I have chosen the title
for my magazine to be
Tenacious. Tenacious is
another description for
‘Adventurous’ : To be
Tenacious. There is also
a rock duo called
Tenacious D which
partially drove me
towards this Masthead.
The text will be in red,
black and white as this
is what most magazines
use especially NME
which is my main
competitor. My Masthead
will be placed at the
top of my magazine as
it will be easy to spot
on shop shelves and it
generally looks
attractive on the
magazine.
Small images in
frames/boxes are also what
I have seen on the side
of the cover next to the
main image or overlapping
it. These images can be
from action images of
concerts, to festivals,
album artwork and band
images. These images
usually have a small
heading with them, I have
not done this but will
incorporate this into my
final product.
My sell line is; Live,
Life, Loud. I have chosen
this as it links with
music giving a message
to party night and day
and live life to the
full. This also has
alliteration which works
well for any slogan or
sell line on a magazine.
I chose not have
something like Britain’s
Best... As the magazine Q
already have this.
I will have a small text
box somewhere on the
front cover, maybe not in
its current position
saying ‘Plus’ and then a
list of extra content and
stories related to my
magazine, e.g. Competition,
voucher inside etc... I
have chosen to have this
box as almost all of the
music magazines I have
annotated have this on
the cover, NME, Q and
KERRANG.
I think that text
overlapping images
especially the main image
looks effective on a front
cover so I have
My main image will fill all of the page and incorporated this to my
then the text and extra images will be placed sketch from seeing this on
above it. I will choose from either a band, duo the magazines that I have
or solo artist for my main image. I will researched.
concentrate on colour, lighting, perspective and
shape when I use a photo I have taken for my
magazine.
 I h a ve p la ce d th e fe a tu re s a n d m y a lte ra tio n o f I h a ve ch o se n to
Q ’ s ‘ R e g u la rs’ to m y ‘ U su a ls’ in th e sa m e w rite ‘ C o n te n ts-
T h is is m y p o sitio n s a s Q ’ s a s N M E d id n o t h a ve th is a n d W h a t’ s In ’ a s a n
co n te n ts p a g e , I it lo o ks e ffe ctin g h a vin g th e b u lle t p o in t style id e a . T h is is
h a ve ch o se n th e list a t e a ch sid e o f th e D o u b le Pa g e / b e ca u se Q ju st
sa m e la yo u t a s h a s ‘ C o n te n ts’,
N M E and Q K ER R A N G has
m a g a zin e . I h a ve ‘ Contents ’ then
ch o se n th e se ‘ KERRANG ! THIS
style s a s th e y a re W EEK ’ and N M E
m o d e rn a n d h a s ‘ W h a t’ s o n
a ttra ctive w ith N M E ’ s S te re o ’. I
m a n y im a g e s a s a m tryin g to sta y
w e ll a s th e te xt. clo se r to N M E a s
A lso o b se rvin g th e it is th e m a in
N M E and Q In d ie R o ck
co n te n ts p a g e , it m a g a zin e a n d its
w o rks w e ll w ith a ll id e a o f a
th e co lo u rs a n d co n te n ts title is
te xt cre a tin g a Tghoeosm
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th e h e a d in g o n th e u su a ls a re
rig h t/ le ft h a n d sid e se p a ra te d b y
to g ive a sm a ll co lo u re d lin e s,
I h a ve u se d th e m o n ta g e style im a g e s ju st like N M E a n d
visu a lisa tio n o f th a t a lte rn a tin g
Q . I h a ve o ve rla p p e d th e im a g e s, h a vin g so m e la rg e r th a n
te xt w ith a p a g e b e tw e e n R e d a n d
o th e rs w h ich is d o w n to le ve lo f im p o rta n ce a n d w h a t w ill
n u m b e r n e xt to it o r b la ck like Q .
b e th e m o st in te re stin g sto ry fo r th e re a d e r w illh a ve th e
in th e co rn e r like th e H o w e ve r I m a y n o t
la rg e st im a g e . T h e im a g e s w illco n sist o ff, to u r im a g e s,
la rg e r im a g e s. u se th e lin e s b u t
fe stiva ls, b a n d s, a rtists, a lb u m a rtw o rk a n d o th e r im a g e s
d iffe re n tia te th e
re la tin g to th e In d ie R o ck g e n re . T h e im a g e s w illb e in
h e a d in g s in th e list
b oxe rs, m a yb e o n e o r tw o n o t e . g . a so lo a rtist p o p p in g
fro m o n e a n o th e r
th ro u g h a p a rt o f th e co n te n ts p a g e w ith text a ro u n d
b y a ch a n g e o f
th e m . T h e im a g e s a re b e tte r w ith ju st a p a g e n u m b e r in
co lo u r fo r e a ch
th e co rn e r, th is w a y th e re a d e r h a s n o id e a w h a t th e sto ry
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T h is is th e d o u b le
p a g e sp re a d . T h is
S ke tch I a m le a st
ce rta in a b o u t. T h is is
b e ca u se th e d o u b le
p a g e sp re a d s o n e ve ry
m a g a zin e a re sim ila r
so I w ill h a ve to
ch o o se o n e th a t
a ctu a lly lo o ks th e
m o st a ttra ctive . I w ill
h a ve a lo t o f te xt. A n d
if I d o it in a in te rvie w
fo rm th e n th e co lo u rs
a n d b o ld n e ss b e tw e e n
th e in te rvie w e rs a n d
th e in te rvie w e e ’ s te xt
w illb e d iffe re n t. M o st
m a g a zin e s d o th is, Q
d o th is w ith th e ir
in te rvie w w ith Je d w a rd
o n th e issu e th a t I
h a ve a n a lyse d .
T h e text w illb e b o ld a t th e to p o f th e p a g e fro m le ft to
rig h t a llth e w a y a cro ss o ve rla p p in g th e im a g e , m a yb e
n o t if th e la st w o rd lo o ks to b e e a sy to w o rk o u t b y
th e stru ctu re o f th e se n te n ce . E . g . O o p s S h e d id it
* * * * * ! Clearly the last word would be understandable
if it w a s p a rtia lly co ve re d b y th e im a g e .
M y d o u b le p a g e
sp re a d w ill b e
sim ila r to N M E ’ s
w h ich is a ll a b o u t a
new band/ new
a rtist. It m a y b e a n
in te rvie w style d
a rticle w h ich w ill
g ive th e re a d e r th e
la te st in fo rm a tio n o n
th e n e w m u sicia n s
so n g s, a lb u m s,
a m b itio n s a n d to u rs
e tc . T h e M a in Im a g e
w ill b e o f th e
in te rvie w e e ’ s
p o sin g , o r e ve n sa t
d o w n a s if th e y w e re
I w illa d d im a g e s in b e tw e e n p a ra g ra p h s o f text to sh o w a b o u t to ta ke th e
w h a t th e text is a b o u t, so th e re a d e r is n o t co n sta n tly in te rvie w .
g u e ssin g h o w th e sce n e w o u ld lo o k in th e ir h e a d s. I w ill a lso
a d d a sm a llg ro u p o f sq u a re fra m e d im a g e s to g e th e r
o ve rla p p in g a t th e b o tto m o f th e m a in im a g e to a ct a s a
b o rd e r g ivin g it a ch a n ce to sh o w th e re a d e r th e im a g e s
a b o u t th e sto ry a s w e lla s a ctin g a s a sto ry.