Research and Planning: Magazine slogan

^ This is the Kerrang! slogan...."Life is Loud".

Nowadays I have found that recent issues of Kerrang!, Rock Sound and Alternative Press do not include a slogan, so the example above is an issue that is a couple of years old.

However I thought I should include a slogan to pull my front cover together. 

I found it quite difficult to come up with a slogan that suited by genre, so I eventually came up with "Turn up the volume" which could be used for quite a few different genres especially dance music, but to make the slogan suit my genre I changed the font and distorted the text slightly to match my masthead.

Music Magazine Update: 16/12/14

 My magazine is almost complete, I have two additions to make.
1. I need to add my magazine price just above the barcode.
2. I need to act on my second part of feedback and try adding white/black borders around the poster images.

Music Magazine Update: Acting to feedback

Changing poster pull-out images.

 Moose Blood: Manchester Academy 2, November 14th 2014

Secrets: Manchester Academy, October 31st 2014

I think I will change the image to the first image since the pink lights are similar to the strip of pink running through Josh's t-shirt.

Music Magazine Update: Front cover feedback 15/12/14

For my magazine so far I decided to get some feedback to see if there are any improvements or any themes I could continue throughout the rest of my magazine.

Aisha

From this piece of feedback I have decided to definitely stick with my red black and white theme. My formal layout of cover lines is also something I should continue into my contents page.



Ellie

From this feedback I obtained that my font choice is very appropriate, and alternating colour scheme should progress throughout my magazine. I should possibly try placing white/black borders around my images so that they can stand out more since they all have a similar background, and I will get some extra feedback on this new feature.

Sarah

From this feedback I have noticed that people like my some what sophisticated approach to my magazine so I will keep this through out my contents and double page spread. I am going to act on this feedback and try using a couple of different photos instead of repeating the same model on my front cover.

Research and Planning: Magazine Front cover fonts

I kept my magazine to using only 2 fonts.
Masthead: Zillipeppo
Cover lines: Impact

I chose Zillipeppo for my masthead since it has a hardcore, edgy look around the edges and promotes rock/alternative music.

I chose Impact for my cover lines because it is bold yet simple enough to read but not boring. Impact is a very common font, but this is because its round edges make it very simple to read in lower and upper case.

One of my cover lines includes a competition, so I decided to find a similar font to my masthead and the band logo itself to make this part of the cover line stand out, since more people would be likely to buy the magazine if they could enter a competition.

Research and Planning: Analysis of Photographs

Front Cover Images:

Main Photo:

Josh Swindells















Mini Poster Pull Out Photographs:

Megan Lewin

Rebecca Fenna

James Gwynne

The last photo I am using as a poster pull-out is from the Asking Alexandria gig I went to and corresponds to one of my coverlines on my magazine.
Photo: Band; Secrets
Date: 31st October 2014
Where: Asking Alexandria From Death to Destiny Tour at Manchester Academy.





Contents Page:

My contents page will include 3 photos two of my own photos from my two most recent gigs and another photo of my cover model Josh but showing his care free side.

Top photo: Mallory Knox at Manchester Academy 2
Bottom photo: Asking Alexandria at Manchester Academy.

Josh

I am using this photo as a second introduction to Josh because it shows a funnier and care free side to his character.

Music Magazine Update: 12/12/14

I am very close to finishing my music magazine i need to add a slogan and my price then I will be finished.