Tom Knevitt said "the cover fits the conventions of existing magazines. I like the style of the cover as it attracted my attention to it with the bold masthead and good image choice. I liked the contents as it has allot of content and interested me to see what would be in the magazine, I also liked that there was synergy between the cover and the contents. The image choice on the contents also worked well and fitted with the magazine style. The double page spread was interesting and showed many of the features of the double page spreads found in other magazines. As with the contents there is clear synergy between all the sections and overall I liked the look and tone that the magazine "TURN 45" presented"

"TURN 45"

FINAL

FRONT COVER

CONTENTS

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD



I altered the placement of my columns on my double page spread. I did this to fill the gap in the centre as this made the page look unbalanced and unprofessional. I still fitted them around my advertisement for the album as this was a feature i noticed in my style models.

My Artical


The text for my magazine has a profesional theme to it but I feel that the text is to seperated so I intend to alter this.

The text about the album

I spotted several spelling and punctuation mistakes in my final double page spread. I realised that this would not be professional enough and so changed these. Here is my revised edition.

ALBUM COVER

I created an album cover to have on my double page spread as I noticed that many of my style models advertised the albums of the artist the article is about. I chose to make my own rather than copy one as this allowed me to show synergy between the style of the artist and the album cover.I used the same type of image as I have used throughout my magazine to show this link between them.

 



Double Page Spread

I am very happy with the outcome of my double page spread. I think the picture is effective as it draws your attention in and is eye caching. The quoat i made was desinged to be funny and engaging to an audience. and the font and colour used create a line of synergy between this and the rest of the magazine. The text of the artical was made up of an interview i wrote after looking at the style of magazine interviews. The first section sets the scene and gives a view of the artist and the second part begins the interview.

I layed it out in two coloms as I felt this was the most astheticly pleasing as it alowed me to place the CD sales section in the middle without breaking up the text. I used large cappital letters at the start of both sections to show a change in the tone of the artical and that a new section was beeing started.

I am happy with the overall look of my piece as it has many of the qualities of a double page spread. Also it shows the synergy between the cover the contents and the double page spread.

Plan

I planned my double page spread with half of it taken up by a large picture. The pictur I chose was.

I chose this as it is a large close up where my model is useing a direct mode of address which is characteristic of my style models.










I desinged my double page spread with this image in mind.

My desing has used half a page of text in two coloms and the heading as a quoat that will attract the attention of a reader. I will also include a CD cover image. The quoat will be in orange and in the same font as used throughout to create synergy between the sections.

The image will be in black and white just like my cover image and the image of Lady GaGa in my style model.








Here is the image I will use in my double page spread.

This image is eye chaching and also liks to my cover image creating synergy throughout my magazine.

Double Page Spread

I looked at the features of a double page spread and noted that atleast one page would be a picture and the othere would be only about half text. The perpose of this is to draw attention with the image and not put readers off with alot of text.

An artical is often sttarted with a quoat as a headline. This draws attention and is often funny or dramatic, this encourages the audience to read on. There is rerley a picture on the other page unless it is an advertisemant for a CD and in this case t=its a small image.

 This magazine shows a large image taking up one whole page. the text on the other side is alot more than standars but I liked the attention grabbing image and cappital 'L' that bring your attention to the artical.

I liked the font here as it gives a sivilised upperclass image and again the image taked up half one page with a big bold image that will attract an audiences attention. The quoat is also used to draw attention aswell as the smaller advertiseing images.





I noticed that in both of the images the model is using a direct mode of address. and they were also mid - close up shots that bring your attention to the model and then incourage you to read the artical.

the layout of the text is also in colloms wich brakes down the text and makes it more acsessable to an audience.

Contents

I am happy with my Contents page as there is a clear conection between this page and my cover. Around two therds of the page is text as there are alot of features which is inportant as the magazine costa alot and should there for have alot of content.

I have broken the page into sections so as not to complicate or overwelm a reader.

The pictures all link into the magazine with the biggest picture linking to the cover and the main artical.

The page No.'s are in differant colours to make them stand out. Also the main section of the titles are in capitals and black while the rest is in grey and lower case. This means that if you scan read then your eyes are drawn to the inportant sections.

The puff at the bottom also draws attention.

I'm very happy with the outcome of my contents page as I think that it has conformed with all the featers I noticed about contents pages and there is a good level of synergy between the cover and the contence which is inportant.

There are inprovents I have made after sugestions such as adding the headlines to the pictures and also using only one record rather than 3 as that overcrouded the page. My final add ons were the website 'www.TURN45.co.uk' and the QR code.

Features List

Michael Buble tells us about his upcoming tour
Danny Allen brand new swing and blues sensation
Frank Sentara we look back over an incredible career spanning decades of memorable hits
The Brit’s James Corden talks us through this years brits
Top 10 Album Covers Vicky hunt gives us the short list of her favourite covers of the 60’s – 70’s and 80’s
Emeli Sande
Marcos Collins
Main Music
The cast of Glee
Adele
Young Reporter
Jools Holland

Every Mont list

A-Z
Steffi on Sound
Hot Venues
Team
Downloads
Covers
Recording
Rating
Music Tips

Competition List

Meet Meg Colfer
Roxy record player worth £164
Headphones worth £90 from topman

I have made alot of features as it will attract a wider audience and show that my magazine is worth while.

Contents Plan

I have desinged my contents to alow as much space as possible for the features as these are the most inportant aspects of the contents page.

The pictures will link to the front cover and articals as this will provide synergy between the sections of the magazine.

The colours and fonts will also link between the cover and the contents and also the double page spred.

The articals are split into sections to make the page easyer to understand and breaks up the text to even it out across the page.

Synergy
This is very inportant as this is what links your magazine togeather and will make it recognisabe. Q magazine uses the red of the cover throughout there magazine to show synergy between the sections. I will do this with the orange of my cover. Its inportant to show a conection as the style of all the sections will be recognisabe as the part of your magazine.

Plan
I planned my contents with alot of articals. I intend to use the same orange colour scheme as on the front cover and fonts to create synergy throughout the magazine and show a clear conection betwean all of the sections.
I have chosen to use poiloroid pictures and vinyl records on my contence page as they link to the retro theme and the style of the music, again creating synergy betwean the style of the magazine and the type of music that is featured.
I have also added in a Compotition section as this is a feature of several magazine contents pages that i studied.
There is also a website and QR coade link for the magazine as these piecs of infomation can often be found on the the contents page of a magazine.

Contents Page

I looked at several magazine contents pages and looked for what I would have to include in my own magazine.
I noticed that inportant things to have were:
Pictures
Lots of cotent lists
Synergy with the cover
Clear lay out
I there for decided to aply all of these aspects to my own work.

This magazine has a long list of content and a mix of photos relleant to the articals.the long list is inportant as it shows that there will be a greatdeal of content in the magazine.

The main image will usualy link to the cover image aswell as that is the most inportant artical of the magazine, this will be the biggest and most attention grabbing image on the contentce page. 

There are obvious colloms of infomation and a large level of articals are listed showing there is alot of content making the magazine worth while.this will encourage readers to buy the magzine for a higher price as it is worth the money.