Final front cover

Contents page mockup

Mock up of front cover

Moodboard

As Media Magazine Questionnaire

1.     Should the magazine be text or image based?

Text               IIIII  I

Image            IIIII  IIIII  IIII

2.     How much would you be willing to pay for the magazine?

           10p                 IIII

           20p                 IIIII  III

           30p           

           40p                 IIIII  IIII

           50p

3.     What title would you prefer?

. Storm Raven    II

. Rock Block       IIIII I

. Urock                 III

. Oblivion  IIIII IIII

4.     How many pages should the magazine have?

-20-30  III

-31-40  IIIII  III

-41-50  III

-51-60  IIIII  I

-60+

5.     How often will the magazine be published?

-Every week   IIIII  IIIII  III

- Twice a week

-Every month  IIIII  II

-Twice a month

6.     What sort of images should be shown in the magazine?

-         Bands   III

-         Album covers

-         Band art   IIIII IIIII IIIII II

7.     What should the main focus of the magazine be?

-         Upcoming gigs   III

-         Current popular bands  IIIII

-         Upcoming bands  IIIII  IIIII  II

8.     What colour scheme should the cover have?

-         Black and white   III II

-         White and purple   IIIII

-         Black and yellow  IIIII II

-         Green and black  III

9.      What sort of topics should be included within the magazine?          (Choose 3)

-         Band reviews   IIIII I

-         List of upcoming gigs   IIII

-         Upcoming bands   IIIII

-         CD reviews    I

-         Festivals        IIII

-         Competetions

Analysis of magazine double page article

The layout of this magazine double page article if fairly formal and uses primarily very dark colours. This can be seen by the fact that the main article is clearly place at the side of the page and does not cover any of the primary image. The main colours of the double page article are black and white. The white has been used for the text on the black background, this draw the attention to the article itself and makes the text appear very bold. The image itself focuses on the guitarist as the reader is likely to find this image recognisable. This means that the reader is more likely to read the article itself after recognising a member of the band they like.

Analysis of music magazine contents page

The contents page for this magazine has been set out more formally than a lot of other music magazines. This shows the reader that it is perhaps a magazine that does not focus on genres such as Metallica and iron maiden but more current music. The main image is also set out formally as besides the single headline that is informing the reader about the band being shown, there is not writing or headlines of any sort covering the image. This was possibly done because the magazine is more about the articles and information than the images. This show that the magazine is most likely for an audience aged between twenty and thirty.

This contents page is much more disorganised and there seems to be less order involved than others this adds to the rebellious theme of the magazine and would appeal more to a younger audience. For the main articles of the magazine there are clear headline that stand out well against the images as well as bold puffs in big writing such as in the bottom centre of the page. The colour scheme for this contents page is very basic using primarily plain white and a few bits of yellow. This however helps draw attention to the more important parts of the magazine as the parts written in yellow are mostly headlines and pieces of information that the creator wants to bring to the attention of the reader. The images themselves are mostly dark images and are set out in fairly random unorganised ways which continues with the idea that this is a rebellious magazine.