mock front cover

I've been working on this mock, this was the sort of thing that I would look to make if i was going to have the single artist on the front of my cover. I like it at the moment but not sure if it looks to bland.

final shots

I'm still unsure on everyone that i'm going to be using but I have a few people who

said that they were happy to show in my shots, I'm hoping to use an outdoor location

with the member sitting on a step or bench giving it a relaxed look, also trying to get

something going on in the background similar to the NME edition below but then I will

also take some shots that will be easy for me to edit them then I can create a background using Photoshop. This could take a long time though and be quite difficult.

I D E A

band profile

My Band is going to consist of 4 members I intend to model it around The Brighton based Maccabees are the sort of image that I am looking to achieve in my band they currently have 2 albums released including Colour it in, being the debut album and  Wall of Arms. But Orlando thought that Colour it in was a collection of songs put together rather than feeling like an album. For the while The Maccabees are signed to record company Fiction Records, who also have signed Crystal Castles, Stone Roses, Athlete, Elbow and White Lies. The band includes 5 Orlando Weeks, Hugo White, Felix White, Rupert Jarvis and Sam Doyle. Orlando with his unique way of dress. I think that I could reach my target audience if I achieved this sort of look because I am aiming to target 16-27 mixed gender. I think this would work because a lot of younger lads are trying to achieve the dress sense or Orlando, who will be seen as a role model by these young people. Also I think that it would work because a lot of young girls like the music that is made by the maccabees but more influential most young girls find Orlando attractive. The members of my band are  lead singer, guitarist then there will be a drummer, bass player and another guitarist. They have all been friends since they were toddlers. So the band is really close, but they only started playing music together when they were 15 now they are 21 so have been playing together for 3 years, but lead singer, guitarist Harvey has been playing for another 2 years, part of another band but he decided to start new the new band with his friends. Things have been going really well for the Durham based band. They've been playing some local gigs around Tyneside, they have also been reviewed my music magazine NME. This gave the band inspiration to keep on plugging through, they haven't had a easy 3 years with the Drummer having an alcohol addiction, but been to rehab for a year and is now back on track.

Interviews

I've just been looking at some magazine interviews in Kerrang, I quickly

noticed that they stick to the Interviwer asks the questions then they have the

band answer. This is probably because the interviewer will have been given some

model questions from someone highly involved in the magazine, then they will have re

worded the questions but to make it sound more interesting, but to get the same answer.

There is normally a question on how the band get along ? or something along theese

lines. This is so that they can try and give the reader a bit of in sight in to the bands that

thay like. This is why they would of brougth the magazine.

how my pitch went

I didn't think that I prepared it as well as I could of. I missed

the lesson where the majority of the class did there pitch so

was maybe had an advantage because I had longer to prepare, but

ob the on the other hand could be a disadvantage because I couldn't

see what other people had done. The animoto that I had made for

my pitch went okay and people pretty much understood in what I am

trying to acheive with my magazine. Apart from that I made a mistake with

the title of my magazine, I spelt in 'Dukebox' where it should of been

'Jukebox' this was a school boy error on my behalf. There was a few a

questions that I was asked, on of them including 'What will your new's

feed be about' I replied 'The main part of the news will be based on reviews

of new local bands, also there will be reviews on recent gigs that have been

 played in the area.'

the pitch

idea

Even though this is not animated I really like the idea

of this font for my magazine and i think that i am going to use this unless

I have a drastic change of thought. It looks pretty cool and is not 

to much so think i'm going to use it. This will probably 

be a different colour though to match the colour scheme that i decide to use.

new masthead?

After looking at a few of the front covers of the Complex magazine 

I really like the animated font that they have used on the front on some of 

them, i'm thinking about having a go at designing a font that is almost 

animated. I think that this would look good on the front of my magazine, but 

i've got to be careful that it is not to similar.

After looking at some magazine names I had the idea to  call my magazine "Dukebox"

I don't really know the reasoning behind this but i liked the name, I came up with a few 

draft ideas of what it could look like on my magazine. heres the first design. 

This first design is very basic but i think it could work if was given a bit of colour, but i 

think that for the final design I would want a font that flowed and had a bit more 

character to it like a duke box. Here was an idea 

Yet again this looks okay but I wouldn't really be that happy with it on 

my final draft of the magazine. I think that i like the font but just not to sure 

on the colour. I'm going to try make it a bit more bolder.

This is the final design that i have created and i'm pretty happy. It will hopefully 

stand out to someone searching for a magazine. also i don't think it is to much.

Looking back on my prelim magazine that I made and designed 
you can see that I kept to the basic colour schemes of black, 
white and red. Even though I was happy with this at the time, now looking at 
it looks almost bland and could of done 
with something else on there to brighten it up whether this being that the picture was not
 black and white or I added in some more detail. I think I probably should 
of put something within in the background so when creating my final magazine
 cover i'm gonna try and get something that can occupy the background.

The contents page I wasn't that pleased with and didn't spend as much 
time as what I wanted as I rushed it. I think that it looked very bland 
and there was nothing to it. Next time I will add in some other features like 
a bar where you can scan through what is in the whole of the 
magazine by just looking at it. There wasn't much to my 
contents page other than a couple of pictures and a head mast 
saying that it was the contents page.