The document provides design details for a magazine cover and contents page focused on house music. It specifies that the cover should feature a close-up artist photo in line with other house music magazines. Down the side should be pull quotes from smaller articles to attract readers. The contents page should be simple and symmetrical with bright subheadings categorizing article sections. Images promoting articles will include page numbers and descriptions. The overall design aims to attract readers through bright summery colors, prominent artist features, and easy navigation following conventions of analyzed house music magazines.

1. Background colour has
to be bright and
summery to represent
some sort of summer
house.
The colours id like I have narrowed down
to the above. These are all the colours
you would relate with summer and also
house music, bright and vibrant.
I would like a close up of an artist on the
front cover of my magazine as that is
what many of the current house music
magazines have on them now. It is
keeping form.
Down the side of my cover I want to
have smaller articles that will attract
readers. These will have pull quotes that
sick out of the page.
I am going to put a picture on the front of
either another artist and a pull to an
article inside regarding them and/ or a
picture of a location that can attract
readers as it looks inviting and could be a
“top tips” or “your guide to” type of
article.
One thing that is sure to attract
customers and also give artists a chance
to showcase themselves is a free CD or
potentially download. This will big and
obvious on the front of the magazine. A
lot of music magazines include a free
item or download with the magazine.
Big main article headline to show the
customer who the star of the magazine
is this month.

2. I want the contents page to be
symmetrical and squared off. Keeps it
simple and easy to navigate. Simplicity is
key to the design. The same as the other
house music magazines I have analysed.
I want to incorporate images that relate
to the more main articles and interesting
columns. This is another way of attracting
the reader.
For the background I want a dark colour
that helps the text stand out and does not
distract from the content. This is the same
for many of the music magazines I have
looked at.
Each section of the contents page will
have a subheading in a bright colour,
possible linking to the main cover
colour. The subheadings will categorise
each section of content within the
magazine. For example I will have a
fashion category then under that
heading will be all the articles relating
to fashion.
The images that I use to showcase
articles will have the page numbers on
them and a small bit about the article.
At the top I will have the title of my
magazine in big and next to it in a
slightly smaller font, contents.

3. The double page spread will
ideally have one main image
that takes up the full page but
does not distract from the
writing. I want the colour from
the image to be bright and rich
in colour as I want to follow
the theme on the cover of
summer house.
The initial introduction lines
will be big and bright with
larger text. I want it to stand
out and inform the reader
before they start reading.
The main character will
preferably be on the left page
so the body of text does not go
over him.
I will keep my text in
columns as it is standard. I
will start off with a drop cap
and try to include at least 3
pull quotes. The text will
have a transparent
background so it appears
clearer on the page.
At the top corners I will have
the magazine ident and the
bottom corners will have
page number and date.
Again this is formal and
standard with all magazines.
I don’t want to go over the
top with the DPS I would like
to keep it simple and clean
with good symmetry.