Research into specific magazines/ potential competition

I researched two other magazines NME and Q I found out that NME is released weekly and is £2.30 and has around 66 pages. Q is monthly and has 100pages and cost £3.90. I used this information to decide how many pages a fortnightly magazine would be and the price of it. Q sells approx 130,000 a month and NME sells approx 60,000 Every Week.

The Press Complaints Commission

I will make sure I will abide by The press complaints commission code. I will make sure that I have consent from the models to take pictures. Make sure everything I publish is accurate.

What goes into a music magazine – typical features in any music magazine?

The typical features of any music magazine are about the upcoming bands, reviews on new albums that have been released. Usually an interview with a band. They have a lot of adverts in a magazine usually 1/3rd of the magazine is adverts. The most typical feature is reviews on bands and Albums.

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How i made my magazine

Front Cover

I first bridged the image into indesign from Photoshop and made it a4 size.

I then added the title of the magazine to the top left of the Page. This is because it is a conventional place to find the title of a magazine.

I then added tag lines to the left side of the page because the tree gives a background to it.

I then added a price and what issue it was.

Contents Page

I added the background to the page.

I then titled the page with Contents. I put the title at the top of the page because that is a conventional place to have a title.

I then added all the contents list. This was the final change I did to my contents page.

How i edited the Image

First I started to crop the image. I cut about a quarter of the image off because by cropping the image it makes you focus more on the model In the image.











This is what happened once I have cropped the image it shows the model.













I then adjusted the saturation to -4. Adjusting the saturation made the colours more vibrant.












This is the final change i did to my picutre i flipped the image. The reason i chose to flip the image is because i wanted the writing on the left of the magazine.

Final Piece Front page and Contents page