Front Cover - Mock Up

The masthead will be in a colourful font. The font it self will be an electro style, for example, something that challenges regularly styled mastheads. For this I will downloaded a specific font which matches the criteria in which I looked for. After the research questionnaire, the results showed that the font 'Belfast' would be appropriate for the masthead. Each letter will be in a different colour, this will be consistent with the genre of magazine created. Belfast font is downloaded from 1001fonts.com. The image will be a photograph of a model, my sister Lauren. The stance she will be shot in will be dramatic and appeals to the target audience. The model is young and styled in a particular way which co-insides with audience type. Both the coverline and kicker will be written in different fonts. The coverline will be written in blue pixelated font and the kicker will be written in "stencil" font.

Front Cover Photoshoot Plan

For my front page, I planned a photoshoot, which i will take photos for this page. I have planned what will be included in the shot, the angle, shot type and distance, flashing/lighting, the background and details of editting,

DPS Presentation

Double Page Spread Page

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Which may or may not be connected to the colours of the American flag. Colloquial tone, addresses audience like they are present.
The use of short specific answers.
The interview was an pen interview.
High usage of "shocking", colloquial and controversial language.
The image used on the right page is professionally done in a studio, most likely to be a photoshoot especially for the magazine article.

DPS analysis

The target audience seems to be the older male population interested in rock and roll type music. The male artist gives of this persona due their the attire and pose. Also, the cast of woman around him suggests this. The whiskey, located on the table, is typically a man's drink and there are no glasses present, suggeesting he/they drink it in one. This gives the rock and roll persona.

The format of the article is an open interview. The language used is colloquial and uncensored, this correlates with the style of the magazine.

The way in which the layout is formatted is the text on the right and the image on the left. This is to ensure those flicking through the magazine to see Kid Rock and encourage, those interested in him, to read the article or to find out what the article is about.

The colours used as very light surrounding the article, this is to ensure there is no distraction from the eye catching photo. The red carpet, in the image, is the darkest colour on the double page spread which draws attention to it. This helps attracts readers flicking through the magazine to stop and read the article, due to the contrast. There also seems to be only 4 colours features: blue, white, red and black. These are also the colours of the USA flag. This could honour the american artist as the magazine is from the UK.

The double page spread matches the rock and roll theme of the magazine, using minimalist colour scheme consistantly. The interview doesnt request prior knowledge of the artist but does encourage more research after reading the article, such as his relationship with Pamela Anderson. The pull quote also draws attention to the article due to the explict nature and the mention of porn stars.

The target audience seems to be the male population interested in indie and alternative type music. The band give off the persona that they are casual and simply teenagers in the the music business, this is due to the fact the photo is not posed. As the band is male and the layout of the page, makes it more appealing to the male audience, because it does not focus on the band memebers faces.

The format of the double page spread is an article with quotes. The language used is formal and doesnt feature any explicit language, this correlates with the style of the magazine.
The way in which the layout is formatted is the text on the right, which is only featured in two columns and the image on the left and takes up half of the right page. This draws attention more to the picture than the article. Due to the picture taking up most of the double page spread it may attract readers to finding out what the band is "about".

The colours used are grungy, this is to correlate with the type of band, the down to earth and non commercialised persona in which they protray. The background seems to be an estate or a football cage. This again correlates with the rest of the magazine and the band's image.

The double page spread matches the rock and roll theme of the magazine, using a grungy minialistic colour scheme.

Front Cover analysis

NME
NME is a British music magazine, which focuses on rock, alternative and indie styled music.

From the front cover, the types of articles which will be included in this issue are a main feature on the group, the gossip, rumours/hearsay on feuds between bands and artists, reviews, interviews and concert dates.

The targeted audience, of this magazine, are those interested in alternative, rock and indie styled music. This can be recognised by the type of artist and band featured on the front cover, either by being mentioned in the kicker or photographed as the main image, on the cover.

The type of gaze the artist, Beth Ditto, is giving is one of mystery. As she is peering over her glasses, with dark styled make-up and the brightness of her eyes is striking and almost hypnotic. The other two band members’ mode of address is insignificant, in comparison to the main singer in the band.

The band, The Gossip, is featured on the front cover. They are featured on the front cover as they were recently re-released their single, “standing in the way of control” (also mentioned on the front cover), in 2007. It was also chosen in the adverts for the series of skins, which ultimately made it popular, hence the word “skins”, in the cover line.

During the time of this issue’s release, there was a new rave and indie music trend. The placement of The Gossip represents the popular music of that time, giving a social aspect of the populations music taste, as the band is a mixture of both. The presentation of the band could be considered as electro, due to the glasses two of the band members are wearing and the main singer’s hair cut. The use of popular music of the time attracts readers in the music that is current and helps convince the viewer to look inside for more information.

There is a three colour palette scheme used on this front cover; red, black and white. These colours signify the rock and roll theme of the whole magazine. The yellow is only used to highlight "arcade fire" and in the virgin logo, located at the top.

Q Magazine

Q magazine is a British music magazine, which focuses on bands and artists which are most popular at the time. It is published monthly.

The front cover features Britney Spearsin a bikini and is pregnant, licking a lollipop. Front the front cover, it shows that the magazine's content will be 20 exclusive interviews with a series of different bands and artists. It also shows that an article about the 20 greatest albums and tracks of the magazine's "life". In the top right corner, it states that it is 1 of 20 collectable covers.

The target audience for Q magazine is for the older males. The way it is styled is similar to GQ and was modelled on Rolling Stones magazine. The front cover features highly successful mainstream bands and artists, which are listed down the left-hand side. Fron the cover, the interests of the target audience seem to be interviews, album listings, reviews and greatest listings.

The mode of address that the magazine seems to use seems to be to those who enjoy the featured artists/bands' music and those interested in the type of music featured.

Britney is featured on the cover because she is a successful artist and is featured in either the 20 greatest album/track article or features in an interview or both. That is why only her name features on the cover as "she needs no introduction", due to her status.

The colours used are simply red, black and white, similar to NME. This contributes the the rock and roll theme of the magazine.

Masthead Research

These are the fonts which could be possible for my magazines masthead.
I have chosen all of these fonts as they correlated with the theme and style of my intended magazine. These possible fonts were then handed out, in black, with text boxes next to them. People then chosen one font which they thought was most appropriate for the magazine.

The top vote were Belfast with 10 votes. This will be my font for my masthead.