Main task: Photo shoot preparation and pictures I took

When I begin to create my final designs of the magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread I will need to have my own pictures to use in these parts of the magazine, so I have prepared a plan in which I can use to help me to produce these pictures, it is shown below:

These are the photos I have taken and the reason I have used them or not:

Main task: Contents page mind map ideas

For our main task we had to also create a contents page, to help me with the creation of this I have made a contents page mind map as you can see below. In this mind map of different ideas I have some things that I feel necessary to be included in the contents page, like big bold text, this will help to draw the reader into the magazine and make them want to read on. Also a suitable font will be needed, this is to ensure the reader can read the righting very easily; this is to help them process the information on the page quickly in order to minimize the change of the reader losing concentration on the magazine. The main thing however that is needed on the contents page is many different things to choose from, in other words, more content, this will interest the reader and cause them to want to read on and buy the magazine. 

Main task: Magazine front cover drawn design and mock front cover design

For this task we will have to create a magazine font cover, before this I have made a drawn design of the  front cover, this will hopefully help me with the creation of my final front cover. By doing this I have discovered various things that I will and will not include in my final design. In my design I will keep the black and red layout because I believe that it gives the magazine a professional look. Also I will stay with the large model o the front of the magazine; this will help attract the reader and help draw them into the magazine. Once the hand drawn design was developed I then made my mock front cover.

Hand drawn front cover design:

Mock front cover design:

Main task: Double page spread drawn design

For our magazine we have to create a double page spread and here I have made a hand drawn design, I will base this on my real double page spread where I will produce on the computer. The design has a few things that I will try to use in the creation of my real magazine double page spread, such as the large picture of the artist on one page of the spread, this I believe is a good effect because it helps the reader to establish a connection with the artist. Also the black and red writing layout will be used in my final design; these two colours go well together and give the magazine a professional look.    

Main task: collage showing research in to target audience