Front cover development

 This is a screen shot from my development of my front cover with an idea of where my masthead should be and the style of font i used.









The splash that i have chosen is relevant to the picture that i have because the picture is of a local artist going to a gig.

As you can see my puff is a free 15 track CD which is to promote the local artists.

As you can see from my cover lines i have made this magazine available to every type of audience. This is because i have included articles from main stream and undiscovered acts.








The picture i chose for my image in the bottom right hand corner of the magazine was a image of two people looking like they are enjoying a local gig with an anchor. The anchor says enjoying the event which could mean that it is a local event with undiscovered acts.

The price of the magazine is £2 which is what my target audience said as this is a reasonable price for a starting magazine.









This is my complete article as the photo is on and i believe this relates to the audience as it is a local artist rocking out.

Phoot Shot front cover ideas

 Front Cover



This shot could be used for my front cover as it shows us that the person is using a guitar and that it could be seen as him outside a local event or gig as the headliners or support bands.

 This is a photo of a local rocker stamping his mark in the rock industry this is beacuse he is doing the iconic rock poss with the guitar in hand.

 The way this was shot makes it look like the person is about to do an insane solo. This is a good shot as it shows us the posture of the person and the way they are holding the guitar.

 This is a shot to show us that the person might be thinking about a new song like he is in a isperation stage. This is a good shot as it means he is taking care of the songs he writes.

This was another idea for my front cover as it shows us two people that may have just come out of a gig as the one is doing the iconic rock poss with his hand. This shot also looks like they are enjoing them selves as well.

Photo shot location/props/clothes



Clothes

This is What i thoguth the person on my front cover could were as it might show us that they have been or going to a gig.

 This was a full body shot of some clothes that might be worn on the front cover.

 I thought that the idea of clean shoes portrays the fact that the rocker may have money so i thought this was a must.

















I thougth that if they wore a coat on the front cover like with some other rock based magazines it could show you that they have just been to a gig.















I had the idea that if they wore this type of coat it could portray them as beeing a bit cool and just starting out.










Props

This is a standed prop for any rocker the guitar and this isa nice clean one. As you can tell this is well kept and probley only used for gigs.















Location

 I thought that this location could be the set of a gig in the background so i thought that if the person was stood infront of the castle then it would look like they are going to a gig or just left one.

 This location was chossen as it is quite and not to busy so it would be the perfect place to snap the front cover. As you can see it also looks like the road to stardom as is they are heading towards being a big mega star.

This is another shot of the castle from a diffrent angle this is again to make it apper that they are going to a gig or just left one.

Experiments with fonts

Mock up Front Cover

Time management

I have completed all of my work so far and am going to create the mock up this week and then start to develop my front cover.

Style Sheet

Time management

At the moment i am on time for all of my work and will continue to stay on track as you can see i have just completed the pitch feedback and am going to do the Style sheet followed by next week completing the design of the front cover.

Pitch feedback

As you can see i showed my audience the pitch before i shot the pitch feedback.

From my feedback i am going to call my magazine origins as it is unique and most appropriate for the target audience.

They said they would like to see posters, stickers and competitions so i am going to include some of these in to my magazine to draw the target audience.

With my focus group i am going to use the red white and black as it is more appropriate for the target audience and they can see it as more professional.

The double page article will include either a interview with a local band or a local band member

The price will be £2.00 for the magazine as it is a new and unique magazine.

Research & planning: Picth

Pitch 5 11-12 from Potsworh1

Research & analysis of rock genre

Analysis of front cover

Analyses of front covers on Prezi

Analysis of double page spread

Double page spread analyses from Potsworh1

Analysis of contents page

Initial ideas for Music Magazine

There are many music magazines out there in the market today but i only have to choses one to make my music magazine

Which kind of Music Magazine do you want to create?
I was thinking of creating a rock magazine.

Why?
This is a massive music genre that is in circulation around the world. This is also a well know genre that i know about. This means that i should be able to create a suitable target audience. Also i know what type of content that it includes. Also i could bring my own spin to the genre of rock.

What will make my magazine unique?

My music magazine will bring its own spin on the sub-genre of rock. This is because i will be able to bring my own bands to the table so i wont have to follow the mainstream magazines. This will make it unique as it will primarily be a boost for the smaller artists to become big. As well as this i will make it a half and half magazine with 50% unsigned bands and 50% mainstream bands.

What should it include?
-Local events
-Upcoming bands
-Mainstream bands
-Products
-Adverts
-News
-Reviews

Introduction to the Main Task

Main Task   

                  For our main task we have to analyse real life music magazines to help us to produce our very own music magazine this will included a front cover, contents page and a double page spread. 

Work Flow

 5th November

-Main task 

-Initial ideas 

-Create pitch for magazine 

-Research of chosen sub-genre 

12th November

-Present pitch & get feedback 

-Further audience research 

-Focus on photography 

19th November

-Indesign/photoshop training 

-Designing front cover

26th November 

-Designing front cover 

-Audience feedback on front cover

3rd December 

-Designing contents page 

-Audience feedback 

10th December 

-Designing double page spread 

-Audience feedback 

17th December 

-Finalise magazine design 

-Introduce evaluation 

24th December 

-Draft evaluation 

7th January 

-Evaluation 

14th January 

-Evaluation 

-Final Blog Check