Contents Page: 1st Draft

The idea of a contents page is to provide a ‘taster’, giving potential buyers of the magazine an insight into the content on the magazine. 
i have used the same fonts on the contents page as the DPS and the front cover so they look like theyre from the same magazine. the "WOBBLE" logo is at printed at the top of the page, like on the front cover. i have included the facebook and twitter links for "WOBBLE" on this page - they are in neon green writing to match the website address on the front cover, so that all of the online references to "WOBBLE" are in the same colour.
the text on this page respects the character, and he is pointing at the camera which makes it looks like he is involving the audience, and perhaps inviting them to read the magazine.

Pricing My Magazine

Pricing your magazine correctly can depend on whether it is successful or not. if priced wrongly, hardly any copies may be sold, whereas if priced correctly, lots of copies may be sold. consumers want to feel that they are getting their "moneys worth" so under or over-pricing can have a disastrous impact on your magazine sales. 
Knowing your customer:
readers of "WOBBLE" will generally be of interest to people aged between 18-30 because it is at this age that people go out to clubs and venues the most. students who are on tight budgets and may not be able to afford expensive magazines will probably be interested in reading "WOBBLE". I think £1.60 is a respectable price for this magazine. If i could, i would make this magazine a free copy for people to pick up in shops (like "NITELIFE") but unfortunately that would mean i would loose money by printing the magazine. 

Contents Page Research: NME

 

this is a contents page from a normal 'NME' magazine (not special edition).
the contents page each week has the same format - "NME THIS WEEK" printed in bold at the top with text down either side and the bottom of the page and a photo in the middle. the date of the magazine is printed underneath the title. the text at the bottom is always a main story about a popular band - the top story of the magazine.
The use of sub-headings puts each piece of content into easier and clearer categories, making the magazine make sense and clearer. 
The colours red, black and white feature all over the page, with a bit of bright yellow which stands out at the bottom. the use of use of ‘subscribe today’ is a sly way of easily persuading readers how they can get the magazine on a regular occasion and save money (which would be ideal for regular readers in today's economic climate).
The layout is also very consistent which gives the magazine a clear structure and easy for readers to know whereabouts things in the magazine are. The band index gives the reader and precise showing of what bands will be in the magazine. This may give the readers more purpose to buy the magazine as maybe there could be a feature on their favourite band. 

Contents Page Research: NITELIFE

this is the contents page for January's 'NITELIFE' magazine. This contents page is unusual because it doesn't have page numbers. the pages are arranged in alphabetical order of the name of the venue. this page is all black and white - there is no colour at all. at the bottom are a list of photographers who's images feature in the magazine and contact information. the magazine's logo is printed at the top of (like on the front cover) and a photograph takes up 1/2 of the page. 

Double Page Spread: Second Draft

i have edited the block of text about "FLUX" because it was to much like a block paragraph and not easy to read. people reading magazines want something which isnt too hefty to read. i have changed it into an 'artist profile' type thing because they seem to be quite popular in music magazines, including NME. 

on photoshop i added the swirly effect to the arrow pointing to "FLUX". this matches the effect of the swirly lights in most of my photographs.  

Double Page Spread: First Draft

i have split my DPS into a page about the upcoming artist, "FLUX", and a page dedicated to "THEKLA, a music venue in Bristol. The pages link because FLUX will be playing at THEKLA during February. to make my DPS i used photoshop. the pages follow the theme of black white and red.

to create the effect on the background of the left hand side page, i used layers and an eraser tool on photoshop to feed some light through the black and white. i then reduced the opacity of the image so that it isn't too bold and images/text could be placed on top of it. The text i have written about flux is very block and boring to look at. after getting feedback from peers and when creating a second draft i will look to change that. 

i have done the right hand page in the style of "NITELIFE"'s venue pages. my photographs are laid out in a way that they are easy to look at and the white background makes the text easy to read. the font i have used for "THEKLA" also features my front page.

Double Page Spread Ideas

this is a flat plan that i've drawn as an idea for my DPS. because my magazine is about the different venues in Bristol and upcoming & local electronic music artists, on the left hand side is would be information about an upcoming artist, then on the right hand side a page about a venue in Bristol. DPS's are usually linked so I would link these two pages together by writing that the artist on the left would be playing at the venue on the right sometime during the month. 

Double Page Spreads: 'NITELIFE'

these are two examples of the double page spreads in 'NITELIFE' magazine.
each venue has its own double page spread. the pictures on each spread are extremely colourful and show people having a good time - this persuades people to go to that venue. it has listings of all the events which are happening at that venue during the month, with posters on the right hand side. each venue name has it's own individual logo/font, but the font of event information is mutual for all the venues.

Double Page Spread: 'NME'

Double page spread:

the photo of Lily Allen fils up most of the right hand page. the colour scheme is just black white and red. these colours compliment each other and also connote to Lily's outfit in the picture and her style of music. Her outfit connotes to the British indie scene. Her clothes support her quote about not being an attention seeker because she is wearing no revealing or 'attention seeking' clothes. NME have used reversed print for a quote of Lily's which takes up most of the left hand page. the contrast of white print on a black background is extremely eye-catching. the massive letters are look exiting and punk-like looking like a cut-out letters from a news paper. letters are of diffrent sizes and overlap the image a little which adds to the sense of chaos - perhaps representing Lily's personality. in contrast, the text at the bottom of the right hand page is very neat and much smaller. the fold in the centre doesn't interfere with the images or text.

Front Page: Second Draft

this is a second draft for my front page - i have changed the colour of the text on the right to white because i think it stands out better. the date of the issue, "February 2012" wasn't very clear so i have made that bigger and put it at the space at the left top corner under the title. i added a website address to the bottom of the page - on this website, readers can view photographs which are featured in the magazine from current and previous months, extra photos from electronic based music venues in Bristol, and information & details about upcoming events. Flat plans of "WOBBLE" will be released the month after the issue comes out, so readers will have to pick up a copy of the magazine to see the full current issue. the font i have used for the text on the page are fonts that i'm going to use throughout my magazine - so they will link.

Front Page: First Draft

using photoshop, i created my first draft for the front cover of 'WOBBLE'. i decided to use this photo for my front cover because it has an interesting composition, is really colourful, and represents the genre of electronic music well. because i used a slow shutter speed on my camera, you can see the movement of the lights which has a cool effect. i think the image would appeal to young adults who are likely to read "WOBBLE". from google i copied a picture of a bar code onto my front page. i havent actually decided that my magazine will cost £1.60 yet - i just put that in so i know what it will look like when i add a price there. to the title, i added circle shapes with an effect inside where the holes in the letters should be. i think they fit well because they look like the inside of a big bass speaker - which compliments the electronic music genre. the text compliments the characters in the photo. 

Square Pages

i have decided i am going to make my magazine have square pages rather than the usual rectangular pages. 'NITELIFe' magazine has square pages and i think they work really well. this is a print screen on me cropping my front page image into a square.

Title Font Experimentations

(from left to right)

1. 'ABLATTIVE'

2. 'AERO DYNAMIC'

3. 'FLIGHT STERWADESS'

4. 'HOSTIL GRADIENT'

5. 'THE 2K12'

i asked four people in sixth form (ages 16/17/18) (two girls and two boys) which font they preferred and why. Tom said he preferred 'FLIGHT STERWADESS' because it suits the genre of music 'WOBBLE' represents and it is abstract, modern, unique. 

Kaide said he preferred 'HOSTIL GRADIENT' but said it should be bolder because it too thin. especially when on a magazine shelf and from a distance, it would be hard to read.

Sim said she liked 'FLIGHT STERWADESS' because the letters are creative shapes, it is bold and stands out. Like Kaide, she said she would love 'HOSTIL GRADIENT' if it was bolder.

Emily said she preferred 'FLIGHT STERWADESS' because it is different, clear, bold and easy to read.

the most popular fonts were number 3 and 4. my favourite is font 3 because of the letter's creative shapes. i will use the other four fonts as subtitles/text in different parts of my magazine. i think font 1 will be good for subtitles.

this effect is suitable because it sort of matches the genre music that 'wobble' is about, in a sense that it is urban and generally more popular with younger generations.

Magazine Fonts

after glancing at some fonts of magazine titles in shops, i have noticed that the simpler the font, the easier it is to read. bigger and more bold fonts stand out better, but bubble writing and too many colours in the title is too hard to read so your eyes just ignore it.

I am going to product my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread (DPS) on photoshop (rather than pages like i did with my preliminary task) because it is a lot more advanced. http://www.dafont.com/ is a website with thousands of downloadable fonts. i have downloaded about 15 fonts which i can use to experiment with my magazine prints. when downloading the fonts i thought about my title and subtitles. on photo shop i will experiment with the different fonts i've downloaded with my front cover, contents page and DPS.