2. My double paged spread that i have been working on will take prioritie on the contents page with the pictures included being the ones of my artist 'Roxy Rouge'. This will be the first feature included on the contents page followed by others such as tour dates, other interviews and reports of gigs and new bands.
3. Considering i am aiming at a younger audience of around 16-25 i would need to include lots of pictures if they were just flicking through to grab the attention of them. Depending on each article i would have to consider how many pages i would dedicate to it but usually if it is a more important article then it would be a double page spread.
4. The artist i have created for my magazine is an established artist but throughout my magazine i would have a mix of unsigned artists, established artists and iconic. I would like to include recent updates of unsigned bands or bands which will be 'coming soon'. My magazine represents all types of artist but specifically for the genre of rock.
5. The house colours i have decided to use are black, white and dark purple. Both black and white are used regularly in magazines as white writing on a black background is very effective and black has connotations of darkness and therefore the rock image i am trying to create. The dark purple is a bit of a personal touch as i like the colour and i feel it is a unisex colour as my ideal readership is just about half and half with both genders.
6. For my style features i will include a collumn like layout with pull quotes from the artist in the house colour of dark purple. I feel this is very effective as it wil attract the reader in to wanting to read the whole article. I will use subheadings to show a clear seperation between the information and to make it easier for the reader to follow.
7. For my lnaguage style i will use a variety of styles of text but generally colloquial language in which will feel personal to the reader. In my double features page spread i used words such as 'chill' which give it a really casual feel to it. It's not so much that i will use abbreviations, but i would like to make it slightly humorous and sensational. There will naturally be questions involved in the interviews and exclamations depending on the answers given.
8. Following on with the colloquial language, i will use first names in interviews when adressing the artist which makes the reader feel like they know them personally.
9. For my type face i have used sans-serif writing, as i am trying to represent people interested in rock music i feel writing including flicks may be a bit too femenine for the people i am tryin to attract. The big bold writing grabs the attention of the reader and shows the rock element in my magazine.
10. In my magazine i will include logos which are associated with particular bands in order to sell things such as tickets for gigs and CD's. I have also considered whether to include my masthead in my contents page and have decided not to as the reader will already know the magazine due to brand identity shown through house colours and typefae.
11. For my photography style i have decided to use both direct- to make the reader feel like they are connected personally to the artist, and indirect- to show the live images and to make it look more natural, following on with the live music theme. Most of the photography will be posed for, such as the ones used in my double page spread as it is an interview and photoshoot.
12. Generally the photos i have uised are on the right hand side as it is usually where the eye is drawn to when flicking through a magazine, and as my ideal readership are younger they are stereotypically leading busy lives and impatient. By using the photographs this way it will catch attention andake the reader want to read the rest of the article. The text fits around the images in an interesting way to make each page look different.
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