Feature

For my magazines feature page I wanted to create something in which allowed you to get inside the mind of the artist and I soon found something in which inspired the first page of my feature:



The idea that crossed my mind was that I could have the artists name and around them words or phrases that had something that reflected their personality or life.

The first version of this page I came up with was this:

I then decided that I didn't think the colour scheme reflected my magazines brand very well as the red was rather harsh in contrast to the black and pale pink. So I changed the colour scheme to the one down below in which has a lighter background colour in order to bring out the warmth of the purple used:

Happy with the outcome I finally put in my picture of Chiles and produced this:

I soon created my final version with a few changes made to it, also a name change for the solo artist of my magazine feature. Below is the final outcome:

Now on to the final page of my feature. I wanted to keep it all very simple and close together as I wanted to once again represent the branding of my magazine - the simpleness of family and the tight bounding bond between relatives. The first one I produced was this:

However, with this one I decided that the closeness of the text on the page was a little too much and so I decided to space it out more. I also like before changed the colour scheme to make it seem less harsh on the readers eyes and more warm. Below is what I produced as a second version:

Happy with the layout I had produced I decided to add in a few more touches to my magazine feature. Another photo, a pull quote and some decoration to the page. This is what I produced:

And adding in a few more subtle adjustments to make my feature really come to life as if it could be real I created this:

Contents

Down below is an example of an actual country music magazine contents page in which I have annotated. Although it is a real example of a country music magazine contents page I don't like it. The reasons I don't like the contents page is because I don't think it shows what type of magazine it is unless you actually read what is inside. Another reason why I don't like the contents page is because it doesn't actually have any pictures that shows what is going to be inside on the following pages. The final thing I really hated about it was the fact that the contents page is black and white although other parts of the magazine are not. I don't thiink it represents the country genre too well.

However, the one thing I do like about it is that it advetises in bold. It's a good way of trying to get people to buy the magazine, it intices them in and after looking at the front cover of the magazine the next thing people will look at is the contents and advetisements draw people in.

Down below is the first version of my contents page:

The first thing I didn't like about this version of my contents page was that the brown banner seemed to be overpowering my colour scheme and so I changed it to the one below this text:

However, the banner on this page looks overpowering itself in size and so I'm going to make it smaller. Also, I need more headers for my contents pages sections and so I'm going to add in another one. One other thing I'm going to do is add in a promotion with a picture in order to entice the reader more.

Down below is the third version of my contents page in which shows all of the changes made that I spoke about above:

The final version of my magazine's contents page really has one change that is very easy to miss but had to be done after changing my solo feature articles name. So, below is the final version:

Front Cover

The image above is the first version of my magazine's front cover I created. However, there are easily a lot of problems with it. The first noticeable one being that the bottom banner is more prominent than the masthead which should be the first thing a viewer see's. The next problem with my front cover is the actual image itself. The main focus should be Chiles but the shot is too far away from her. Also the background of the image doesn't feel country enough as you can see it is just a back garden.

How do I plan to edit this out?

Well, I was thinking of maybe changing my mastheads main font because I don't think it stands out enough. I'd rather it have the black stroke around it like all the other texts does as then I believe it will stand out. Also, I'll make the banner smaller and edit out the stroke around the text so it's not as bold but is still eye catching. To sort out my problem with the image I'm going to take a new one without the background. The reason I'm doing this is so I can cut out Chiles and have the shot focusing on her and her lost state. Then with this I'll take off the stroke around the coverline text as I my coverlines will be readable without it.

The image below is with the changes I spoke about above, hwoever, I didn't change my masthead as I wanted to see what it looked like if I kept it.

The image above is the third version of my magazine with all of my edits and extra ones that I didn't like on my second. I changed my masthead to one with the same type of idea, although not as clearly seen but it is clearer to read and noticeable on my front cover.

However, I made a few minor changes to it. I made my puff smaller as I think it takes too much room up and I used my banner to advertise something that is more likely to gain the readers attention. Below is what it came out like:

After changing my feature article's name I had to go back to my front cover and change it there too. So, below is the final outcome of my magazine's front cover: