This is a typical cover from Q. All magazines have a masthead, the name of the magazine, and generally looks the same in every issue. The masthead should be large and is normally at the top of the page, in this my masthead follows convention. Often mastheads are in a very bright colour, though mine is not. I decided not to use colour for my masthead as any colour bright enough would look too cheap and suits pop and rock more, so i used white as it still stands out but looks expensive. As with Q, many music magazines use red for their colour scheme, but I decided to use blue, so that it looks different to the rest and because it suits alternative music more. The background of the cover is normally an artist image, the artist is often looking out to connect with the audience, although I did not have my model looking at the camera the image is large enough it still strikes the viewer enough. The cover should have coverlines from the content inside, they grab attention and are interesting. Often coverlines use numbers, which i used, to make it seem important and full of content. Coverlines are also often artist names as they are easily recognised, they are also listed as can be seen on Q. I used this as again it makes the magazine seem very full.
Contents pages all look very similar, with the contents split into sections for easy use. The colour scheme from the cover if often used throughout the rest of the magazine, something I did in mine, with the use of blue. Often contents have more information about the magazine and small descriptions of the contents, I didn't include any of this as I wanted all my pages to look very clear and thought it ruined the design. So that the contents page doesn't look like a slab of text a lot of pictures from inside are used, something i did, though I created a collage of images and overlaid them with the contents title as these images are not as important. In my magazine I haven't included any page numbers, the magazine readers are very design conscious as I said in my treatment, and the numbers did not fit the design. Also as many of the bands that will be featured are quite unknown readers will look through the magazine and will be interested in nearly all the content, rather than just flicking to several pages. In my audience feedback someone liked this idea and suggested it would work well as a web magazine, with links to the relevant pages. Having it as an online magazine would work well for the tech conscious audience aswell as the environmental climate.
Double page spreads are often quite simple in design, with about a half and half ratio of picture and text. I kept with this and made the image quite large, as readers are interested in photography etc. and so would want good size images. I included the artist name as many of the artists are unknown and so need introducing, this is the reason i also had solo pictures, so readers could recognise the band members. I kept with the Question and Answer format in my interview as it works well, I also highlighted the questions as many magazines do to make it easier to read. Double page spreads often have their own colour scheme matching the image etc. and this is something I think i should have done, but forgot to do.
Overall I have stayed with the tried and tested formula for my magazine as it looks clean and professional. Though such a professional or sophisticated design for a teenage magazine is different to some magazines. I have tried to get the right balance between good design and a fun magazine for young adults.
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