Sunday, 5 December 2010

flatplan for front cover

I am choosing to go for a commen front cover design, Inspired by Vibe magazine's Drake edition I have used a central charecter covering most of the space. For my central charecter I decided to use a picture of a DJ from a high angle, this gives the effect that the magazine are up close and personal with this artist. The DJ decks also draw your eye around the page.


With the typography I decided to use the standard neon on black house colours to let the target audience know that it was an issue of Dub Step Central. I also decided that I should use different articles and stories that could be featured on the front cover in box outs and pull quotes to attract the audience before they look through the magazine.

Friday, 19 November 2010

1. My magazine contents page will feature up and coming artists, new track releases, Dubstep related facts and information, topics for different subject matters and images to accompany main articles.

2. Each article would be spread out throughout the magazine, I will do this with additional information inbetween them, to spread them out. Each article will have it's own subheading and  any information will not be cluttered as i don't want to stear away from my target audience.

3. My target audience has a shorter attention span to the average magazine customer, therefor I cannot keep the topic going for too long. I would say at most is a double page spread for one article, unless it was spread out subtlely.

4. I am sticking to the one genre which is Dub Step as my music magazine specialises in Dub Step. I will feature new, up and coming artists and older experienced artists to provide variety and information the reader will not know.

5. Dark black background with neon element s and contrasting colours.

6. I will have a more relaxed approach to my contents page as this is what my magazine will contain and I want the target audience to be able to easily navigate and find what they are looking for. They should also be blown away by the headlines and pictures, wanting to read all of the articles at once!

Saturday, 13 November 2010

Magazine Photography

  I took a range of different photos I could use for my features page,
these two were my favourite close ups, they consist of a set up, DJ enviroment. 
I used a red light bulb to capture the red neon like brand identity within. Also using my subwoofers, amp, monster energy cans, cd's, light and flat cap/hoodie I captured my ideal set up with the information i have on the target audience. These photos have not been edited, however if I were to use them I would blur out the unnecessary background and focus more on the Artists face.