Pre Production Mood board

Music Magazine Pre-Production

Inspiration….

Magazines

Bands

Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Oasis, Blur, The Verve, U2, The Streets, The killers, Jamie T, The prodigy.

Styling fonts and logos

Masthead Designs

I found all of these font’s from the website ‘dafont.com’ I pasted them into photoshop and edited them the way I would like to see them in my magazine.‘2DM’ Would stand for Today’s Music I’ve edited the colours of the text, On Bridge I turned the ‘E’ the opposite way round and with the ‘Beat’ and the ‘Encore’ I just changed the font colours.

Photo Shoot Ideas

Photo Shoot Production Ideas

I have chosen to use a Medium close up image to portray an influential and successful artist. I find the image’s striking and appealing. Naturalistic style is key to my design and a plain background is also very important. I want my image to stand out so I don’t want the consumer to be distracted by the background of the image.

When looking to buy a magazine this use of imagery stands out from its opposition giving a very individual look and a distinct finish.

My Magazine SketchI have decided to use a Red, Black and White colour theme similar to the one’s used in magazines NME and Q. I’m basing magazine design and content on these well known and popular magazines as I wanted to appeal to an older audience who genre interest’s are that of indie and rock. I chose the magazine name ‘Encore’ as I felt the ‘giving you more’ selling line was the theme I was going for and this really reflected what I meant. I’ve decided to break the left third rule as NME and Q regularly do as I feel this give the magazine more space and gives the impression that the magazine is well know and doesn’t need to sell for its cover lines. The main cover line will be big and bold really complementing the large image I will use and for the “life on the road” quote I will use a ‘handwritten’ text as this gives a personal touch to the cover. I intend to place my free give away box on my left third as it is a key selling point. But above all I want the image to be the main focal point as I feel this really does sell a magazine.

Inspiration from other music Magazines