Question 1

I put a lot of research and planning into my magazine and the genre and just in general how i wanted the feel of my magazine to be like. I first began looking at popular mainstream magazines such as Vibe and Clash but i did not feel it fitted my genre of music so i went to less well known magazine like Dazed & Confused and Loud And Quiet for ideas and i feel they fitted my genre much better. I used the Loud And Quiet style of cover for my cover as it really liked the simplest and minimalistic style to it et it still looked eye-catching and attract to the user. I seed a large but somewhat basic front throughout my front cover and i spaced it out a lot and did not add any colour apart from black and white and the picture. I also took the symmetrical look from Loud And Quiet as i feel that it made the magazine look a lot more professional and just added that extra bit if quality to it. I did not copy other magazines by adding a tag line and a quote about a story or artist i just simply put the artists name down in large text and place the picture underneath it in a simple square box. I decided to add black lines to add to the symmetry effect on my magazine and i feel that it just make the picture and text more organised. For my photo decide to use the Loud And Quiet style again as they like to use just the artist with a coloured background which i chose white. For the clothing i decided to try and get something that fitted with my genre and i decided just to have a basic facial expression to show that you know nothing about the artist so far.

For my Contents i decided to use the same simple and minimalistic style as i want to keep symmetry with my font and to keep symmetry throughout the whole magazine so it all matched well. Again i kept the same colour scheme of just black and white, i took the idea of the layout of my contents page from Loud And Quiet because i felt it looked very proffesional and well set out and it would be very easy for the user to read. I used a basic but attractive font for all of my writing as it fits my front cover and it will be easy to read. I added a small hint under each story just to give the reader a brief amount of information so it would encourage them to read on and tried to write a certain amount so it still keeps in symmetry with the rest of my page. The three pictures of the models at the bottom of my page was my own idea and i feel it adds the little something to the page as i feel it would be to bland or boring without them.

 Once again for my double page spread i have kept a simplistic and minimalistic style and have spread the page out nicely so again it is easy for the user to read, again i have used the same font again because i feel it fits well throughout my magazine. I have used another basic facial expression as i think it fits well with the model and the magazine. I have made it clear and easy to read the article as i have made the questions bold and the answers in regular. I took the Tittle and motto space fro another double page spread inside Loud And Quiet, i really liked the look of and it fits in well with y symmetry styled magazine and it also outlines the artists name. I have used a black line to space out each column so its easier to read and its looks stylish and professional and again fits with my symmetry styled theme. I added a very light blue photo filter to my model as i felt the original picture did not look good enough just on its own.