrang! Contents Page Deconstruction

The masthead is positioned in the centre of the page, with the original ‘Kerrang!’ logo font. The colours used for the masthead are: a black background, the white kerrang! Logo, and a yellow sign that states ‘this week’. The cover date was the ‘08/05/10’ and is printed underneath the contents title at the top of the contents page. The issue number is also printed under the contents page. The website information is placed in the bottom right hand corner of the contents page, where there is also a chance to get magazine subscriptions each month.There isn't any different font styles on the contents page, the font is very much the same on every page. The main colour used on the contents page is black, most text is in black as well.The colours used on the contents page are black, yellow, white and red. The main image of the contents page is almost black and white, the other images are in colour. Black connotes mystery, death, sophistication, power. Yellow connotes warning, happiness, uplifting, and warming. Red connotes blood, love, danger, anger. White connotes innocence, purity, cleanliness. The main image on the contents page would the be male at the top of the page, and next to him there is what page number his featured article would be on. The other images on the contents page are a lot smaller than his is, there is a picture of the magazines editor attached to the editors note, this would make the reader feel as if they know the editor personally. The layout of the contents page is split into half, half with the picture, half with all of the jumplines telling the reader which page certain articles are on. The bottom of the page, all of the jumplines are set out in columns so its easier to read and follow along. I like the layout of this contents page, because it is simple to read. I want to make the layout of my contents page to be easily readable. 

NME Contents Page Deconstruction

The date of the issue is under the masthead ‘Inside this week’, the date was the 21/9/2013. The website links are at the bottom of the page in the right hand corner, this links to the magazine website and the subscriptions you can get for the magazines.The text is jumplines to different articles in the magazine. This helps the reader to easily find which article they are most interested in reading. There isn't much text on the page, there’s more pictures than writing. The order of the contents page is organised into four columns and each main article has their own little box. The only numerical features on the contents page are the page numbers of different articles and also the issue’s date. The font that has been used is bold and consists of all capitals. This would be to capture the reader’s attention when reading the magazine, the colour of the font is mainly black, but for the page numbers they have used red, because it will stand out on a white background, and it would also stand out against the black writing. Italics have been used for a quote which has came from what looks to be the main article as it is in the centre of the page, and has more space on the page more than any other article. The text is bold when quoting something from an article.
There are 11 images on the contents page of NME, there are images of some issues of the magazine, a image taken from a gig/ festival, and five images of different artists who are included in that issue of NME. The images are there to catch the reader’s eye and also to give a bit more information about the article which has been written. The three main colour that have been used on NME are black, white and red.  The colours in the images are quite dark colours, they have used a lot of deep reds, blacks, whites and grey. This could give the magazine an old feel, like it has been around for a long time.

Top of the Pops Front Cover Deconstruction

The font on top of the pops is simple, which would attract its demographic of 13-18 year old girls, because they would be able to read the front cover without any difficulties. However, in some cases the font does have a swirling effect to it, for example the 's' in 'pops' has a swirl at the bottom of it. This would also make the magazine instantly recognisable  to the demographic. The text on the magazine is almost the same size throughout the whole front cover. The text isn't as fancy as some pop magazine are, probably because the magazine is produced by the BBC so it would be more educational rather than being style based. The colours used on this issue are mainly blue, yellow, black and white. White connotes innocence, purity, and cleanliness. Yellow connotes happiness, uplifting and warmth. The colour blue connotes cold, confidence, intelligence and royalty. The colours used on this issue aren't the standard colours used on a pop magazine aimed at 13-18 year old females, pinks and purples would normally have been used, because they are seen as more feminine as the colour blue which is normally classed as quite a masculine colour. The main models 'One Direction', are sat down, close together which would indicate their close relationships with one another. They are styled in normal everyday clothes to make them appear as 'the boys next door' to their fans and make them feels as if they are just normal teenage boys when the reader knows the difference. The lighting that has been used is studio lighting, really soft lighting since there isn't much of a shadow being cast against the rest of their bodies. The light that has been used doesn't look as if it has been used to create warmth, it looks like it has just been used to illuminate a little further. The front cover doesn't look cluttered with lots of different articles. The magazine set up is simple and would be able to be read by someone of a younger age easily.

Kerrang! Front Cover Deconstruction

On this issue of Kerrang! Magazine the font is big and bold, which would make it easy to read for the consumer. The font which has been used is very angular, and structured. This would appeal to the male demographic, because the font is simple, bold and effective. It would also appeal to the male target audience, because the font doesn't have any female influence on it like you would see on a pop magazine with a demographic of 13-18 year old females. just like the NME front cover, the text is all capital letters, and just like the font, the text is bold as well. The main colours used are Black, white, red and orange. Black connotes negative things such as death, evil, mystery. However, it could also connote things like power, sophistication and elegance. this would appeal to a target audience who would be more sophisticated when compared to somebody who buys magazines such as Top of the pops and We Love Pop. The colour red connotes blood, danger, anger and love. Red would appeal to the target audience, because red is a very vibrant colour, which would stand out from the other magazines on the shelves. Orange connotes heat, attraction, happiness and fascination. White connotes innocence, purity, perfection and cleanliness. The first colour the consumer would notice would be the white masthead and the main white article stating "Black Veil Brides". The model on the front of the magazine cover, in this case Andy Biersack from the band Black Veil Brides, is looking as if he is trying to put on some hard exterior, also with the war paint he is wearing, shows that this certain issue of Kerrang! would be aimed most likely at their fanbase, and their fanbase would be able to recognise them instantly on the front cover, just because of how well they know his usual stage dress. In this shot of Andy Biersack, the lighting isn't a harsh light, however the lighting isn't soft enough to be natural light, so it still is a studio light being used. The layout of the magazine front cover is simple, with the main image in the centre of the page, other featured articles to the left of the page.