moodboard

I've been looking at alternative music magazines such as i-D, VICE, POP, and Dazed and Confused. I enjoy the way their front covers usually focus mostly on the main image than on cover lines and other distracting common magazine conventions. VICE, POP, and i-D all have quite small mastheads which appear in the corner of the publication. I believe this draws more attention to the main image but also, it conveys that the masthead actually isn't the most important part of the magazine, but the image is - which I think is true as main images are significant. The fonts used are commonly bold 'bubble' letters, which may include a pattern which fills in the blank space, bright colours (red and orange commonly) or just an outline of the font itself. All the sub headings on the front covers (if any) are kept minimal. Small, fine, print and whatever is being written is predominantly about the person who appears on the front cover. I'd like my magazine to follow the conventions of which i've found in VICE, POP, I-D, and Dazed and Confused. Overall, I think all the layouts are stylish, well organised, original, and represent all different types of music as the simplicity infused within the magazines don't subject the reader into thinking it only contains one genre of music.

Production diary week 9

This was my first production for listen magazine. I realised I hardly followed any conventions of the magazines I chose to use as examples. i-D, POP, DAZED AND CONFUSED all had studio/professional images taken, and mine was taken of a screen at a concert. Also the two fonts I chose didn't look brilliant together - they stood out too much from one another it was like reading a completely different magazine on the same page.

I started to change my publication firstly, by using studio taken images which were then edited. I also rethought my choice of colour and chose something a bit more suitable and flattering to the main image so it doesn't stand out too much and it complements the front cover as a whole.