2. Conventions This is my front cover for my music magazine as you can see the picture is not the most conventional as it has a black and white medium close-up for the photo for the background. This is not done on many music magazine but I wanted to do it as I think black and white colours can link with the genre of the music magazine. I got the idea of the picture and the border going around it from a picture I liked on Google of Dizzee rascal. I used this picture for a prelim which I did for my front cover and I liked the way it was set out. The title which I used is conventional and I got the idea from one of the kerrang covers. I liked this because I thought the title standout out and added a conventional title to the magazine cover. Kerrang is also a rock magazine so I thought it was a good idea to use the same idea. I added a barcode to my music magazine which is very conventional because all music magazine have them they do this to make them look professional I also wanted my barcode on the side which is conventional because most magazines barcodes are on there side. The border at the bottom of the page which I used is also conventional because magazines such has Q have them to show the reader that there are more artist in this weeks magazine. Another conventional thing I have done is put the sub headings down the left hand side which a lot of music magazines do such as blender.
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4. Conventions I have gone for a conventional double page spread which has an interview form a music artist on and pictures of them on the pages. I decided to go for this approach because a lot of music magazines do this and I thought it would work well. I have also decided to go for another conventional thing which music magazines use when doing an interview which is picking a quote from the interview and making it bigger to make it stand out and catch the readers eye. The pictures I have used are also conventional and I got the idea from the music magazine radar. The title I used also came from the magazine radar. I thought it linked the picture with the interview and linked both pages together which is very conventional because a lot of music magazines do this. I have tried to keep the colour scheme the same all the way through which a lot of magazine do to make them more professional.
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12. Front Cover Prelim To Final Product This is my final music magazine and my prelim which I did at the very start. I have developed me music magazine a lot from the prelim. I have added borders around the edge of the page which I learnt to do from layering on firework. I think that this makes the picture which I have used on my magazine stand out a lot more than on my prelim. I have also added a price on my music magazine to make it look more professional which I found out a lot of music magazines have form the research I did. The fonts I have used for my masthead and sub headings are totally different to the ones on my prelim I have tried to use fonts which can link to the genre of music my magazine is. I got these fonts from da font a new website which I learnt about my doing the project. On my prelim I have used two pictures which I didn’t think looked very good after I had finished my prelim so on my final front cover I used one picture which Is a medium close up instead of a two shot which I used on my prelim. Another thing which I have changed from my prelim is where the subheadings are placed I have put them going down the side instead of in the middle. I have done this because most magazines are set out like this and I wanted my magazine to look as professional as possible. The border which I have done at the bottom of the page for my final product is also something which I added from looking at more music magazines because I wanted to add as much information as possible and thought it was a good idea because it doesn’t take up much space and can still get the information across. One thing I have kept the same from my prelim is having a barcode I added this on both designs because most magazines have them, but I wanted it In a different position because I think it looked more proffesional placed vertical than horizontal.
13. Contents Prelim To Final Product This is my prelim and my final product for my contacts page. I have developed my final product a lot from my prelim. I have used a border on my final product to make the page stand out and kept consistency from my front cover. On my prelim I didn’t put that much information on so for my final product I wanted to add more information about what is in the magazine. I also added sub heading titles to split the sections up in the magazine where on my prelim they all went straight down the page. The fonts I have used are also different to my prelim, I changed these because I wanted the fonts to try and link with the genre of music the magazine was about. I thought the fonts I used in my prelim where unprofessional and looked tacky. The colour scheme I used on my prelim has totally changed on my final product because I wanted it to be darker with it being a rock magazine and If I would of kept with the same colours as my prelim it would have looked more like a pop magazine. I have put borders around my pictures on my final product whereas on my prelim I just stuck them on the page. I did the borders around the pictures to make them stand out more and knew how to do this as I learned more about fireworks. One thing I have kept the same is the title how it is on top of another colour to make it stand out more.
