Drafts Of My Music Magazine

I have drawn some ideas of how I want my music magazine to be laid out and the different things that i am going to include on my front cover, contents page and double page spread. By researching into different music magazines I have had a great amount of ideas and by asking my questionnaire to friends and family to work out the target audience for my magazine and who I want it to be aimed at. This also helps as my chosen genre for my music magazine is Pop/Indie and i will need to try and follow some of the conventions that are already used for these genres of music magazines that are already on the market.

My drafts show where I want images and text to be placed inside my magazine and on my front cover. It gives me a rough idea to follow when i come to create my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread on photoshop/Indesign.

I have shown that i would like to use one main image, with a direct address, on my front cover with sell lines around the outside of the image to help sell my magazine. I am sticking to the conventions of a Pop/Indie music magazine by focussing on one main artist for my front cover of my magazine where i will then go on to talk about this person more inside my double page spread.

For my contents page I have chosen a typical layout but added a little bit of quirkyness to the way i am going to show my images. I am going to present what is inside the magazine in a column like format to make it easy for my target audience to read and enjoy.

My double page spread that I am going to design is going to focus on the main person that will feature on the front cover of my magazine. The main text that will be in my double page spread will be an interview with my main artist. I will include a few images across the page the tie in with the story that I am writing about.  

When it comes to producing my magazine I will take a lot of factors into consideration. For example my research, questionnaire and drafts of my music magazine. This will really help me create a music magazine following the typical conventions of a music magazine that is already on the market.