Contents Page First Draft

This is my first draft contents page, I have done it in the style of an Ipod Touch, as this is a device used for listening to music, which the majority of all music listeners have owned or used, I thought it would be appropriate.
I have used similar headings to those found in other contents pages that I have studied, and have applied it into my design, I have also invented recurring features that will appear in the magazine such as "NOW! NEWS!".
This again is a first draft so ammendmants shall be made, I designed the template on Serif Page Plus, as this provided with my the shapes I needed to replica an Ipod Touch shape

Double Page Spreads

For my main article I have had to do it over two double page spreads, this is because the thousand word limit we were given is too much to fit into one double page spread. I have gone with the same style that the front cover consists of, it is in the style that the pictures and the writing are being held on by cellotape, which again represents the style of the music i am writing about, a rough "indie" look.
I have added a cork board background so that it looks like the text and the pictures are being attached roughly to a board.

I have gone with bright colours to also represent a rave scene, the magazine represents the modern times of music hence the name "The Now".
This is still a first draft so it will be improved from this.

Front Cover First Draft

This is my first draft of the front cover, The programme has had a problem and has not allowed me to use the fonts that i wanted to use, so i shall upload the version i have on my own laptop at a later point. I have gone for a slightly informal style, making it look like the writing has been applied with cellotape, i believe this represents the music industry and gives it a slightly "indie" look.

I have used a group photo of the band that i am doing my featured article on, I have placed the writing so that it looks like the band memebers are looking at the writing, going for my own unique style of making the picture look fully involved with the writing.
I have tried to make the magazine look as though it was applied cheaply, giving it a unique style.

Magazine Logo

This is the logo for my magazine, i made it with bright colours so that it represents the type of magazine that I am writing for. The logo is an arrow which is a metaphor for going forward, this hopefully will be picked up by the readers as this is the message that i want the magazine to represent. I have made the writing transparent so that it makes it look more "involved" with the cover image, giving a better blend of logo and image.