Rough Cut: Double-page Spread

Rough Cut: Contents Page

Rough Cut: Front Cover

Dairy Entry: Week 4

On week 4 I planned and took the majority of the photos for my music magazine. I got the ideas I already had for my photos and decided where to take the photos, what angle to shoot them from and the models I would be using for them. This was difficult because I had to find a time when the models I needed were free, and the media cameras were available. As you can see from my photo planning sheet I took my pictures in a variety of places for example the back track and Holly’s house. I also thought about every element of the photo as the planning sheet shows. 

Photo Planning Sheet

Dairy Entry: Week 3

On week 3 I was meant to be completing my initial sketches. However, being as I was quite ill for a large proportion of that week I decided to make lists of what I wanted on my front cover, contents page and double-page spread to make sure I had a rough idea of what I wanted my magazine to look like. This proved quite difficult as I had to think very hard about every aspect of the magazine. I also had to take into consideration the fact that my style model was Kerrang/NME so my design had to have some influence from these magazines. Now that I have decided on the aspects of my music magazine I will use these lists as a jumping off point for creating my rough draft.

Initial Sketches: Double-Page Spread

Being as I was ill for a large proportion of this week, my initial sketches did not get completed, however, I was able to come up with a list of what I wanted on my double-page spread. This list told me what my double-page spread should look like and the design it would have. Here is that list:

• Big main image in the middle of Holly as Jessie J with swallow tattoos showing.
• Two columns of texts either side of the main image.
• Huge caption in the top left with a slightly transparent black rectangle behind it to make the caption more readable.
• Blue big text for the questions being asked.
• White smaller text for the answers being given.
• Pose of Holly looking away from the camera with a cigarette in her right hand.
• Page number in white writing with black background box as on the contents page.
• Background colour of columns will be light purple.