A draft for my music magazine, contents page and DPS

Music magazine draft

This is the initial design of a magazine cover that I would like to create. I chose my image to be located on the right hand side, whilst the cover lines are located on the left, this is done because, most people tend to read from left to right, therefore I would like the cover lines to have more importance. The image on the left would be show a female as a leading artist, I would also include a sell line that says '30 greatest hits', therefore this will attract the reader to purchase the magazine. The image takes up two hotspots, therefore consumers will look closely at the image if it takes more then half a page.

Contents Page Draft

The initial design of my contents page was to include a masthead that said 'Gosha this week', as the article in the double page spread was on the artist 'Gosha'. I put the masthead at the top, as contents pages keep their masthead above the image, therefore follows the convention of a contents page. The cover lines are to the right hand side, as I wanted the image to be the focus in the contents page. Also, I want a picture of a female where she has a side pose, therefore it will look like she is looking at the cover lines, suggesting that this contents page is worth reading.

       

I have added 'Band Index' to the left hand side,as as the features displayed are conventionally in a list, therefore it suggests that the contents page is full of articles and interesting 'News', this indicates that some people will then purchase the magazine if the contents page looks attractable with information that interests them.

Double Page spread draft

This is my initial design for my double page spread. I put the masthead at the left hand side, as I want the masthead to have importance, as it's a quote said from the artist 'Gosha', therefore this will attract the reader to buy it, as young girls may be interested in reading an article on her personal life.

The image will be on the left hand side, as I want her to point at some text that she says, therefore it will suggest that she is guiding her readers along the article, this will persuade girls to buy the magazine, as stereotypes suggest that girls like gossip, therefore I assume that they will read the article. The text boxes start of fairly small, then the writing increases, therefore I will like to structure my paragraphs as all magazines structure their paragraphs.