Front Cover Flat Plan

Masthead
The masthead of the magazine will be 'Region Of Rock', after researching many different font styles for the masthead I decided on a font named 'CF Punk Forever', I will make the font a dark red so that it stands out from the background. I will add a black outline to the dark red text to make it pop out of the page more and will stand out against competitors. 

Main Image
The main Image of the magazine will be of the members of the band 'Speedy Violet' I will arrange the image so that the lead singer is in the front of the image with the other band members stood behind him, using natural lighting. 

Main Story
The main story will directly link to the main image. It will have a black outline with white text and then the band name will have a black outline with dark red text so that it fits the house style and the other conventions of the front cover.

Contents page update

I am currently in the process of re-designing the contents page of my magazine to match the cover that I have already re-designed. I will add images and more stories to the page soon to finish it.

January 21st

Today I have started to put content into the layout of my website, I need to arrange the images, create adverts and rename the pages in the navigation bar. 

I inserted the image slideshow and then arranged the images for the website. 

Contents Page Flat Plan

Magazine Name

The magazine name will be in the same font as it is on the front cover as will the date and issue number and contents title.

Layout 

The left third of the page will be used for the contents of the magazine, there will be different headings which feature the main articles of the magazine, posters and reviews.

The right side of the page will be another image of 'Speedy Violet' as I will place the page numbers over the top of the image so that it features as the main article of the magazine.

Colour

The background of the contents list will be the same colour red that I used for the text on the fort cover and the list of contents will be in a dark grey with the first letter of each article highlighted in white to make them stand out. The background of the right side will be black.

January 8th

Today I started to change the layout of my website, I have put image boxes where I think they will gets the most attention and catch peoples eye. I added the masthead to the website in the same font so that it has brand identity. I also added social links tot the top of the page as that is a common feature on almost all websites now. 

Update

After designing the first four pages of my regional music magazine I have changed some characteristics from my original brief. 

1) The house style colours: I will still be using dark red, however instead of using black and white I am using a dark and a light grey because they looked more professional and I believe it will help appeal to my target audience as it does not look as plain as using black would have. 

2) The font that I used for my masthead and throughout the magazine will no longer be 'Red Rocket' as I feel that it did not represent the rock genre well and that it would reduce the effectiveness of the front cover. The new font that I am using is called 'CF Punk Forever' and i think that this is a better font to use for my magazine as it will appeal to my target audience and help to show the genre of the magazine is rock.

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