End of Research Prezi

I have created a presentation on prezi explaining what I intend to do on my magazine after I have done all of my research on existing magazines.

Image Editing: Contents Page

For my contents page I edited my images. This is how I did it:

Contents Page (First Draft) & Explanation

Explanation
This is my first draft for my contents page. 
For my contents page I decided to follow a Q layout. I followed the same colour scheme as my front cover and double page spread to create a flowing house-style throughout which also follows the typical magazine layout making my contents page look professional. I had Sophie pose in a provocative way which is typically represented by women which fits my target primary audience of women. Sophie also gives sexual and intriguing connotations in the pose of the magazine which again tends to be represented by women attracting my primary audience however this can also entice my secondary audience of men as there is nothing more intriguing to a man than a seductive woman.
I decided to follow an unconventional layout and place a number of pictures on my contents page to make the page much more aesthetically pleasing and generally good on the eye. I used two main images at the top of my contents page, the image on the right is of Sophie posing seductively in a close-up I did this to focus on her face therefore portraying her facial expression creating connotations for the reader to create with her expression and making her somewhat look like a mystery which would entice my target audience and this expression is also a representation of her music and herself as a person. I also had her create eye contact with the reader to make them feel included and involved with the magazine. This image has a white background which looks sort of like a light, this gives her a godlike look which adds to the idea of her dominance. It could also suggest an angel look about her which follows the godlike image and suggests she's somewhat heavenly which then represents her music and persona. My second image on the left is Caitlyn McKenna, I changed her name for the magazine because I think the name Adrianna is a very country and an innocently presented name which creates connotations about her which I wish to represent in my magazine. The image is a long shot of Caitlyn, I did this to include the guitar as a prop to the magazine which portrays her love and passion for her music as she's looking down at the guitar in admiration. This gives the audience an insight to Caitlyn and Sophie and also portrays the genre they are involved in therefore representing the genre of the magazine. Caitlyn's background is flowered this represents her blossoming career and also makes the image look happy and homely connotations suggesting she's in a good place, this would then reflect on the audience and hopefully persuade them to buy the magazine.Sophie looks dominant in my magazine, I chose to make her look this way in the contents page as she is the main focus of this magazine's issue and therefore allows the target audience to make this assumption therefore allowing them to make the decision of buying this magazine quick and easily. Caitlyn however looks more inferior as the camera angle is pointed above her, almost looking down on her, this again reflects her innocent child-like persona. These all add to attract my primary and secondary audience of men and women.

I decided to use my two favourite fonts, American Purpose and Arial as these are both simple yet effective fonts. The are both easy to read yet American Purpose is bold and stand out against any text therefore catching readers eyes and also keeps a rolling theme throughout my magazine with the same use of Arial and American Purpose. I used Arial in a different way, although it is still a simple and easily readable font this does not stand out as much which is why I chose to use this as the information for the page as opposed to using it for the main headings which American Purpose is used for.

The colour scheme throughout my magazine is white, grey, black and red. These are shown in my contents page creating a house-style for my magazine. I chose these colours as these are the colours best associated with the Indie Rock Genre but also have connotations with the Indie genre therefore appealing to both genre's for my audience.

Overall I believe my contents page follows an unconventional but a very professional look as I have took the best parts of other contents pages such as Q, NME and incorporated them into my contents page.

Class Response (Double Page Spread)

Praise I appreciate: "It's so great and creative, love the colours" + "Love the font of your headline"

Next time I will consider: Adding some text around the image

I liked the idea of promoting the album in the bottom corner of the main image

Image Editing: Double Page Spread

To create my Double Page Spread I edited my image on Photoshop. 

To edit my image I did this:

Double Page Spread (First Draft) & Explanation

Explanation
This is the first draft of my double page spread. 
For my double page spread I decided to go for a red, pink and white colour scheme to give a feminine representation relating to my primary audience of women. I included a pull quote, a heading and a drop cap to my double page spread to create a professional look and follow the typical conventional look of a music magazine. For my pull quote I used the word 'anything' and for the title I used 'nothing.' I used both of these words and bolded them to make them stand out among my page as these words provoke negative connotations and will therefore intrigue the reader to read on. To follow the genre of my magazine I had my model pose in a typical indie rock pose which is a well known pose to the genre and would therefore inform the reader of what type of music this magazine entails. I chose Sophie as my subject as I believe she best fit the stereotype for my genre. I chose to place her in a bright red outfit as this makes her stand out against the double page spread portraying the dominance needed for my magazine to reach the target audience. I decided to photograph Sophie in a medium shot in order to get the bright red outfit in to make her stand out amongst the text and keep her as the main focus of my magazine.

I chose to use American Purpose and Arial for this page as Arial is a simple and easy to read font which is why I used this for the main body of my text, so readers don't find difficulty or confusion in reading the text. I then used American Purpose as it's big, bold and stands out amongst anything therefore dragging readers attention straight to this text. This is also why I used American Purpose for the title of the DPS and the pull quote as if the reader is put off of this article for some reason they will be attracted to the pull quote and title from the use of American Purpose and will therefore hopefully be persuaded into reading the rest of the magazine from the use of the written language I have also used.
However I decided to use a different font for my introduction to the article, I used this so readers could distinguish where the start of the article and the introduction. I chose the font Bold & Blue for this as it was again simple to read however it stood out more against the article but didn't override the dominance of American Purpose therefore making it the best to use.

Overall I believe my magazine cover could do with some slight alterations to make it more professional but I believe my first attempt of a double page spread, is a good one.

Image Editing: Front Cover

Before making my front cover I had to edit the image I wanted to use in order to make it look professional and therefore make my magazine look professional also. This is how I did it:

The final image for my front cover