an update after choosing final shots

After taking my final shots for my magazine I am pleased to say they have turned out very well and are exactly how I wanted them to be. The pictures I took match very closely to the ideas that I had in mind. Although there is not as much variation in the background location as I would have hoped for, I am pleased overall with the people featured in the images, along with the clothing they are wearing, and the facial expressions they are using. I was pleased with my camera skills and am happy with the lighting and focus of all the images I have chosen.

music magazine shot planning

shot drafts

my chosen title block

This is my chosen title block. I have chosen it due to the fact that it fits into conventions of the genre of magazine I have chosen to do. I have chosen a font with erosion effect due to the fact that it gives an almost urban feel. The colour of the font is black so as to stand out and contrast onto the light background of my page. It too is the colour black as the colour scheme for my cover page is black, white and red. This is a common colour scheme for magazines in my genre and is often found featuring on magazines such as Q or NME. The font is in bold and a large size so as to be spotted clearly on the cover, making my desired readers able to identify the magazine immediately amongst others.

example title blocks

This is the title block for a music magazine of my chosen magazine genre. The letters 'NME' stand for New Musical Express, and the usual colour schemes of indie rock music magazines are often red, black and white. Therefore this title block fits in with the colour scheme of the magazine covers. It is in capital letters and bold writing and therefore stands out on the cover page. The fact that the text is in red will also stand out from the background that would presumably be white.



Pop music today is thought to be aimed at a slightly younger age group, for this reason the colouring is bright and would therefore appeal to the younger audience. Pop is also thought most commonly listened to by girls and for this reason the main colouring of the title block is pink. The use of the '<3' instead of the word love shows that the title is for the younger generation as this is an example of how they may text their friends. The font is plain and easy to read, it looks to be quite casual and is not too formal.







This is the title block of the Q music magazine. This magazine is of the indie-rock genre which is my chosen genre. Once again it follows the conventional theme of a music magazine of this genre. The title block is red and white and there would usually be black used throughout the cover also. The font is simple but the slight flick on the Q makes it look slightly different which relates to the genre of indie which is slightly different and out of the ordinary.

influences on my double page spread article text

In order to get inspiration for the text on my double page spread article, I looked at some articles in recently published magazines. For this reason my text is arranged into columns and is in dark colour so as to contrast onto the dark background of the image behind it. The article contains information on his newest album which is just released, and it too contains information of his up-coming tour, for this reason fans of the artist will be drawn to read the article in order to find out new information which would excite them. The target audience for my magazine starts at the age of people around sixteen. For this reason I have kept the language quite basic so as to be understood by all ages and classes of people who read the articles in the magazine. If, for example, the magazine was aimed at elder people of a higher class the language contained in my article would be much more formal, however as it is targeted to a younger audience I have kept the language quite informal and seemingly 'chatty'.