Beginning the DPS

Interview

Celebrities (Mansheng Wong)

What did you think of the recent album you released?

How did you come up with the names?

How did you make it into the bigtime?

Whats your favourite thing to do in spare time?

Do you respond to all fan mail?

How did you feel having to drop the night lifestyle when you were warned that you would lose your record deal?

Mansheng, how tough was it for you when your girlfriend left you?

How did it affect your music?

Have you got anything planned to do instead of music?

What are your opinions about X-Factor being a fix?

Who would you want to do a single with out of any act in the world?

Photoshoot ideas

These are my ideas for my photoshoot. They are the main features that will be on my magazine and also ideas of what the models will look like.

Masthead Ideas on photoshop

Masthead designs on photoshop

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Flatplans for Front covers, contents pages and DPS

Front Covers

These are my flatplans of my possible magazine covers. They all involve main images, titles in the same location and coverlines. In the first one 'Volume' the title takes up the majority of the page, but has images of music notes across the page. This cover isnt the most inspiring cover as there isnt any images to attract the reader. The 2nd one 'Tune Up' is a bit more reader friendly with an image of a well known pop artist in the centre of the page with the title above him and surrounded by coverlines. This would attract more readers as it has a image of a well known artist. The 3rd cover 'Shuffle' is more of an iconic front cover as it has images of a band in action. This could make the reader think that they have recently performed and would want to read the reviews about it. With the artist in action, the audience will be more interested in reading the magazine.

Contents Pages



These are my flatplans of contents pages. They both are again similarly styled but are different in layout. In the 1st one 'Shuffle' the articles are presented in chronological order and with one in the middle being the lead article. Also the masthead is located above the articles but below the title. In the 2nd flatplan the articles are in non-chronological order with the main articles or most interesting articles in the magazine spread over 1 page. There is also a text box with the other articles in from the magazine in chronological order and decending down the box.

Double Page Spread

This is my flatplan of my double page spread. The subheading is in a banner over the two pages and also the main image crosses over the two pages. The remaining of the pages are covered in text about the relative article. Also a little masthead is situated in the top corners of each page.



5 Line paragraph

'Shuffle' isabout all the latest tunes and gossip from all around the music world of pop. It will appeal to the target audience by including images which will appeal to the audience and relating articles to interest the reader. The USP will be the offers in the magazine to do with music related events etc. The house style will be that there will be a logo on every page symbolising the magazines name and brand. Also to enhance the knowledge of the magazine.

Photoshop ideas for Music magazine

These are my early photoshop ideas for my music magazine. The front cover would have the image of the main people in the magazine surrounded by coverlines. The masthead will be across the top of the page and will also feature across the top. On the contents page the articles will be on non-chronological order with again the main article being in the centre of the page, larger than the others. There would also be a text box with other articles in the right order but missing out the featured articles on the main piece of the page. The double page will be soley on an interview and information situated around it including the answers to questions etc. It will be fairly text based but will have the main image spreading between both pages.

Mind Map Ideas for my Magazine

This is the mindmap of my ideas for the presentation of my music magazine. It has all the ideas I made on how my magazine will look when completed. It includes the masthead being on every page, and other ideas for the contents page and DPS. The ideas are mostly the ones you'd see on magazines like 'NME' but all together, the magazine should look stylish.

Flatplan of masthead ideas

These are my 3 Masthead flatplan ideas. The each a very different in style and presentation. They all are named after musical terms. The first one 'Shuffle' will be multi-coloured and is a very appropriate style similarly with its name. The letters are shuffled around in heights, but its still clear what its says.

The 2nd one called 'Tune Up' is also named with music in mind. The presentation is also ironic towards the name as it is presented at different levels of height to imply that its ascending. If this idea was chosen the colour scheme would be gradually become darker to also imply the ascending design.

The last one 'Volume' also has music based naming. The presentation of the text is in the form of a volume bar which is also similar to music terms and equipment. Also the text is in decending order to also imply that the idea is to do with volume.

Flatplan of Front cover of college magazine

This is my flatplan idea for my college magazine. It features the masthead in the centre at the top of the page. The text will be the same colour as the models clothing, on a faded background colour. The image is a medium close up of the model posing. There will be coverlines around the model showing the other articles in the magazine.

Mood Board for My Magazine

This is the mood board I have created for my music magazine project. It contains different things from magazines which that have interested me and which I could use the similar styles for my magazine when I come to design it. The main thing which interested me was the image with the text incorparated onto it. The image of intrest is the one of the woman with boxing gloves with the article wrote onto it. I think this is a good idea on a contents page of front cover because with the text incorparated into the image then it takes up less space on the page. Also some of the images have interested me. Mostly the angles in which they are taken at because they capture the performance of the artists. I also found some text layout styles which I will use in my magazine. The text declines down the page;usually used on front covers for cover lines is a good way to present info because it takes up less space on a page.