initial plans 2

using the results that i got from my research i have decided that my magazine will be:


price - £2.50
frequency of publication - every Friday
average issue size - 60 pages
regular contents - gig list
feature articles - interviews and gigs

reserch on music mags

 the mags that i have researched are the same genre as the one i am planning to do.

the first mag i looked at was kerrang


price- £2.20
frequency- every Wednesday
issue- 60 pages
feature articles- interview with bands
website - www.kerrang.com
publisher - Bauer
editor - Nichole Browne

the second mag i looked at was rock sound


price- £3.50
frequency- monthly
issue- 50 pages
feature articles- interview with bands
website - www.rocksound.com
 editor - Darren Taylor

the third mag i looked at was classic rock


price-£3.00
frequency- monthly
issue- 50 pages
feature articles- interview with bands
website - www.classicrock.com
publisher - Scott Rowley
editor - future publishing

inital idea of music mag

I have decided to do a rock music mag, which will be aimed at teenagers between the ages of 15-19 and it will be for male and females. i have decided to do this genre of mag from looking at mags such as kerrang.

evaluation of school mag

My school magazine front cover follows forms and conventions of other existing magazines. This is shown in a couple of ways such as the font  size which is size 11 which is the standard size for smaller cover lines. Also the main title has a different colour box around it so the title is separated from the rest of the magazine and it is also in capitals and bold. None of the cover lines cover the main images face and and the main cover title is bigger then the rest also it is bold with smaller writing under neath to tell you more about the story also the back ground is plain and it sticks to a simple colour scheme.

 my contents page follows the forms and conventions as it is in three columns which have feature articles and regular articles and the main story has the biggest image to show its the main thing in the magazine. also the numbers come before the text.


my school magazine front cover does not follow the forms and conventions as the main title looks very dull and it does not stand out very much. there are not many cover lines which makes the magazine front cover look boring and empty.

my school magazine contents page doesn't follow the forms and conventions as the colour scheme is different to the front cover and it is very empty as there are not many cover lines and it looks boring. and the lay out is all over the place.


the technology's that i used was quark this was a new software i used to make my contents page and i also developed my photo shop skills when i was making my front cover.

front cover screen shots

i took these screen shots as i was making my front cover

front cover of school mag

today in the lesson we carried on creating are front covers for are mags and began to take screen shots to show what we are doing and what its started as to what it finishes like.

school mag

in lesson we had to draw out are front cover and contence page so that we could deside what we were going to put as are story lines and are images. in the next lesson we all went out and started to take are pictures and create are front covers on photoshop.