My Finished Magazine

Front Page Analysis...

For my front cover, i used a sqaure font to help catch peoples eyes as first.  As well as that i used bright colours, which are almost like the 1980's.  They are very inviting and especially to those who are younger.  There is not much clogging up the page, i tried to keep it very minimalistic and simple i definitely didn't want to over crowd the front cover which i feel too many magazines do.  I used bars of different colours to help emphasise what was written on top of them.  Underneath the mast head i used a bar to write what would be inside the magazine, to entice potential buyers and then to also break up where the photo is and where the mast head is.  By breaking it up, gives it a more professional look and the look of a real magazine.  I also used a bigger box to write the main sub mast heading which gives you what is going to be the feature of the magazine, it's in a different colour to the other box as the top half of the magazine is lighter than the bottom so inkeeping with the magazine.  The fonts of the rest of the text are all the same however, they are being used in different ways to highlight what is more important, or what your eye should look at most.  I have also used purple throughout as although it is a very feminine colour it isn't necessarily discriminating boys against buying it.  The photo on the front cover is very typical of the kind of the type of music magazine i was aiming for.

Contents Page Analysis...

The contents page is using conventions of that of real magazines.  It again like the front cover is very simplistic and not over the top.  As this page is very informational it needed to be straight forward which i think that i managed to pull off.  It agains used the boxes to create a kind of column effect, again they are in purple however this time all in the same colour.  Purple is very calming colour and girls like it as it is girly and what they like to be.  The typography again is all the same in the font Orator, except for the logo for the magazine L!STEN, which is as the same as the mast head.  The very top where the mast head is confirms that it is L!STEN magazine and what it is about, pop and indie specialists.  It also informs you on what issue it is and this one happens to be an April one.  To help seperate all of the magazine i used the boxes and it seperates the logo and what type of music magazine it is from the main heading of the page which is the Contents.  For people to find what they want easier and the sorts of things that might attract them i used two lines for each section within the magazine.  The top line being one to draw them in and the bottom one the line which informs you of what sort of thing it is.  I think that it is very useful and will help people go to want they want a lot easier.  The numbers are also in level with the correct pages and are situated within one of the boxes to help make it clear.  The photos are also quite intriguing as their is one of one of the writers on a red carper, so you would want to know what sort of information they have.  The other photo is that of the main feature within the magazine and so the artists are very prominent, and showing them in a good light so people will want to look at it.  On top of the two pictures it has the page number the article will be starting on.

Double Page Analysis...

For my double page spread, i kept a white themed back ground like the contents page to make it again look simple.  By using the same font of Orator to make it all look the same, and using it in different colours and sizes to emphasise different points of the pages.  The mast head of the page is just that of the bands name Out of the Closet.  Within the text their are two quotes which are in the article however, i used them to help get people flicking through the pages to the read what is on them.  I also used the boxes inkeeping with the front and contents pages however this time i took on a different colour.  I used a different colour because the whole magazine shouldn't use the same colours as then it gets too boring and repetitive.  The writing within the article is very chatty and quite informal as it is a one on one interview, and this goes with how i was trying to portray Out of the Closet as a band.  On the page their is quite a lot of the colours blue and black, blue is mainly used for highlighting the back of the images and to emphasise the mast head.  It is also significant to highlight the quotes and enticing people into reading them.  However black is used in the fonts everywhere is as it works well on top of the white background.  Their are quite a lot of images in this double page spread, and that's because i didn't think that one would simply be enough.  Somehow all of the images are representing togetherness and unity within the group.  Like the photo with their hands making the hearts and the other two where they are very close almost hugging.  The other picture was just a play on their name and a bit of fun to show that their job is serious but they can still have fun.  Most of the pictures on the double page spread are in black and white in keeping with the colours of the fonts and background however, their is one that isn't.  I purposely left one of the photos in colours to make it stand out, it gave the readers of the double page spread something else to look at.

Overall i think that all of my pages for my double page spread use the codes and conventions of other music magazines, and that of who i am trying to target.