Artist Moodboard.

These are some of the bands that I would want to feature within my magazine. In this moodboard there are more "mainstream" bands that everybody has heard of, like Paramore, Florence + The Machine and Temper Trap; on the otherhand however, there are also more unheard of and smaller bands that would only have a niche audience, such as that of Hey Monday, Mindless Self Indulgence and Bring Me The Horizon.

I believe that the wide range of musical genres which are displayed on my moodboard would symbolise what sort of music would appear with my magazine; like in Q Magazine, a lot of the music which would appear is very ranged - Florence + The Machine and Green Day both appeared in the November 2009 issue - and I would, very much like to continue this aspect of the magazine into my own piece.

Target Market Moodboard.

My target market that I am designing my magazine for is that of teenagers; I decided that I would think about and discuss the elements and features of a person's lifestyle that most teenagers would be aware of and would have some kind of interest within.

I chose television programmes - Ugly Betty, Friends, Malcolm in the Middle, Family Guy and The Simpsons - show how people within this target market would be more inclined to a more humorous and less serious way of life and would not be very interested in a serious point of view or something that would be too grown up or sophisticated; I also chose different themes that would be appropraite to this target market.

Reviewing Magazine Double Page Spreads.

The above is a double page spread from November's issue of Q Magazine; this particular magazine stuck out when looking at the other magazines that were avaliable at the specific time of purchase.

This specific piece (compared to that of Kerrang! Magazine) is very clear and simply set out; with this specific page only consisting of three main colours - black, white and green - as opposed to an article that would be displayed within a Kerrang! Magazine which would be full of colour and would could, perhaps put people off from reading the magazine who are more likely to read something that would be more sophisticated.

I like specific article do to the context of "Artist of the Century" which was a unique element of this specific issue, however this sort of idea has the potential to have some sort of article like this incorporated into my magazine - perhaps, "Artist of the Month" or "Gig of the Month", or something similar.

When it comes to designing and creating my magazine's double page spread the way that elements are displayed on the page is very important - the use of fonts and colours; the use of photographs and the use of information - I need to very aware that if any of these elements are overlooked then I could lose of some my specific target market who would be off-put and would not continue reading the magazine.

Reviewing Magazine Contents Pages.

This particular contents page is an example of one that would be very common to appear within an issue of Q Magazine and appeared on the shelves of most newsagents in the late part of December 2009.

The way that a contents page is laid out in very important to how an audience would register a magazine; this is because the first piece of information that the reader would look at would be the contents page and if this page was going to be set up in a messy and unregimented way this could stop people reading the magazine further and would, perhaps not read any future issue of the magazine.

This particular contents page is made up three main colours - black, red and white - similar to the other elements of the magazine which I have discussed within my blog; as before this idea assures that the piece looks professional and sophisticated as to not have these included within my own contents page (or other elements of my magazine cover) would, most definately stop people from buying my magazine receptively.

Generic Conventions - Opening Sequences