Thursday 8 December 2011

Contents page

My aim of the contents was to just state key infomation in a basic manner. i wanted it to be basic so there are no other off putting infomation and they can easily identify the infomation that they want to see. the yellow background in contrast to the black reds and blues make the font stand out again the use of bold then ittalic on some of the writting makes it stand out even more again. it comes across boring however i found that the vast majority of people feel that many contents pages are to clustered and full of irrelivence and they just want the facts and the figures and that is what i tryed to provide them with and i believe that i have achieved a contents that they wanted. the colour choices i tryed to make neutral so not massivly male orientated and not drastically female. the pictures again very few however are showing main interviews and bands that they will find within the magasine.

Front cover

This is my front cover i have taken my time and have took advantage from my analysis on what and where things would be placed to get the most out of my front cover. i believe that it gets the points across strongly with the contrast of red in the comparrioson of the black as it is a stand out colour and makes a impact on the way that it looks. i have used the main picture to fill the main background due to the quility however it will show the audiance what genre of magasine that it is. i have also placed a few 'teaser' lines in on what may be appeling to the buyer of this magasine to make them want to purchace this such as interviews and big tour dates that will be featured inside. my main aim was to make it stand out and the infomation also, this is why i have picked the dark background in comparrison to the white and red font colour with was bold and itlalic to add the extra stand out factor in my magasine!

my analysis




Above are some front covers, contents pages and double page spreads that have featured in todays most popular musci magasines NME, i have identifyed key strengths and some weaknesses that i can then take forward and push mine to have some strengths while keeping it my own and take there weaknesses and make them a strength on my magasines. one thing i have noticed is the use of a impact colour to strike out any key infomation they will often contrast with the other colour wording around it to make it stand out.