Contents page

I am going to be making a contents page for my magazine, in my contents page i am going to include images with captions, some more small pop up information and also page numbers to designate certain stories. i have made a rough idea of what i want my contents page to look like, not only so it gives the reader the information they need and also to look attractive.

For my mock up of my contents page, i have created a contents page that not only gives all of the information that the reader will need, but also that looks attractive.

As the contents page is only the second page into the magazine, it is likely that potential buyers are going to look at the front cover and then flip to the contents page to see what stories are in it. knowing this, i wanted to have a contents page that not only isn't too busy, but also looks attractive and fresh. the colours of my contents page is not yet on it, but for the main background, i plan to have a light grey colour, this is because i don't want it to look to dark, but also not too light, because i need to remember that i am having rock as the magazines music genre. i chose to list the contents in small boxes, this is so there is not too much writing packed into the page all together, and i am also going to have a small picture that is relevant to each storyline. i am going to have the page numbers in small boxes within the larger boxes. This will be better reading to the reader, because they will be able to look at the pictures, decide which band or topic they want to read about and then they will immediately see the page number. I wanted to make my contents page like this, because i didn't want it to look too complicated, and i wanted it to be easy reading. I have planned for the background to be light grey. I am not going to have the contents boxes and particular colour, because i don't want it to look too busy. so for this reason i am going to keep the boxes plain white. this makes the magazine, not only look fresh, but also simplistic and not too complicated. My main headline that says 'contents' is going to be in a big bold style. it is also going to be light grey, to contrast with the grey background. this will be distinguishable from the background because of the under shadow on the bottom of the title. For the font in the boxes i am going to have verdana in bold. The reason i chose this specific font, is because it is easy to read. I am going to have a different font for the numbers to designate the pages. this is because i want the numbers to stand out, because the page numbers is what a contents page is for. i decided to go with 'Courier' I chose this writing because in bold it looks cold and Gothic, which contrasts well with my chosen music genre.

LIIAR

So i know what direction i am heading in and i have a good idea of what i am going to do, i am going to use LIIAR. i already know that i am going to be making a front cover, and contents page and a double spread.

Language- The language that i will be using is going to be, not too punctual and fun. the reason i don't want the language to be too punctual is because my target audience is for people between the ages of 14-20. i want not only the genre and to appearance to attract the readers but also the language.

Institution- The institution of the magazine is going to be the publisher. I will look into different magazine publishers to get an idea of what i am going to do.

Ideology- The reason for my magazine is to not only inform the reader and update them, but also i want to do this in a way that is also entertaining the audience too. I don't want the magazine to be too formal and boring because this will not attract the reader. I am going to include a lot of images and articles.

Audiences- When magazines are produced they are adjusted and produced in a way which will suit their target audience. i want to aim my magazine at people who are within the age range of 17-20ish. this is because people who are within this age range are more music orientated.

Representation- The representation needs to fit in with my music genre, as i have chosen rock to be the main focus of my music magazine i am going to make the layout, and appearance look representative to the music genre by using colour and styles.

Photo breif

for my magazine i am going to need to take pictures to make the magazine look more realistic. i want my magazine to look fun and exciting, i don't want my music magazine to look too sophisticated as my targeted audience is going to be for people aged between 14-20ish, I'm not chosing an older target audience than this because people in the 14-20 age range are more music orientated.
Because my music genre is going to be rock, i am going to take photographs of a person dressed in darker clothing to give a sense of the rock influence on the people who listen to that music genre. Also rock music has a slightly more serious tone to it, this also influences the way people dress according to what music they listen to, for example, RnBmusic is more light hearted so people tend to dress wearing lighter clothing. i want my model to be looking happy when i take this picture to give the impression that my magazine is light hearted. i will be taking this picture outside, preferably with the sun in the background and green grass and trees. this will make the magazine, again look fun and light hearted. I want the picture to be naturalistic and fun, so to do this is am going to take pictures whilst my model/models are doing an activity, such as singing or dancing.
After i have taken my picture i will upload it onto photo shop and edit it, i might blur the background to make the people in my photograph the main attention and the focus of my picture. Also i will airbrush it to perfect the image.

I got the idea of taking a naturalistic picture from the NME magazine. the image that caught my attention was the front cover that is on this post, the reason i liked this picture was because it was very naturalistic and really captured the theme of rock. this is what i want my picture to capture.

front cover layout

On my font cover i want to make it stand out and look interesting and entertaining
one way i can do this is by choosing a suitable colour font that not only looks appealing and fits in with the music genre,but also fits in with the target age group.

I decided that the colour that i am going to have for the main heading will be bold and red, with a black background around the writing. the reason i chose a black background is because the main title (being red) will instantly stand out against the background. the dominating colour on the background behind all the images and the writing will be a very light grey.i chose grey because i want the images and writing to stand out and look more dominating against a light background, also i didn't want to chose white because i didn't want the cover to look too bland.

Because my chosen music genre is heavy rock, i want to colours to be dark, so the magazines appearance is dark and fits in well with the music genre i have chosen. i was to chose light and bright colours,it would not tie in with the type of music my magazine is focusing on. Each week, the background colour will change but will still remain light because i still want to keep the theme of the images and writing being dominating and standing out. i will keep the colour of the writing the same colour, this will be part of the magazines trademarks. with the dominating bright red title people will soon be able to distinguish my 'mash-up' magazine just by the appearance.

The main image will be covering the majority of the front cover, the main image will be an image of what the main story line is going to be about, for example, which ever band i put on the front cover, that band will have the main storyline, and will hold the main focus and attention.

names for my music magazine

Before i make my magazine i need to think of possible names to call my magazine, these names have to sound appealing, and self explanatory

variety- the reason i chose this name is because it is short and punchy, it is also self explanatory so the audience will read the title and instantly know that this specific magazine doesn't only focus on one type of music and has a variety of information and updates in different music genres.

Mash-up- the reason i chose this name is because the word mash implicates a mix up of all different things and because this is a music magazine, i would presume that this was a mix up of all different musics and therefore i would feel that with a wide variety of music genres i am getting more than my moneys worth.

Out of these two names, i chose to go with Mash-up. i decided that this name is more suitable for my magazine, because it implies that there is a variety of stories in the magazine, and there fore more value for the price of the magazine. I thought that Mash-up sounded better than variety. because 'Mash-up' seems a lot more slang, and more teenager orientated. it sounds short and snappy too. I think it suits the music genre very well because it sounds punky and fresh.

I need to pick a style for my title. to do this i am going to look on Dafont.com, this is a useful website because it comes with many choices of styles of writing including, rock style which is very convenient for me and my music genre is rock.

Contents Page

This is going to be my contents page. In the background i have an image of two people studying, i got one of the people to smile and look as if she is helping the other girl with her work. the reason i did this is because i wanted to represent the college as a place for work and friends and also so that people will get the impression that help is at hand if they are struggling. Also one of the girls have a pen in their hand, they reason she has a pen in her hand is to show that she is studying, otherwise it wouldn't look like an inspiring picture. At the top of my page i have wrote 'contents' i did this is a pink font, because it is light and soft looking. this is how i want to represent the college so people will want to come. At the bottom left of my contents page i have wrote what contents will be in my magazine. I simply did this by writing a list and bullet pointing them. the reason i wrote a simple list is because i didn't want the page to look too busy and i wanted it to look fresh and simplistic. the appearance of my magazine is all representative to the college its self. The main image is faded at all of the edges. the reason it is faded is because i wanted it to look as if it was fresh and dreamy. i was aiming for this page to look soft and fresh. because that is the impression i want to give off about the college. I think that the colour pink contrasts well with the main image because there are pink roses in the image its self and i wanted to bring it together by using a colour that was already existing with in the image.

Front Cover

This is going to be my front cover. My magazine is going to be called 'educate' the reason i chose this name is because it is simple and people will automatically know what the magazine is about and it is likely to attract students attention. My main background in multi coloured and goes from blue to orange the reason i chose this background is because it is colourful and represents fun and freedom, which is how i want to represent the college. In front of the multi coloured background is a large white box, the reason i chose to put a large white box in front of the background is so that the main image, plugs and the title will stand out a lot more. I chose for the title to be blue. the reason i chose this colour to be at the top is because the colour blue represents the sky and i want students to feel like the sky is their limit. The main image is a picture of two girls walking towards the college and they are talking. the reason i chose this image is because not only does it represent education, it also represents socialising and friends and when people see this image they will want to see more about this college because not only is it about the education, we can see by the image that it is also easy to make friends. In the bottom left corner of the white box i have put two medium sized yellow boxes and within this i have put plugs saying what is in this magazine. the reason i chose the colour yellow is because the title it blue, representing the sky, and the yellow is representing the sun. My whole idea in this was to create a feel of freedom and freshness. Also i didn't want to magazine to look too busy. so therefore i kept it simple and clear. Inside the first box i have written what is in the magazine in black. I did this because the black will stand out against the yellow background and also it looks simple, also i did the font large so it is noticeable. In the second box i have used white writing this is again because it stands out well against the yellow background and it looks simple and fresh.

layout

This is my basic layout that i am going to use. i like the layout because it looks very academic. The colour scheme will be blue , purple and black. i think this is a good contrast, and also it looks welcoming and fun. i want the front cover to look simplistic not only because of the appearance but i want the people who read this magazine to get the impression that the college is simple, fun and welcoming.

Names for my college magazine

Curriculum- i liked this name because it sounds posh and gives a clear indication that it has something to do with education.

Educate- i like this name because it's close to education which means that people will automatically know that the magazine is about education.

Campus- i like this name because it's modern, i think it's a great name because it catches student eyes.

from these three choices i am going to pick 'educate' the reason i have chose this particular name is because not only is it representative to what the magazine genre is, it is also simple and quick and catchy to say.

Preliminary exercise