Rough Drafts of Music Magazine

FRONT COVER^
This is my first rough draft of my music magazine front cover. I have decided to use this image as the final image on the front cover as the music band are central and therefore the main focus of this image. By having this central image I can add text down either side of the front cover. I will be editing this image and playing around with it to see which style fits best. I have used a variety of colours on this draft, however on my final music magazine I will only be using 1-3 colours so that the front cover doesn't look to crazy. This as a simple test for me, to see which colours work best on top of the black and white image. The masthead will be large and in the top corner of the front cover as this will be the magazine name and will stand out to the reader. The headline and sell line will be placed over the image so that the audience know the image is related to this. The magazine will include the date and issue number and a bar code as every magazine must feature these.




Contents Page-Design One.^
This is my first rough draft of my contents page. The main text box which display the page names and numbers will be split into 2 columns, this allows more space between the information and it will be easily read. I have not decided a colour theme or font yet as I want to edit my photographs and see what colours match best with the images.
I have kept this idea very plain as I think a contents page must not have too much information or too many images on as the reader must be able to read and understand the page names and numbers.



Contents Page-Design 2.^
This is my second rough draft of my contents page. The main text box which displays the page names and numbers will be stretched to almost the full length of the page, this allows more space for more information to fit into. I have also kept this idea very plain for the same reason as my first design. After finishing and editing my images I can decide a background colour or effect and can then decide how I will position the layout of my font.


Double Page Spread.^
This is my rough draft for the Double Page Spread. The main article takes up most of the 2 pages as this is the main feature of the double page spread. I have included one large image and 4 smaller images. I have decided that the background will either be black or white and the text will either be grey or purple. I will make these final decisions on my final double page spread so I can see what works best. I plan to add a faded effect to the edges of all the images so that they fade into the background smoothly. The page number and magazine name will be stated at the bottom of each page so that the audience can relate to the magazine and back to the contents page.