Updated Contents & Front Cover

Front Cover

My front cover originally looked very much like a fashion magazine, this was due to the lack of information and photos that related to music in general. Not many changes were made regarding the layout because I like the way that my layout is very simplistic with lack of detail.

After looking at other magazines again and comparing them to my own, I felt as if my magazine was missing something and that was colour. I thought originally the lack of colour might make my magazine stand out to others but, it did the exact opposite. The lack of colour and the simple layout didn't make my magazine look striking, this was the reason why I included a few musical notes with the colour blue in it to add more colour to my overall look of my magazine to then it would not only relate and look more like a magazine but, also look much more colourful.

I included the colour blue because it is considered beneficial to the mind and body. It slows human metabolism and produces a calming effect.

Contents Page

After comparing my contents page to other magazines that are in the same genre as mine. I included more music notes to show a continuity of a musical themed magazine, I also continued to use the colour blue throughout my pieces to show that there is no selected gender that this magazine is aimed for. I also used turquoise blue because it worked well with the colour of the guitar that I used in my photo shoot, which is the one used in the collage on the left hand side of my contents page.

I included separate object numbers found on the program called Canva for the page numbers. This was so then it wouldn't look completely simplistic. Overall I wanted to make my contents page layout different to any of the other indie-pop magazines so then my magazine would look unique and different to others. I made my layout very dissimilar to other layouts seen previously in my prep and research. By including the word 'contents' in my contents page, I thought I would place it at the bottom of the page, instead of at the top like a typical magazine layout.

Throughout my contents page, I have included the colour scheme of turquoise blue, grey, black and white. This was also included in the collage that my photos were included in, this was to show continuity throughout my work.