Double Page Article Layouts

My article layouts feature everything a typical magazine would have such as pictures and text. The designs are displayed in different ways due to the location of the headings and images for example. My inspiration has come from my research into Kerrang magazine when I looked at the double page spread and it was very much like layout 3, where there was all text on one side and the image took up the whole other page with small sections of writing on it.

Contents Page Layouts

My contents page layouts have been influenced by looking at my research and what I know excising magazines do now. They are all different however they all have similarities such as the contents heading will always be at the top of the page.

Front Cover Layouts

My front cover layouts show a range of different designs and I have taken ideas from my research so that I can make appropriate decisions on the location of features for my magazine.

Analysis of Kerrang Magazine

My music magazine research- colour schemes

My research of Billboard magazine has shown that a lot of plain and basic colours are used as the background however there are splashes of colour that are used to catch the readers attention such as pink, yellow and blue. These are the colour schemes that I am going to use.

House Style- Billboard front cover research

House Style is something that all magazines use to help the reader recognise the magazine straight away by using a similar layout and structure. This includes the masthead, the colours, the location of the main image and the anchorage text. It is an effective way of producing a magazine. I have noticed that Billboard changes the location of its masthead. It is normally on the side however for some special edition issues they put it on the left hand side. This shows a variety and this is something I will consider when designing my own music magazine.

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