Contents page layout design.

I have tried to follow the basic layouts of normal magazines whilst doing my contents page, whilst doing research into my sub-genre I noticed that almost all of the magazines I looked at actually had two tables of contents, one with just a duplicate of the front cover with arrows coming from them telling you what the page references were for, and the other was the rest of the pages.

Question 4.

Question Four:        Who would be the audience for your media product?
 Age? Gender? General profile of your audience?

My target audience is for people (as its a unisex magazine) aged between 15-25, I took my target audience into consideration whilst producing my magazine, I used fresh and vibrant colours to connote youth and energy.

Another way I considered my audience was when I decided on what images to use. The subjects were in the same age range as my target audience, to try and make it more appealing for the target audience.

As I have tried to follow typical conventions of this sub-genre of magazines, I have attempted to use the more popular features, particuarily on the front cover to draw in the audience.

Progress shots

Contents page:

My initial layout for my front cover

I played around with the layout and added some more text in.

Initial layout for my DPS. (Has later since been changed back to the original layout.)

Toyed around with the positioning of the central image on the front cover, I decided I preferred the image more towards the left hand side.

Moved the images around a bit to create a framing technique on the article, drawing the attention of the viewers to it.

DPS layout design.

For my double page spread layout, I have decided to follow the conventional layout, by opening the article with an image of the artist with some text information briefly describing the context of the article.

Time Management update.

In regards to where I said I would be in the action plan, I am about a week behind due to absences because of both illness and recovering from a recent operation.

layout design of front cover.

Promotional offer/ puff:
I have decided to place this here to relate to the initial market research I did into the sub genre, the other magazines I looked at had placed it up here, which made them look more clean and professional.

"Overplayed": I've followed suite with most magazines, as they all pretty much have their brand name at the top of the front cover.

The central Image will be at the back of the cover (or on the bottom layer) this will make the text easier to read for the audience. 

The article promotions will be shaped around the central image (this will relate to my research of NME. This will also make it look more professional. The one at the top again follows pretty much all magazine styles, as they tend to have the promotions up by the magazine name.

Final fonts for magazine.

The logo itself will be written in the Phatrave font.

The contents page heading will be written in Amazon Palafita

The magazines text will be written in veranda

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