HOUSE STYLES

Colour schemeFront Cover: Contents: Double Page:

Red, black, yellow and white are frequently used in modern music magazines such as Kerrang! This colour scheme also seemed to be very popular with the participants who took my survey.

These colours will be recognisable to my audience as they will acknowledge my magazine is rock/ pop-punk styled.

This colour scheme is very attractive, the blue will brighten up and freshen the page, the purple will add femininity, the black and yellow will carry on the flow of a rock and roll theme, making the page consistent and the magazine run smoothly.

This will also appear attractive to my target audience.

Red Yellow Black and Purple all work together, the colours compliment each other.

The Yellow and black are being used again to carry on the flow or consistency, where as the purple was used in the contents, going from the title of the page and number to the actual page gives the pages a clean simplistic appeal rather than throwing in a load of new bold colours to over complicate the layout.

FRONT COVER imagesImages from Google of bands that give impressions and ideas of how I should have my models stood/sat/posing to make the image attractive and interesting.

I could use one solo person to advertise my magazine, the clothes here set the style of the magazine.

Dark background and sides might not work on the cover as it wont attract an audience, although the poses here are affective.

Contents images

Solo photos are affective on a contents page as the cover and double page spread is commonly a group of people or a band so this adds variety.

These photo’s have been edited to seem ‘fantasy’ like, this is relevant to a music magazine, especially is the model used is famous and easily recognisable.

DOUBLE PAGE images

Group images are frequently the best choice of photos for a double page spread as it shows the band as a whole, not just the singer or most popular member.

These images all show a different relationship between the members, they are all stood quite simply and strong, no complex poses or camera angles.

The setting of these images are all outside, all with trees in the background, opposed to using a studio or urban location, this may be due to the bands style or the country they live in, maybe even the audience.

Dull and dark images, contrast is high with a lot of dark and light patches.

Brighter images, edits on the camera to create an attractive affect (top image)

FONT RANGE

Adobe Gothic STD B

Tekton Pro

FrankRuehl

IMPACT

Mongolian BaitiMyriad Pro

LightRockwell

Rockwell Condensed

Segoe UI Semibold

STENCIL

Verdana

Wide LatinBaskerville Old Face

Copperplate Gothic Bold

I chose these fonts as they are strong and attractive. They may be commonly used but they will work with the style of my planned magazine.

The fonts I am going to use are colour coded depending on the section of the magazine they will fit into.

Front Cover

Contents

Double Page Spread