INITIAL ROUGH MAGAZINE DESIGNS

MAGAZINE DESIGN CONVENTIONS – FRONT COVER

Masthead – Like a convectional magazine front cover I will design my magazine with the masthead at the top of the front cover. This will help attract audience, as it will be easily visible and eye catchy. Headlines – I will place the headlines and articles around my main image, which will help me achieve to show the variety of the articles that are included in my magazine. Articles will be placed in such way that the main image will be clearly visible.

Main image – The main image will be placed in the center of the front cover and will be surrounded by the articles. The main image will be a music artist, preferably a guitar player, but other artists still count as an option. Double spread article – This will be included on the front cover, most likely on the bottom of it and the features of its headline will be eye catchy, since that will be also the main story in the magazine.

MAGAZINE DESIGN CONVENTIONS –CONTENT PAGE

Masthead – The masthead on the contents page will be “Contents” with the issue number of the magazine and the name of the magazine around it. The name and the issue number will be in a smaller font, as they are not the main focus. Apart from the issue number, there will be page number included at the bottom of the page. Image - there will be only one image of an article. That will be the image of the main story, it will be next to or underneath the main story article.

Page No. 1

Headlines – They will be placed one under another, is it is very simple and nice looking. Under each headline will be a short review of the article that it is connected to. Each headline will be numbered, according to the page that it represents.

Background – There will be an image included in the background, the image that will be included may not be related to the articles in the magazine. The image will be either and artist or an instrument such as a guitar or drums.

MAGAZINE DESIGN CONVENTIONS – DOUBLE SPREAD ARTICLE

Image – The image will be of a landscape layout and it will cover whole two pages of the double spread article. It will be about the article and what is written in it. It will be surrounded by the article itself, the middle of the image will be clearly visible.

Headline – It will be on the top left corner of the double spread sheet article. It will be eye catchy, since the main story will be included in the double spread sheet article. Below the headline will be the standfirst, which will explain what the article Is about.

MAIN ARTICLE IDEAS

Potential Article Ideas

New Bands

FestivalsTours

Tips

I can write about tours that band are attending, the dates of the

tours, the locations and the bends going on tours

In this kind of article I will include tips for different types of instruments and different

types of music styles.

New bands and their identities are always in the spotlight,

this is most probably the most attractive article about music.

Festivals are always happening and music fans

want to know when and where are they going to be.

INITIAL DOUBLE SPREAD ARTICLE TOPICNew BandsI have decided to write about new music bands as my main story. In rock music, there are rarely only singers, it is mostly made out of bands, that is the reason why I have chosen to write about new uprising bands, as they are what is rock music made of. Music fans constantly want to discover new music resources to listen to, to learn from and to watch, that is why making a main article about an uprising music band will make the magazine more attractive. I believe that this is a good theme to write about since it is wanted by music fans and helps magazine be more popular.

INITIAL MAGAZINE DESIGN IDEAS

Content sample for the front cover:For my front cover I will include six sub stories. These will be used to attract the attention to the magazine. Those will be: Interview with Band o’ Glavi AC/DC Europe Tour Rock am Ring 2016 Line-up Guitar tips

Color Scheme

CONTENT SAMPLE FOR THE CONTENT PAGEFor my content page I will include: Two original photos One column with articles included in the magazine More articles spread around the page Main story in the bottom of the page Numbered articles across the page

Color Scheme

ARTICLE SAMPLE FOR DOUBLE SPREAD

For my double spread article I will include a story about an uprising band from Serbia. This band started as a school band and stayed after school. They established in 2014, since then, many member passed through the band line up, some have been there since the beginning, some are new. Since 2014, they have been rocking stages wherever they go, they had some problems in the past, but now, it is all resolved. The interview is after their performance in Dom Omladine.

Color Scheme

DEVELOPMENTFrom my initial design I have evaluated the good and the negative aspects of it. I have changed some details from the initial designs and developed my final idea. I have excluded the ideas that do no suit a music magazine and would not help in attracting attention.I have decided to move the articles from the bottom of the front cover and leave that space open.The content page will mostly stay the same, except there will be a picture on the right part of it, and on the bottom the main story with a picture on its right.The double spread article will have the text and its title on the left, on the right will be the main focus of the image with a quote from the article.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR MY INTERVIEWAfter writing an introduction, there will be a section of questions included in the article, I will choose some questions from this sample: If you don’t mind, I’d like to start from the place where you

feel the best, the stage. Dom Omladine, let’s hear impressions?

I’d like to go back to the beginning of your band. You have been here for a long time. How would you describe the evolution of your band over the years?

How would you describe the changes in the music that you play?

There has been a lot of people in you band, and each has left its mark. Did former members influence the music that you play, and to what extent work with them influenced you as a person?

How does this way of working affect the music itself in the creative sense, and how much in terms of promotion? Are you in any way, directly, indirectly, or on your own cause a change in the sound or message that your music is to send to people?

Your recently released a new single “We Are”. Why such a title and what does it mean to you?

What events are you particularly fond of and because of which are you most frustrated when you remember them?

Can we expect some announcements for the next period? At the very end, do you have a message for our readers?

SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR MY INTERVIEW