Draft layout
- 1. Draft Layout + Style Sheets (Excluding Photo Planning)
- 2. The main font for the masthead will Issue have no tails, and look as if each letter has been ‘made’, be bold and decorative and have an archaic, but No. futuristic look (2 Lines) . The text will also have shadows. The décor of the font gives an archaic look, a look of sophistication. The neon colour scheme contrasts with this in that it is considered quite ‘wild’, whilst being THIS IS MUSIC appropriate to the ‘electronica’ genre. It’s the idea of two things ‘coming together’, such as electronica and rock, fun and sophistication etc. The headline, tagline, masthead and all other main headings etc. will be capitalised The main photo will be in the centre of the Cover Picture of magazine, placed below (in terms of depth, though not lines band or directly) so that the headline will overlap. subheaders artist The front page won’t be too cluttered, as the intense etc clutter seems desperate, chaotic, and I want my magazine to inspire regular readers, not one time buyers. Masthead = size 110 font, 2 Lines Headline = size 80 Hyperspace Tagline = size 20 Lines other text = Circuit (All Dafont fonts) Headline will be Blue. Subheadings will vary in colour but will be variations on neon colours. The background will be cream, and the masthead’s colour Bar- will match that of a piece of the artist’s clothing code The colour scheme gives a very organised, ‘clean’ PLUS impression. etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc
- 3. CONTENTS There will be two pictures (excluding editor photo) on my contents page, inspired by the layout of the Q page I analysed. There will be one large picture of the subject of a main article, whilst there will be a smaller picture showing an artist that will have Note/Message from the either a new release or a gig reviewed inside. editor This Month All headings will be capitalised. Main header – 60, 2 Line, bold. All Headings will be Alien Encounter (solid), as will page names and numbers), though Note from Big Image editor will be in Lucida Console due to its – Main professional look, and to set it apart from the rest. feature There will be a QR code in the bottom right hand corner, sending readers to the website. And the T.I.M logo will also be there. The background will be ‘off- Text related to image + page Regulars number. white’, though there will be different coloured lines separating Reviews categories and photographs. These are like LED bars seen in clubs Secondary Picture Networking etc. List of a few things being reviewed ‘+ more’
- 4. The font for the headings will caption BOON Pg No. be ‘Lion King’ from dafont, as it is very definite, and subtly stylised. Article Text Picture of The main body text will be Lucinda console due to its Ed legibility and professional look. There will be a rectangle over the right hand side placed on top of the photo (which covers both pages). The opacity will be reduced to see behind it, but it will be opaque enough to make the MAIN INTERVIEW with DJ Boon. writing easy to read. The colour will depend on the colour of the background