In this sketch I have used a simple but effective layout, following conventions of published music magazines which generally include: a masthead, a main focal photograph that has usually been edited, something written about the photograph, a strapline, date, issue no., price, other information, sometimes other photos and sometimes a pull in e.g. competition.
I haven't included every convention but used as many as I thought suitable. I would like the colour theme to tie into the colours that will be in the photograph as I would like quite a colourful cover, after considering black and white I felt that colour would be more attractive and not so serious as I want a slightly quirky but welcoming feel to the cover. I would like the fonts to differ in size and style but to still be relevent to the rest of the assests (colour, photo, words etc)
This draft conveys are more "sensible" feel, for people maybe over the age of 25, and was inspired by music magazines such as "Q". This layout is far more simple than the previous draft and would probably be a glossy magazine, feature bands such as Kings Of Leon and cost more, targetting an older audience with more disbosable money.
This is what I would like my contents page to resemble. The list of things in the magazine on the right is another convention of music magazines, as seen in kerrang! and NME. I would like the page to look a bit rough and imperfect, possibly with mismatched fonts/font sizes to convey the actual contents of the magazine as the music range would vary quite a lot.
I am intending for the contents page to have at least two photographs of other "musicians". I would like the photographs to be well taken and contrast with eachother to show diversity within the magazine, and include a "band". I have taken a few sets of photographs of different people in different circumstances e.g. posing, in a natural manner, and edited ones I felt would benefit from it, (top two and bottom two)
I have chosen the images I would like to use from the select few. The first image I want to use is the top right photograph, this is a picture of my brother reading a book. This photo was half-posed, as he was actually reading with a winter hat on but the fairy lights weren't on the back of the sofa. I also used a lamp to light up his face as the room was dark apart from the fairy lights, which adds a sense of rhythm to the picture, linking in with the music element. I edited the image making it greyscale with a slight yellow tone to it, but not so much it has become sepia. This adds warmth as opposed to harsh black and white which can be cold and unappealing, and it also fits with the nature of the photograph as reading is quite a gentle activity which is fitting to the type of musician I am conveying him as, (an acoustic guitar playing singer- songwriter) I have also altered the tones to add depth by adjusting the curves to make the whole photograph lighter, instead of increasing the brightness as this can cause the photograph to look foggy and decreases detail, then lowering the neutral tones and then the black tones slightly as not to make the shadows in the photo look slightly negative. I did it this way instead of using the straight forward contrast tool because quality is lost and a better result is gained by taking a bit more time using a different technique.The second photo I have decided to use is the bottom left one of my freinds and I, taken using self timer. This photograph wasn't taken intentionally to be part of my magazine but as four girls dressed up I felt that this looked like a girl band shot. I edited the contrast in the same way as the above photo then added a cyan midtone. I also adjusted the white tones making them very slightly yellow for a warm/glowing skin effect, and added white/reduced the black in the red tones to make our drinks more pink, thus linking to the colour theme of the front cover.
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