My Double Page Spread Article

I have written an article about "The Stories Behind The Lyrics" for my double page spread in my music magazine. For this article, I have to think of original song titles and lyrics that reflect the rock genre. I am going for a "Fall Out Boy" theme, as their song titles are ridiculously long and make no sense, such as the following:

I have reflected this in my own song titles, such as "My Big Mac Came But It Didn't Have Gherkins".. which I explain how it is a metaphor for life. This article is not serious at all, but I feel as though this reflects rock, as it's a "fun" genre, and isn't meant to be taken very seriously.

The Making of The Contents Page

The following is a partial draft for my contents page. It is not yet complete, but currently this is the stage that I am up to. It features my sisters as the band 'Cisterc' (which is sisters with C's as the start and final S). I am going to a concert to go see You Me at Six and All Time Low next month, and whilst I am there I will try and take some good images to also use in my contents page.

Contents Page Text

The following text will be inserted into my contents page:

NEWS

04 You Me at Six... Go classical?!!?

06 Behind the scenes of All Time Low's "Something's Gotta Give"
08 Can Green Day top THREE ALBUMS IN A YEAR?
10 Muse to headline download

FEATURES
14 Shanice - The stories behind the lyrics!
20 Gerard Way - Rocks the UK!
24 30 Seconds to Mars - Tickets sold out within minutes
26 Introducing: Cisterc

POSTERS
30 Frank Iero, Slipknot, Ozzy and more!

ANARCHY
40 Who's touring near you?
42 Panic! Top the Reverb charts
43 WIN! VIP tickets to Leeds Fest

REVIEWS
44 Fall Out Boy - American Beauty/American Psycho
46 Paramore - Self-titled Deluxe
48 Bring Me The Horizon - Drown

Double Page Spread Screenshots

Below are screenshots of the beginning of my double page spread. I have 'dabbled' in different schemes, and am very happy in how it looks now. Text needs adding towards the right, and I will write my own article on 'The Stories Behind The Lyrics'. The second screenshot shows a separate photo shoot that I did, however the photographs turned out very grainy and the lighting was off. 

The Very Final Front Cover Draft

UPDATE: 05/01/2015

I have changed the header font because I didn't like how I'd done it before, and I've also rotated the barcode so it isn't too close to the main story.

Photographs

Photographs

                                                            Below are the photographs I have taken for my front cover and my double page spread, taken with my Samsung Galaxy S5. The image I choose must be a medium close up (to comply with conventions) and must be clear. As shown below, many are blurry and grainy, and these cannot be used for my final product. However, many are clear and acceptable for my cover. The one I have chosen is the photograph to the right, as it is very clear, has perfect lighting, is a medium close up, and shows Shanice (my model) perfectly. The background can be easily edited out, which I will do to it for my final product, as it is very unconventional to have a door as the background of a magazine. I will also edit the image, changing the levels, contrast, saturation, brightness and exposure. This is to increase the vibrancy of the colours, so my image stands out more. The clothing that she is wearing is very 'floral', which is similar to rock artist Hayley Williams (shown below). Therefore I have reflected rock and rock artists in the clothing that she is wearing.

These photos I cannot use. This is because Shanice (my model) starts laughing and moving quickly, which causes the images to blur and become out of focus. She then starts to 'mess about', which could be used, but wouldn't be very professional.

  

These photographs are very out of focus, and therefore cannot be used in my magazine as it is unconventional and wouldn't look professional. No magazines have blurry images on their front cover because it then makes it harder for the target audience to recognise the person, which will decrease sales.