Final Cover Page - Music Magazine

Final product for my Contents Page - Music magazine

Final product for my DPS - Music Magazine

Update Cover Page - Music Magazine

For my final product I have changed alot on the layout and font of my font cover for my music magazine. I decided also to re-arrange the placement of some of my text and icons as I wanted to replicate the professionalism of real authentic music magazines. I also added in more cover lines to correlate with my contents page.  

I started off by deleting all my previous editing at the bottom half of my cover page. I then went on to DaFont.com where I searched for alternative, funky typefaces which would stand out for my main artist image. I then found a font called "Visual" - I then edited the text because of it's certain layers consisting of black and white into my colour scheme of red, white and black. Immediately this made the text stand out as well as run with my house style. This is an element of my cover page which i really like. I then began to add in more text and cover lines so my cover page looked fuller and more authentic, they are all in the same typeface of "Euphemia Ucas" which i used for all the text on my cover page. I highlighted these by making them different colours, adding in shadows and highlighting them. I also added in a plus sign ( + ) - I had seen this used in some magazines which I analysed and thought it was a cool concept which my target audience would appreciate.  

I then began to highlight the main feature text "Luna Ford" with a white background, again to make it stand out predominantly. I then rearranged the positioning of my barcodes, one simple for payment in retail, and another which could be accessed through smartphones, this was an element that I believe must be included to keep up with new advancing technologies, also in small print i added in four social media icons, again to gain more readership and make my readers feel more involved within the magazine. 

This is my final design for my COVER PAGE for my Music Magazine.

Update of my DPS

For the update of my DPS, I added in a grey sparkle effect for the background of my pages, this makes the DPS different and more eye catching to my reader without breaking the strict colour scheme throughout the magazine because i did not want it to effect my house style. I then went through all my text and double checked for any spelling, punctuation or grammar mistakes.

Update of Cover Page

The only thing I changed for my cover was the font for the artists name. I also changed the rotation of the barcode but that was generally the only adjustments I made. 

Update of Contents Page

From my feedback I have made a few changes to my Contents page.

I decided to put all my text into one large text box so it would look more organised and I could keep all titles the same size without it looking messy. I then added in a different feature for my page numbers. I took inspiration from Q Magazine who simply line out the page numbers, I then changed the colour to black to make it stand out, I believe this looks much more professional and clear which is that I have intended from the beginning. I then resized my images and the layout so the images
 would correlate with the text it relates to, this I done to make the eye flow for my readers easier.

I then simply transferred my contents title and other text from my first draft. i have also added in slight borders around certain parts of images and text, I used the deep red colour just as I believed it makes your attention more drawn to these parts of the page, I purposely put them around the images and text of what I see as important stories. I think the look of my contents page is far more organised and easy to follow. 

Audience Feedback on all three products

I printed out onto A4 colour all of my three products I then asked my fellow media classmates to comment and give me feedback on my cover, contents and double page spread. 

1. Love the cover page. Barcode is cut out at the bottom, can’t see part of the bottom. Make an issue number. Love the masthead on the contents page. Spelt changes wrong on DPS. Large image should be on the other side and the intro should be in a different colour to make it stand out. Another image on the DPS to show variety. But its unreal, well done!

2. Cover page is good. Maybe add another colour into contents page to make it stand out. Add another image into DPS. Overall it is really good.

3. Cover page- very good use of photo editing, picture is amazing with the use of the bright red lips really stand out

Contents- perhaps have the arrow more clear, the number on the top of the image is hard to make out.

Dps- nice use of different colours that match well with the colour scheme, very easy to navigate around.       Well done very professional looking magazine.            

4. Too much white space across all pages possibly more text and colour

Front cover – make barcode more visible

Contents – change black font

Dps – love it, wouldn’t change anything

5. Clear house style, good quality images

Love the layout of DPS, clear to follow

Cover: make barcode more visable

Good front cover, good colour scheme, lots of infor good images

6.Really nice images! And I like the pull quote but I think the question font on the dps should be different to separate the question from answer even more.