Double page spread copy and layout

Here is the first draft of my double page spread with out the images. To develop my double page spread further and to make it more effective and eye catching too readers, I decided to put parts of the copy in bold to make it more eye catching, and I made sure the copy I put in bold was intresting and that it would make readers intresting in what the artice is about. I also put the quotes in a larger font also to draw readers to the article.

Design ideas for; Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread

Two help me to develop my music magazine; I have produced two design ideas for my front cover, page and a double page spread. To help me further I have analysised each one, showing why each part works, this will allow me to expand on these designs so I can see if anything needs to be improved or changed.

Front cover design one:

Front cover design two:

Contents page design one:

Contents page design two:
Double page spread design one:

Double page spread design two:

Three mind maps of ideas for different section of my magazine

Masthead ideas Double page spread ideas
Contents ideas

Analysis of three music double page spreads

To develop my knowledge further, I have alos researched and analysised three different style doublepage spreads. This research has allowed me to find out what works on a double page spread for instance layout, images, style and much more.

Analysis of three music contents pages

To develop my knowledge further, I have researched and analysised three different style contents pages but all still in the R&B Genre. This research has allowed me to find out what works on a music contents page, and how they are laid out, and also how they change depending on who is being featured in the magazine.

Collage of my chosen genre

From creating my collage that represents the genre I have choosen which is R&B and Pop, I have learnt a lot about the genre itself. Like for instance the different types of artists that are in this genre and what they are like and how they fit in with the genre itself, for instance they style they sing, the way they dress and many more things, and also how this all attracts its target audience. I have also found out who my target audience is by finding out who listerns to the genre, and who the arists fans are.

The collage has also allowed me to find out how the magazines changes according too who is on the cover, and how they dress, act and much more, I also found this out from my textual analysis as well. But by doing this collage it has allowed me to develop this knowledge further, and it has given me a better understanding of how the magazine changes, like for instance colours and layout.

Analysis of four mastheads

To help me me with designing my music magazine, I have found four different mastheads already being used my music magzines. I have analysised them all and found out what works about them, to help me design my own masthead.