Cover reasearch

This is a cover from the magazine 'Blender'. This magazine covers all genres of music but I like the simple lay out, its not too boring but not too busy.

I think this cover appeals to my target audience because some of the writing is pink which indicates that the magazine is mainly aimed at females. The picture of Katy Perry is attractive so most females would want to either befriend her or be her, therefore making them want to aslo read the magazine to find out more about her. I like how the writing looks as if its bending around her body, making her the main focus of the cover and because the writing is surrounding her, you can't not read it and find out what's inside. The picture isn't too revealing either, but it's a sexy image so the magazine may appeal to men also.



I worked out that if I used publisher then I could make my pages into a double page spread as opposed to two separate pages. This is what my final double page spread will look like once its finished but with my own pictures in place of the ones off the internet.

This is my first page of my double page spread with the smaller font. I've managed to fit alot more writing onto one page now that the font is smaller which means I can make my double page spread alot more detailed and better.



I printed off one of the pages for my double page spread just to see what it would look like if it was to be printed as a magazine and the font was far too big so I had to change its size. Because the font's smaller now, I have more room to write more of the interview or put some more pictures in.

I changed the colour scheme to blue and black just to see if it would look any better and I asked a few people which one they're prefer. I asked mainly girls because thats my audience for this magazine.

The majority of them said they prefer it in pink and so do I. I think the blue looks slightly boring and doesn't really appeal to my target audience so I'm going to just keep the colours that I had in the first place. The picture that I take hopefully won't look as 'emo' so I don't think the colours will look punk/rockish.



Double page spread

This was my first draft of my double page spread for my music magazine. I really like it!

I haven't got my own pictures to put on yet so for now, I've used one of Jessie J off the internet because she looks most like the person I'm using. The pink box indicates where another picture will be. I haven't quite worked out how to put the two pages togetether as a double page but I'm working on it! I'm not too sure on the colour scheme though, I think black and pink seem more punk colours.

Research of other music magazines

This contents page is from Q magazine. This magazine covers all genres of music as opposed to just one. On my contents page, I planned on putting more than one picture on it so that people can see images of what is in the magazine instead of just words, Whereas on this contents page, there is only one picture. I assumed that, because the only picture on this contents page is of one person, then the main story in this magazine is about him. The picture of Richard Ashcroft is very eye catching, it makes you feel as if he's looking at you. Although the picture seems quite threatening, I like it because I think it looks like he's in control and like he knows that he's important which is why he's the main story.

This contents page is from Flavour magazine. It's a very different magazine to Q in many ways, you can tell this by just looking at the contents page. Flavour Magazine is a transcultural youth lifestyle magazine for the young ambitious and cool dedicated to showcasing the latest trends in music and a platform for emerging and established creative talent. You can tell from this image that the magazine is mostly aimed at young females because the pictures are all of women and the background of the main picture is bright pink. As a young teenage girl, I prefer this contents page as opposed to Q magazine. I like the colours used and the layout is simple but the pictures are interesting so I dont think it matters.

For my music magazine, I think the audience would be young females aged about 14-21 or so. I think girls tend to buy magazines more than men do which is why Im going to aim my magazine at that type of audience.

Contents Page



This contents page is from Blender music magazine. I don't really like the way that its laid out. I think the writing is too small and it's all bunched up in the top corner, which i dont think looks very good.

Double page spreads

This double page spread is from Flavour magazine, of an R&B genre. I am going to use this to help me decide what sort of things to put on my double page spread. With Alexandra Burke also being the artist on the cover of this particular magazine, it shows her importance within the music genre. There isn't as many images as I expected there to be on this double page spread, there's more writing than pictures. With one image used for the whole double page spread, it shows Alexandra's significance. The simple colour scheme of the page helps Alexandra stand out with her bold dress and her dark skin. This leaves Alexandra and the main topic of her win on the xfactor be the main focus. The basic colour scheme also enables the magazine to appeal to a mixed gender of all different ages.
 I like how some of the things she has said have been quoted in different coloured writing, it makes you want to read more of the interview.

As I am creating an R&B magazine myself, I will deeply look into the features of this magazine to help me.

Because I dont have the pictures that I want to use for my final front cover, I looked up images of famous artists off the internet for now, to get some idea of what sort of picture I'd like on my final cover. However, I dont like all the images that I have used, when I take my photo's, I'd like my friend to do a different pose and I'd like to be able to see the whole body of the person whereas in this image, you can only see her waist and above.

I do like this picture but if it was my own picture, I wouldnt use it because you cant see the rest of her body. The background isnt plain as well, but that could always be edited.

I prefer this image because you can see the bottom half or her body as well as the top half which in my opinion, looks better on the front of a magazine, like this one for example.

I think this looks alot better than the image of beyonce. I also like how the background is plain black and doesn't have any distractions to draw attention away from the main image.