Drafting

This is my latest magazine draft, I am generally happy with the layout but I now intend to change the masthead and add a subsidiary image. I obviously also need to add extra cover lines and make the main cover line bold and more easily readable. I am also in the process of creating a banner at the bottom of the page, to which I will add more content. 

Looking at Contents Pages

 I really like the neat layout of Kerrang!'s contents pages. There is a clear, eye catching main image which stretches across half of the page. Whilst a banner is used to establish the band and the page references are listed below. Kerrang! consistently sticks to codes and conventions by using the main colours of yellow,black,white and red. A personal touch is added with the editor's note, and the magazine is further promoted by the use of subscription offers.

When creating my contents pages, I chose a strong main image. I then aimed to use around 4/5 additional images. I alternatively made my contents pages a double page spread however. I have used my own original photography of concerts to surround my page references for gig dates, which I hope looks effective.

Music Magazine Drafts

These are some of my first drafts of my music magazine using Indesign.

On this second draft, I have added an image. I removed the background of 

the initial image by using Photoshop, in order to make the image stand out more. 

As you can see, in this basic first draft I have simply created a basic layout. I have set the masthead against a bold yellow background and used a small banner advertising the website above.

A prezi I made in the planning stages of my contents production