Lesson Overview

In todays lesson I began to create my double page spread. I started by choosing an image, I chose the one I did because it was a good image of the musician and also because it has lots of room at the right for text. I used the same title for the headline as I did the masthead on the front cover so these to stories on the same person can be easily linked together. under the title I've added a subheading that will hopefully attract buyer s into reading this article. to make my double page spread more professional I've added the page number and date at the bottom of both pages as they do in the real music magazines published today. I have also added my name on the bottom right hand side of the second page to show who has written the article. I still have to write the text which the majority of it will be on the second, right hand, page and along with the text i will have a quote from the musician along the top of this page.

Double Page Spread Labeled Key Terms

Double Page Spread Proposal

The type of double page spread i intend to create is a interview style one. this is appropriate and relevant to my target audience because my audience are aged between 16 to 24 and at this age range people want to know more about the band then say younger people. so having a interview where i can ask question to the musician will hopefully for fill the need for information about the musician. I can incorporate original images into this double page spread a few ways, firstly i could use the original image as a background such as in this double page spread from the NME. Or i could use a large image next to the text, like in this double page spread in NME.

I will obtain information about my musician for my feature by siting down with him and asking him questions and writing the answer down, the images for my feature i will take at the same time so i will need to interview him in an interesting place so i can get the best quality pictures i can. i would like to achieve a professional, interesting and exciting visual style for my double page spread as this will make it more easy and appealing to read. finally i would like my style of writing to be understandable yet professional, use of proper English is a must as it needs to be understandable to a wide rang of reader and using slang words will isolate some people. but most of all my writing has to be informative so the readers get the most out of the article.

Double Page Spread Types

Interview

An individual or group are questioned and responses are written up usually in either a question and answer style or as continuous prose. This could be highly suitable if interview subject is from a band who is popular with 16-23 year olds. It would be best presented in question and answer style. 

Review

An individual or group are reviewed on a gig, album or song and the responses are written up usually in a continuous prose. This could be suitable if the review subject is about a band or individual who is popular with 16 - 23 year olds. 

Memorial

The double page spread goes over the achievements of a desist individual. The individual is normally a well known legend in the music industry. Usually written up in a continuous prose, it will go over there life and music career. This could be suitable if the individual is popular with 16 - 23 year olds. 

Countdown

This normally is a countdown of musicians or albums of a general theme, for example 'best albums of 2011' or 'the 50 darkest albums ever made'. usually written up in a bullet point style with extra information about the album or musician. 

Music Magazine Second Design

Lesson Overview

In todays lesson I moved on to create my contents page, I used images from live gigs that I've been to and also an image of my fictional musician. I added page numbers to all the stories and also have put titles of the stories, at the moment I am currently writing little extracts about the story for each feature. i haven't decided if I'am going to keep the back ground white or if i'll put an image as the background, i will think about it over the next few days and will also be looking at other magazines to get inspiration from them to make my contents page as professional as possible.

Music Magazine First Design

This is my first attempt at the front cover for my music magazine. I like the image I've used as it has space for my tag lines, title and extra information. Also the image is good as lines in the beach huts draw your eye to the centre of the image where the main article is. there is a few changes i will be making to my front cover to improve it, firstly I will move around the title and look at other fonts and colours as i've had feed back that the blue in the title doesn't stand out from the background as the beach huts have blue in them too, and also already published music magazines such as NME have a bold, recognisable title which I don't think mine is, so I will try and make it stand out and easily recognised.  

I posted the image of my front cover on my Facebook page to get feed back from my friends. All of them liked the front cover but not many of them put things that I could improve on so I had to go and ask people for there opinion and most of them seemed to agree with me that the title needed to stand out more and that I needed more tag lines. They also pointed out that the layout is good as everything is spaced out well and nothing covers the important parts of the main image.

Front Cover And Contents Page Flat Plans