Final double page spread of my music magazine

This is my final double page spread. This page was developed and changed a lot from the other drafts. I didn't feel like my double page spread looked realistic enough like a proper magazine.

On the first page, I put a picture of Luke that I edited on Photoshop, covering the whole page. The photo is edited so that the background is in black and white and Luke is in colour. I did this so that my writing would be seen and easier to read but I think it also makes it look more interesting. I made it cover the page as I didn't want the page too look too boring and plain and seem like there is empty spaces on the page. On the other page, I decided to add a grey background but put a smaller picture of Luke crouching down with his guitar. I did this so there would be enough room for the text but also so the double page spread wouldn't look too overcrowded with too much going on.

For the title of the page, I added a black rectangle with 'LUKE' written inside of it and next to it I have carried on the title name by writing 'Confesses' by the side of it. On this I didn't put it in a black rectangle as I wanted it to look random and different.

At the bottom of the left page, I added a quote from the article. I did this so that the magazine would seem realistic like other magazines that have quotations that stand out. I chose that specific quote as it seems quite shocking and serious and so it would draw the readers in to reading the text. I put the word 'KICKED' in capitals and in red so that the word would stand out and to also show that it was such a serious thing happening to him.

On this page I also added the Resonance logo. I did this so that it would look consistent throughout the magazine. I also think that it looks quite realistic too as other real-life magazines have logo's too. Unlike the other drafts, I also added the page number so the reader would know where to find the article.

I wrote the colour of the text in blue and white so the reader's would know the difference between the questions and the answers of the article. I chose to use these colours so it would flow consistently throughout the magazine. I wanted the text to go around the picture of Luke than go right on top of him because I wanted it to look as professional and life-like as I could as I know real-life magazines do not have the text on top of the pictures so that the readers can clearly see them.

On the right page, by the picture I added text to make the readers want to see the 'exclusive' pictures. I used the word 'exclusive' as it's like it is describing that the pictures are secret and no one should really be seeing them. Underneath the picture on the right, I added the website so the readers actually know where to go to see the 'exclusive pictures'.

Final contents page of my music magazine

This is my final contents page for my music magazine. On this page, I wanted to change quite a lot about the last one as I felt the last draft seemed a bit empty with not enough information written on it.



At the top, I changed the text to 'Resonance! This week' as I wanted it to seem unusual and not like other magazines, however at the bottom of the page I wrote 'CONTENTS' so the reader could see clearly that they were reading the contents page. I wrote this in black writing with a yellow highlighter on top. I did this so it would really stand out and so it wouldn't be the last thing that the reader would read.

I created a logo for the magazine that the other magazine drafts do not have. This is because I think it makes the magazine seem more realistic to the reader as other magazines usually have logos too.

On the other content pages, I didn't add any page numbers onto anything but the content list. On this draft, I added the page numbers on the pictures and actually put a page number at the bottom of the page. On the pictures, I highlighted over the page numbers so they could be easily seen and read by the readers. On the actual content list, I put the page numbers in red and at the beginning of each page as I think it makes it seem more prominent and also to me the page numbers are one of the most important things on a contents page.

I completely changed the text on the list of the contents. On the other draft, I didn't think that I had enough listed down for the readers and also the list looked too plain. I decided to add more to the list and make the writing closer together, this makes it seem that there a lot more pages and writing added to the page. Like the other drafts, I added titles to the kind of things involved within the magazine. On this page I wrote the text in white and highlighted over them in black. I did this to make it really stand out and so the reader would know exactly where to look for the part that they wanted.

Final Front Cover of my music magazine

This is my final front cover of my music magazine. On this, I decided to make a few changes so the presentation of the page would look better and more eye-capturing.

Firstly, I decided to make adaptations to the title. I thought it looked too dull so I decided to make it look more prominent and bold. I did this by writing out my title in the colour black and then I did this again but using the colour white. I put the white title over the top of the black title with it slightly to the right and a bit below. I did this so that it gives the effect of a shadow but at the same time makes the word really stand out. However, like the last draft, I kept the same font and also added in the lines running through it as I thought that it looked different and unusual.

At the bottom of the page, you can see a sort of black gradient going slightly up the page. On my other draft I did this in the colour white but to me it looked like thee page was slightly fading so I decided to do the same thing but in the colour black. I think that this makes the colour of the background more noticeable and bright.

I decided to keep the same quote as I think it explained a lot about the story and would draw someone in and make them want to actually read the article. However I changed the colour of the 'saved me' to white as I thought it looked too boring and plain as most of the writing was written in yellow. I added a lot more writing to the left hand side of the page. This is because I think the page seemed too empty as it didn't have anything to fill the page. In this, I added a statistic so the magazine seemed like it was actually rated 'Britain's best rock magazine', a 'chance to win' quote to draw the reader in and a 'festival line-up' quote as people who are going to festivals will want to know who will be there.

Under the competition quote, I decided to put a picture of the band that it's written for, 'You Me At Six'. I did this so that the reader could see who the band actually is and also to show them very recent pictures of how successful they were.