This shows my title, people, props, written content, location, layout and extras.
Title: When making my magazine Title had to link it with the colour scheme I was using and also come up with a good name for it. My inspiration for my title came from one of my favorite song 'Spectrum' by Zedd. I felt that the title wasn't out of place when placing it on my front cover; it didn't take up to much of the front cover and didn't take away attention from the front photo. Like most conventions of a magazine I have placed my title at the top just under the skyline so that it can catch my target audiences eye with the colours then they will notice the magazine and hopefully pick it up. I have also placed the issue no, the music genre and date underneath it. A typical magazine normally has this down beside the barcode along with the price however I decided that it would look better placed at the top. Doing this would allow the customers/audience to find out what issue number it is quickly due to the masthead being one of the first things they will see. I found that my title went well with my genre of magazine due to the font being modern and the colour scheme fitting well with my main theme of electronic music, space etc.
People: I used two different models within my photos. I used my friend Micheal to pose as my main artist, Slender. Then for my second artist Aviators I used my friend Lilly. I used these people because I felt that they were styled to my genre of music (accept for Micheal, I had to dress him up to make the character of Slender), making it easier for the audience to believe this is a real magazine and helping to make it look more professional.
Props:
As my magazine follows the genre of EDM, I had to get clothing and props that would suit this certain genre. I had to research magazines and people who were in my genre and I then started to make decisions on what my models would look like. When doing my photoshoots I used different outfits for my different artists. My main artist Slender followed an urban legend so I had to create an outfit similar to that, so I had my model wear a suit and a morph mask which would hide his face and create the illusion of him being Slender. Then for my other artist I made her where 'indie/modern' clothing because from my research that's what I found EDM artist would wear. I didn't feel I had to use any props in my photoshoots i.e. musical instruments because my artists don't use them when making their music and photos of them using them wouldn't have gone so well on my magazine.
Written Content: The written content within my magazine started with the contents page. The first thing I wrote about was what was in my magazine and I told my audience a little bit about them so they knew what the page was about; in MixMag they did this so by following it in a similar style I think made my contents page more professional. Writing up the article for the double page spread was a harder thing to do but however It allowed me to be my artist and give him a background to what it is like being him. When writing this I felt that explaining everything behind him made my audience connect with him more and understand what it is like being an EDM artist.
Layout: The layout of my magazine cover, contents and double page spread were based loosely on pages from MixMag a large scale EDM magazine, this is because I wanted to create the same, professional but informal feel as they did within their magazines. I think I was successful in doing so, the mise on scene for my magazine cover is correct for my chosen genre and I feel that the way I have layed it out can relate to my genre because it is something different.
(I did not look at any references for my front cover, I made it from scratch)
The cover is my favourite part of the magazine I created, this is because I feel that it looks like a professional magazine. Of course I could tweak it i.e. Have more on the front cover and try not to clash the colours with the background. I feel that the layout of each of my pages shows that they are all from the same magazine; e.g. I have kept to the same colour scheme and used my artists on each page.
This is my contents page for my magazine, it is similar to the MixMag contents (left) however I have used alot more of one colour within mine also I have added at the bottom another page info slot. I used the idea of having the main articles to the left and the other other just above. I found that this, not only looked but worked quite effectively because my audience can see my main articles easily. I like how my contents page has turned out because I feel it looks very proffesional and could be in a real magazine.
My layout here is quite simple and similar to how other magazines style their double page spreads. I gave the page a skyline so that the page number could easily be seen and then added the interview with Slender underneath. Although I find that the text could have been longer but I found it hard coming up with questions to ask my artist. I think next time I will had more text and maybe more colour to the double page spread so that it will look more proffesional.
Extras:
In my magazine I have created an album for my artist so that when making my magazine I was able to show that he had an album which I gave away for free in my magazine. This made it more proffesional because in every other magazine there are always a freebie. Then I took a photo of a concert I went to 'Feed Me' (shown in the bottom right hand corner of my contents page) which I could then show in my magazine and give a personal review of what it was like being there and how he performed etc.
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