What to do now

After looking at other rock amgazine I had a rough idea of what i wanted the front page and content page to look like so i started to draw it out. i satrted with a simple idea then had to make a lot of changes because the layout was going to be very hard to design i also so search different types of font so i could use for the title and the text but would fit for the magazine. then started to choose what colours iam going to use i choose red, black and white as it related to rock and is easy to work from.

when i finshed that i started to take photos i know what pictures i was going to take by using differnet camera angles and taking them from different locations but with limited resources i had to take the photos from my room i asked my friend if i could use him as the model  i made him wear black and wore paint face to help give the image of him be a rock star i took around 10 to 15 pictures although a lot of them i coundnt be able to use.

Kerrang magazine cover, content page and double page spread

Kerrang is a rock magazine it provides you with all the latest news, bands and music. what Kerrang do so well is they grab the audience attention the most noteable method they use is making the text big so it easy for the reader to see it and show them what they want. They also use a mixture of photograph as it helps draw the audience in and gives you small information about the story.

The content page also uses the same theme lots of photo and text this helps the audience show what can be found at each page and make it easy for them to track a certain story.

On one of the pages they give an exclusive interview with the street fighters again they use a photo of the band and put the text around it they use a very simple layout but made very effectve as they only red, black and white making the text easy to read but stand out from the background

Research: 10/11^th December to end of term

1.    Collect some evidence of current music magazines: NME, Kerrang, Q

2.    Analyse how they construct meaning for their audience – Front page, contents, double page spreads

3.    Establish a set of rules (codes and conventions they use) / guide to creating a effective music magazine – for each page

4.    Keep a record of your research

Planning: Xmas holidays, for presentation to class 9^th January 2012

5.    Decide what type of music magazine you are going to design – what is the purpose of your magazine?

6.    Decide who is the audience (who is it aimed at?) – this will affect your design

7.    Draft sketch what you want on your front cover: colour, images, title, text, etc. – explain why (follow your rules)

8.    Draft ideal contents

9.    Photograph appropriate images for each page: stage a band / artist – consider locations, costume, props, makeup

10. Draft interview for double page spread – consider language used appropriate to genre and audience

11. Keep a record of your planning

Production: January 2012, for presentation 4/2/12

12.  Create your products using In Design

13. Record – as a diary / blog how you went about completing the task; discuss problems you encountered and how you dealt with them

14. Use an online production site to post your work and collect feedback