FRONT COVER

PLANNING

FRONT COVER

PLANNING

Titles

• Music

• Lyrics

• Beat

• Rock

• Bright Lights

• Millions

• Song

• Mania

• Generation

Titles

Shortlist

• Beat

• Song

• Mania

• Bright Lights

I set my facebook status asking my friends what they thought about this name for a music magazine and it received mixed results with about 45% of people liking the name and 55% disliking it. Even though more people liked it than disliked it, most agreed this name would not stand out and sounds quite boring.

This Title would be quite relevant to my magazine, but is quite plain and boring. I do not think it would be very eye-catching.

This title is my favourite because it reminds me of bright colours and flashing lights, which you see a lot of in clubs where dance music is played. It also reminds me of one of the magazine front covers I analysed because it included lots of bright colours and the lighting was bright as the image was taken on a sunny day.

This word sounds very energetic and has a great vibe to it. It reminds me of the music magazine ‘kerrang’ as it is unusualand stands out.

Chosen title – font planning I made a status update onmy Facebook asking what title my friends like best out of my shortlisted titles.‘Bright Lights’ had 80% of the votes, so I decided to use this title.

Decision for Title including colour and font

The orange seems a bit dull and I do not think it represents ‘bright lights very well.

The yellow is quite bright so represents the ‘bright lights’ well, but it seems a bit boring and notVery attention catching.

The different colours represent ‘bright lights’ quite well as lights in night clubs, where dance music is mostoften played are usually different colours, but all of the colours make it look quite busy and hard to read.

This is my favourite font and colour because it is bright and not too ‘busy’. It is also very easy to read and thefont looks like lights in a night club which is a good way to show what the magazine is about too.

IMAGE COLLAGE

MY IMAGES

HEADLINES

Top tips for the day after

Drink cheap, dance for free!

… Reviews night club

How to dress to impress

Bright scenes

How to DJ

Top 10 clubs

LAYOUT (1)

TITLE

Slogan

MainImage Barcode

HeadlineWith image

Image

Headline

Headline

PLUS

LAYOUT (1)

This is a good layoutbecause it followsa lot of conventionsand is also veryinteresting and eyecatching. One drawback about it is that the main image is notin the centre of themagazine which isusually what isexpected.

LAYOUT (2)

TITLE

MainImage

Barcode

PLUS

Headline

Headline

Headline

Headline

HEADLINE TO MATCH MAIN IMAGE

LAYOUT (2)LAYOUT (2)

This layout is good.I like the way the headlines are aroundthe main image. It follows some conventions but therewill be a lot of blankspaces on it. It mayalso make the frontcover look a bit busybecause the headlinesare overlapping the main image a bit toomuch in my opinion.

CONTENTS PAGE

PLANNING

Layout (1)

CONTENTSLOGO

IMAGE

Numbers andWhat is on thepages

IMAGE

I like this layoutbut I think it is abit too simpleand boring. I alsodo not think therewill be enough room for all of thetext that is neededon a contents page.Also, the title isslanted which isnot usually seen.

Layout (2)

CONTENTS

IMAGE

Page numbersand what pagetitles

Page numbersand what pagetitles

I like this layoutbecause it is veryclear and effective.It seems a bit boringthough as the layoutmay be a bit too simple so may not bethat eye catching.

Layout (3)

CONTENTS

IMAGEPage numbersand what pagetitles

Page numbersand what pagetitles

IMAGE

Layout (3)

This layout is myfavourite becauseit is very similar tomy previous mocklayout, but with aninteresting touch toit. It is more eyecatching than theprevious layout.

DOUBLE SPREAD

PLANNING

Titles

“Quote from the article”

Something about being rich and hardworking?

-Posh charlotte goes mad

-Posh charlotte dances like a pro

-MK Char

-Posh char goes bizarre

Layout (1)

TITLE

IMAGE

ARTICLE

Layout (1)Layout (1)I think this layout could be quite effective in a different sort ofmagazine, for example, one aimed at an older generation, becausethe article will be in one block and will not catch the attention of mytarget audience.

Layout (2)

TITLE

IMAGE

ARTICLE

I like this layout because it is eye catching and follows some conventions for example,the image taking up more than half of the page. I like how the title overlaps the imagewhich helps connect the two pages together.