#2 Deconstruction of magazine cover

There is lots of different text and colours on this magazine front cover. The name of the magazine is in white and is very bold. It is very noticeable and has been placed in a great place. The font throughout the cover is very clear and easy to read. The colours a mainly white and yellow or a dark background. This means that the text is easy to identify and to read. The colour scheme for this particular magazine is very dark and gloomy and it doesn't stand out as much as other magazines do.

The body language of  Drake in the photo on the cover is as if he's slouching but looking directly at you.They have done this because the want you to feel like he is looking directly at you when you pick up the magazine. This draws people in because they then feel involved with the magazine.Because he is wearing a black t-shirt the cover then has the main sell  line right across him. This is affective because as they are looking at him readers will clearly see the words "UNSTOPPABLE" written across the front of the cover. This particular sell line will defiantly grab the viewers attention and they will then buy the magazine because they will want to read more about the story.

The framing on the cover is that Drake is right in the centre of the page. This is to ensure that people clearly see him, as he is a popular artist people like him and want to find out any bit of information on him. On the right side of his face you can see some light, this tells me that he is standing opposite to a light which is bounding off his face. This gives us the impression that although he is mysterious he is also gentle and he has lots to tell.

The composition of the cover is that Drake is placed in the centre of the cover. There is yellow and white sell lines around his body and a main sell line right across the bottom of the page. The bar code is placed on the bottom left of the page. The header is placed at the top of the page and it features lots of popular artists such as "Lil Wayne and Kobe" and "Kellis". This has been done because you will see the top of the page and you will also want to know more on these particular people.

Proposal form

Proposal Table

This is my proposal table for my magazine. I have detailed it well because I want it to be clear on what I am doing.

Type of Magazine (fashion, music, etc)	Country music magazine.
Name of Magazine	I will call my music magazine Sound. I have chosen this name because it is a new attractive name for a magazine. It also hasn’t been used before because I wanted my magazine to be new and different from others that have been created before.
Audience (male/female)	My main audience will be females however because my magazine will contain images and articles of new female music stars it may encourage men to buy the magazine as well. The age range for my magazine will be from teenagers to young adults under 30.
Audience (attitudes and interests)	The audience’s attitudes and interests will vary however the main one would be to be different and to not want to follow the crown of pop music magazine followers.
Outlet (where it can be bought from?)	My magazine can be bought from news agents and supermarkets such as Morrison’s and Asda.
Necessary Information	The magazine will be £1.50. It will be able to be subscribed too. The main colours will be red and white because I want to keep it professional and simple.
Selling Point	My main selling point will be the interview on the new country star Natasha.
Theme (article)	The theme will be a country music magazine. The theme of the interview on the singer will be about her tour dates and also her rise to fame in the UK.
Images Front Cover	The image on the front cover will be a close up of Natasha. The girls name I will use is Sarah Thoms. I have used her because she looks very country like and also because she looks very elegant just like what a celebrity on a general magazine cover would look like.
Images Inside	I will use another smaller image on the contents page then I will use a large image on my double page spread.

Initial Ideas

I am going to choose to do a music magazine instead of a TV magazine because I think doing a music magazine for students at college will be a lot easier. Most college srtudents have break between lessons and might not have anything to do. Chosing a music magazine is a good idea because most students have a lot of intrest in all tyoes iof music, whethers its pop or rock or country at some point they will have listened to different types of music. I also have more interest in music magazines rather than TV magazines so I will be able to make a music magazine more easily rather than a TV magazine.

I would want my magazine to be a country related magazine. I thought about making a pop music magazine but I realised that lots of people are creating pop magzines and I believe that making a country magazine will be different and popular with srtudents looking for something different.
 In the magazine I will include my own celebrity and also artists such as Taylor Swift.

In my magazine I will feature Tyalor Swift. I watched this concert of hers and it encouraged me to use her as a side line story.

Preliminary -Magazine Cover

This is my original image which I used to create the magazine cover.  I used this image because they look very serious and real. It was pictured on a white wall so I can easily edit the background. When I used this image I cropped out the white light in the top left corner because it looked odd, and I didn't want it in the magazine cover.  The image on the left is the original and the image on the right is the cropped version I used on the cover.         

Once I cropped the photo I added it into Photoshop. I edited the photo and made it more lighter. The bottom of the original image was very dark but on the new image I made it more light. This makes the image look better and more professional. I also added a shadow effect to the image to make Ben and Jay stand out. I then thought of a title and then added it into the photo. I named the title 'TMUSIC' I did this because it sounds new and it expresses that it is a pop music genre. Once I added the title I then added in the date, price and issue number in black writing underneath the green title. I wrote it in back so it would stand out on the white background and so that the green text was easy to see without being distracted by a bright flashy colour. 

Once I added the title and sub-headings I added in a barcode which I copied from Google Images. I simply dragged the image from Google and placed it in the bottom right corner of the front cover. I then started adding in the mast headings but i only wrote half in because I hadn't thought of a name for the band on the cover. 

I had then thought of a name for the band. I called them 'BENJAY' I did this because their names are Ben and Jay, and also because I couldn't think of another name for the band. I think that it looks catch and sounds realistic. Once I thought of the name I added in the words. I also added another mast head saying "Were better than Coldplay".

Then once I added everything I double checked everything and made it look right. I positioned everything in the right place and sure it looks realistic. This is my final screenshot of my magazine cover.

Analysing a Double Page Spread

LAYOUT:
There is 3 columns used in the spread. There is 2 images on the pages. The first image is just before the writing. It is very small image at the beginning of the text. There is only one headline at the beginning of the page saying 'this year's most unique voice'. There is no straplines used in this two page spread. The two different pages are very different. The first page had lots of writing on about the article and the second page it is just one large photo. The colour in the page is very simple is is mainly white with  few red lines of text pointing out quotes and the headline.

IMAGES:
There is only one photograph used in this two page spread. The image is of a female 'Florence Welsh'. In the image it s very classical, there is a lot of vintage stuff such as lamps, mirrors and jewellery.  Their is an image of the celebrity 'Florence Welsh'.  The first page is text related, and the second page is image related. There is no captions used in the image. The images point of view is through males.

LANGUAGE:
The size of the font is very small. The font is very plain however it is italic. There is quotations used througout the text. "The album easily justifies that pre-emptive Brit."

Deconstruction of contents page

Masthead

It is positioned at the far left top corner. The font is big and bold and the text is white. 

Necessary Information 

it was issued in October 2008, issue number 267 and the contents page number is 3. They are all positioned at the top of the page spread out across a black banner. The page number is at the bottom right corner. The web link to the magazine website is www.othermusic.com and is placed in the top right corner underneath the black banner. 

Text

The text is rather small and black so its looks professional. Most of the text is placed on the left side of the page and there is a large picture placed on the right side of the page. There is a lot of text on the page but it is organised neatly so it looks professional. The use of numerical figures is mainly wrote on the left side of the page with all of the text, but some on the figures are around the page, such as the number 3 in the bottom right corner. 

Font

The font is pain and simple. The font styles vary from bold to italic. The colour is black so it stands out against the white background. Italics are used to show that there is something different in the text. The bold text is used to make it stand out for people so it is easier to read.

Images
There is two images on the page one large and one slightly smaller. The Courteeners and Nick Cave. The images are not anchored. The first image is at the top of the page and the smaller one is at the bottom.

Colour
There is 3 different colours of text on the page. The different colours are used to make the text stand out and to help grab the readers attention.