Double Page Spread Drafts

This was my first draft for a double page spread, and I have laid it out so everything looks presentable and easy to read. I left a whole page for the main image, because its going to be a fairly big picture and whoever is going to be interviewed is the highlight of that particular issue, so you want it to stand out and I want the artist name to be layered of the image so you instantly know who it is. I wanted the interview itself to be in columns so its readable and so I could fit other images into the interview as well.

This double page spread I tried making the interview sections bigger, instead of incorporating more images, but still keeping the main focus of the main image on one page. But for me this doesn't work as well as the first, as I think there should be a balance between images and writing, so that there isn't to much writing.

For my double page spread I'm going to use my first draft, because when I look at the two that one stands out the most, it has more to it and there is some variety to how things are positioned. This is good because people want to be excited by what they are reading and that doesn't help if the layout is boring.

Contents Drafts

This is my first draft for a contents page, the contents page usually consists of a lot of columns which I have done but I placed everything at angles to make it look more interesting, instead of it looking so boring and simple. The images and the captions I put to each other to give a taste whats in the magazine. I put in an editorial because this is vital in any magazine and it's welcoming the readers and telling them a little bit about the issue. The sections for the contents itself is farely basic, but it has to be so you can clearly read whats in the issue and I didn't want the whole page to look like it was all over the place.

This is my second contents draft, I find this one to be the busiest out of the two, this is very different from my first draft as all the sections are different sizes and placed differently. I put the editorial near the top by the page title as it's more noticeable there and I think it is more likely to be read if I put the editorial nearer to the top. I noticed that Kerrang! changed the sizes of the images on their contents page, so I thought I should see what the outcome looked like. I don't think it works that well as to me it makes the whole page seem overcrowded and a bit overwhelming.

I have chosen to use my second draft as my contents page, I did this because i think more thought went in to it and its different to other contents pages. I think that i will be able to fit more information in to it, which is good as a contents page needs to provide a lot of information.

Front Cover Idea's

This is my first draft of a front cover, I positioned the masthead at the top because I wanted the name of the magazine (Definition ROCK) to be behind whatever image I used as my front cover. Also because I wanted the title to be main attraction and the thing that you notice on a magazine, I placed the banner at the bottom of the magazine so it wouldn't draw any attention away from the title. I wanted the band name to be on top of the image and in the centre of the page and to be a fairly big font size to draw your attention to the band, and I positioned the cover lines so they were near the top and visible to persuade you to buy the magazine. A lot of Kerrang magazines put their images at the bottom of the page and I like how they are all next to each other and not all over the place.

This is my second draft for a font cover this one isn't that different from my first one as things are mainly the same but positioned differently, the masthead is positioned in the same place and in the same way. But I placed the images so that they were all in line together, but the cover lines were under each image, which is probably better as you know what the images are about. However I do think this draft looks neater but I don't like how there is less room for a wider photo and it isn't as striking as the first draft. Also again I placed the banner at the bottom for the same reasons, because I think it is too distracting at the top of the page.

I have decided that for my final front cover I have chosen the first draft, mainly because it looks like a rock magazine and I can picture how everything would be laid out. It also seems more out there and would come across as a more striking magazine than my second draft, which is what I want. I really want the reader to notice it more than any other music magazine.