Music magazine double-page article planning

This is the draw up plan of my double page spread, i have chosen to go with the third 1 (bottom left). the title is going through the middle of where the 2 pages meet, so i will have to make sure that half the title doesn't disappear where the pages fold in. the image is going to be on the artist sitting with their legs out, their body will be on the left side of the page, and the legs coming across the right page, the article will be above their legs and below the title, so it will be a small article, but i want the main focus to be on the artist, but i have design it so it seems that the article is the centre with everything drawn around it, so it will no be left to the side with minimum importance and eye catching.

Music magazine contents page planning

These are the draw ups for my contents page. i have chosen to go with the last one on the bottom right. It is a basic contents page the title is at the top in the centre, then the image will be the most eye catching, it will take all of the right and centre of the single page up, then leave room for the contents to be on the right hand side, the actual contents wont be that long, i will make it more centered of the page and make it blend in with the picture because i want the picture to be the eye catcher of the page.

Music magazine cover planning

These are the 4 ideas i drew up for the plan of the front cover of my music magazine. i have drew up different ideas of what a magazine cover could look like. the first one on the top left is which i have chosen to go with, i believe this is the best suited plan for a music magazine, the Mast-Head will be at the top in large capital letters with the sell line above it. The image will be very large in the centre of the page so it will attract the audiences eye depending on which artist it is, and around the image are my cover lines, i have chosen to do 5 coverlines because the majority of my results front he questionnaire prefer 3 - 5 coverlines. the reason i like this plan is because it is very neat and organised but at the same time it can look entertaining and eye catching if the right colour scheme, coverlines and images are used.

Questionaire

these are my results from the questionaire i handed out on music magazine research, the results show a very clear pattern on what people prefer in a magazine. On the front page 100% of people agreed that there should only be 1 person on the front page and this does make sense as you wouldnt want the front page being really busy, there should be only 1 main attraction. I asked "how many cover lines do you think should be on the front cover?" , I found the answers to be spread out amoungst the 3 answers, but i agree with the majority who believe that there should be 3 - 5 coverline on the front cover. about 75% of people thought that the Mast head should go at the top of the page, this is the case in most music magazine which i have researched. I also asked questions about which artist people like the most, so i could get an idea on which artist i could use in my magazine, the graph indicates that most went with Lil' Wayne and Eminem, so this helps me to see which celebrity on the front page will attract eyes.

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