Deciding on contents writing

This shows the editing stages of my Contents page. I kept the idea of the masthead on the contents but couldn't decide if to use capitals or not on the word "contents". Documenting this helped me to see how i worked up to my final idea.

Final Front cover - unsigned

After checking everything on my magazine several times, i noticed i forgot to include the price! So this is just the same as before but with the price included under the issue number and date.

with price!

Front Cover - unsigned

This was my first idea for my front cover, as you can see i blocked out the background of the right hand side and i also brightened the picture so they two girls stand out more. I used a large masthead, and use a small font for the rest of the text. I thought it was a good idea to stick to one font as it kept it all together and it makes it look like the same magazine. I only have two story's on my front cover but i think if it had anymore it may be a bit too crowded.

final photo for magazine cover.

This was the photo i decided to use for my front cover, i chose this as both people were staring into the camera - i also thought it was a good photo to use as they have different facial expressions. This could be seen as good or bad, but i think it works well. i knew there was some things i would have to change on Photoshop (the right side of the background) as it distracts you from the main subject of the picture. The photograph also works well as it shows one of the members holding a guitar, giving an impression of what they do and that she plays.

Photo's for magazine.

This contact sheet, just shows the images i took. I took so many pictures to start with, alot were of the same photo but from different heights/angles or use of lighting. It helped me taking so many as i had a wide range to choose from and if something was wrong in one, i could find another similar where the problem may have been fixed or less visible.

more! magazine - contents analysis.

more! magazine have a simple layout, they have used mainly black text, but have included two other colours (blue and pink) to make some parts stand out and to section it up. There are three coloums on the contents page, on the far left a letter from the editor, in the middle "more! On the cover" and bottom right "Best of the rest..."

The contents page is quite busy, there are 4 images on the page, none of which relate to the front cover which shows that they are trying to show all different parts of the magazine. more! have not used there masthead largely on there contents page like magazines such as Vogue but instead have "this WEEK" in ways I think this is affective as it is regular every week but it doesn't show the magazine's masthead again.

more! have used images, unlike alot of other magazines they haven't got a large central image that takes up alot of space just a few regular size photos, i don't think this works very effectively.

I do like how more! have included a letter from the editor and i will think about using this on my contents page.