I have narrowed my title names down to two choices: Poison and Revolt. I have chosen these words because the word 'poison' connotes ideas of danger and skulls, because of the label on the bottle indicating death. This works well for a Punk magazine because the history of punks is that they are dare devils and do dangerous things. Also, stereotypical ideas of punk's clothing is that they wear t-shirts or leather jackets with pictures of skulls on them, so the codes and conventions would mean that the magazine would appeal to it's target audience. The word 'revolt' means to rebel. Punks have a history of being rebellious towards society. These attitudes are shown in Punk magazines as they follow the general colour scheme and style of Punks. This goes for the punk bands as well, they are famous for being out-going and very rebellious against the norms of how bands used to sound and act. This would match the codes and conventions of punk magazines as this word would attract it's target audience.
Font types
This is another suitable font to use as it also follows the general punk-rock codes and conventions. It has the spray-paint/splattered paint affect again and connotes ideas of messiness.
The font I have chosen to use is 'aristotle punk'. This would be most effective as it reveals the ideology of this magazine creating a modern twist on Punk, much like the new sub-genre, 'Ska-punk', which is what my magazine will be focusing on. It connotes ideas of rebellion and untidiness as it resembles writing that has been spray painted on. This works well as Punks are renowned for spray painting on walls in order to rebel against society. However, it still gives the impression of a professional font, designed for people who enjoy the classic punky bands but are also open to new bands that will feature in this magazine. Classic punk rock-lovers would also be attracted to a font that appears with these messy and splattered connotations as it links in with Punk band's logos.
Final logo ideas
I think my audience would like a green logo, as it is a gender neutral colour that connotes ideas of unusualness and bright graffiti.
Purple is a good colour to use as the logo of a punk magazine as, stereotypically, punks are interested in the colour purple and some dye their hair this colour. It also works well with the black back ground.
The white logo against black is very effective as it is gender-neutral and contrasts well with the back ground to stand out. Front covers also normally have a black or white logo.
This is my final logo. I have put the 'R' backwards to create a unique style for my masthead, and the spray paint effect around it connotes ideas of punk.
Magazine layout
Most music magazines of a similar genre to this focus on three colours only, in order to connote the relevant ideas to it's target audience. Kerrang! for example, uses mainly black, white and yellow, which shows it is uni-sex and contains articles of dark music. Metal Hammer magazine uses mainly black, white and red. This reveals that it is also uni-sex and contains dark and violent music. Nme similarly uses red, black and white to show the audience that it contains rock.
In conclusion the four colours I have chosen to use will be black, white, purple and green. These will attract my target audience because they are al gender meutral clours, except, perhaps, purple. However, purple is the colour in which usually defines 'punks', so this will make the magaine recognisable as a ska-punk magazine.
In conclusion the four colours I have chosen to use will be black, white, purple and green. These will attract my target audience because they are al gender meutral clours, except, perhaps, purple. However, purple is the colour in which usually defines 'punks', so this will make the magaine recognisable as a ska-punk magazine.
I have designed my magazine layouts to give me a clear dea of what I want happening on each of my pages. I have taken my analysed magazine pages into consideration when I did this.
Analysis of band photography
This is an effective picture as it is a low angle picture of a punk band. This connotes ideas of power and high status, which works well as this is a band that have been around for a long time and it shows they have a lot of experience in the music industry. This is a technique that I may use for my pictures. They are also using direct mode of address, this creates a personal feel between them and the audience, which would work well on a front cover. Their facial expressions are quite plain and they are doing some kind of pose, I will also take this into consideration when I take my photos. Their clothing is all black with something on their T-shirts, so when I take pictures of my band I will make sure they are wearing something similar to this.
This is another slightly low angle picture, also showing high status. If I were to do this when taking pictures of bands, it would create the idea of them being around for a long time, which would attract the audience. This medium shot shows their whole bodies, meaning the audience can see what they're wearing, to give them an idea of what genre they fit in. I may do this in one of my pictures, perhaps for the contents page or double page spread, to encourage the reader to read the article. The setting they have used is simple and taken outside, I might do this when I take pictures, or just crop the image out and put it against a plain background.
This punk band has been taken somewhere with a plain background behind it, this is effective as it puts the audience's attention on the foreground; the band. They also have plain and mysterious expressions on their faces, which I will take into account when taking pictures of my bands. The clothes they are wearing are dark which creates the 'punk' look. Considering all these punk bands are wearing black, I will make sure the bands I take pictures of will wear black as well.
In conclusion, all these band members look very similar in these photos. They are using the same facial expressions, wearing the same types of clothes and using similar body language. Therefore, I will make sure the bands I photograph use these techniques as well. As for my settings, I will try and pick a place with an open area and a simple back ground, like these photographers have done. Using low angle shots is also something that I will consider doing, as it creates the idea of these bands being experienced 'punks', which is what I was my audience to think when they see my magazine.
Images
These pictures would be effective on my front cover, contents page and double page spread as this
singer is using direct mode of address, much like the cover stars on other
rock/punk magazines to personally address the audience, which creates a certain
feel of closeness between the audience and the band. This is important for them
to feel a connection between themselves and their favourite singers as they
then feel as though they can relate to them, encouraging them to read the
article.
The clothing I have chosen for him to wear connotes ideas of
him being a ‘punk’ and symbolises the genre ‘ska-punk’ as the audience would
recognise this singer to be in a band of this particular genre because they
associate these dark clothes with rock/punk. He also has tattoos, which is very
effective as most rock/punk band’s singers usually have tattoos covering their
body. It also symbolises rebellion, which works well as it creates connotations
of these bands being ‘punks’ themselves.
I chose to take these pictures in a local youth club centre
as it is a big space with a simple background. I will probably use a crop tool
to edit the back ground out and just use the singer on my front cover. I may
edit these pictures to be in black and white, or add/remove certain features to
create a professional look.
This is one of the first original pictures I took. There are settings on my camera to changes the hue and brightness of images. I have lightened this picture to make his tattoos look brighter and stand out.
For this picture, he is posing in a way a rebellious punk might, it also shows off his tattoos which many rock/punk bands have on their knuckles. For this picture, I have made it darker than it already was. I think this is more effective as the genre 'punk' is associated more with darkness than brightness.
This picture would also look good on a front cover as it shows his whole outfit and his relaxed body language, which is similar to the pictures of the bands I have analysed.
This picture would be an appropriate front cover picture as it shows his tattoos, clothing and relaxed body language, creating the rock/punk look. However, I probably won't use this image as his eyes look too relaxed, whereas in the other photos he looks more cheeky and rebellious, which symbolises the stereotypical 'punk' more.
I may use this image as a secondary image on my front cover or on my contents page. I have put this image in black and white as I think it shows how this band are like an old-style punk band. This guitarist is wearing appropriate clothing as the bands I have analyses are all wearing black. I might cut the guitarist out of this photo and create another background. However, if I decide to do a band review on my double page spread, I will keep this background to show he was playing at a concert.
This guitarist would work well in a contents page or double page spread. He is wearing the stereotypical 'punk' clothes. This image is also taken from a low angle, like the other photos I have analysed.
My friend took this picture of the guitarist back stage. I might not use this picture as it doesn't look as professional as when they are on stage.
This picture is good because there is green smoke in the back ground, which works well because the main colours of my magazine are black, white, purple and green. It is also a low angle shot, which shows high status of the band.
This picture would look good on a contents page because it shows two members of the punk band. However, the second member is not dressed as stereotypically as other punk bands, so it may not work very well for the Ska-punk genre.
This is another picture I have taken of the lead guitarist, also showing the green smoke. I don't think I will use this as it does not show his face.
This is a good picture because it is taken from a low angle and shows high status. The green lights also work well with the main colours of my magazine.
How I made my front cover
My first decision was what colour to use as the back ground, I wanted to keep my main colours to a maximum of four; black, white, purple and green.
This is what it looks like with a purple page colour, I think having the logo back ground a different colour to the page doesn't work very well as I feel it over complicates the page. Also, although the colour purple would attract my target audience, having a purple back ground may make the magazine appear too feminine and attract less males.
This is what it would look like if I created it using a green back ground. I think this green colour is very effective considering the genre, however, again, I think having a different colour back ground to the logo would over complicate the page, and rock/metal magazines that I have analysed don't use bright colours as their back ground.
I think a white back ground looks more effective for my target audience. The white colour contrasts from the black back ground of the logo, which contrasts the white mast head. However, using a white back ground creates less of a contrast between the white mast head writing and the black logo back ground, and the mast head is a large contributing factor as to what would attract my target audience most, therefore, I may not use this.
A black back ground is by far the most effective for my target audience. Using this page colour it does not over complicate the page colour scheme and it makes the mast head stand out due to the contrast of white on pure black. Black is also a uni-sex colour, and popular among 'punks', so I think using this colour would attract my target audience opposed to purple, green or white.
I then had to decide what image to use as the main image of my front cover. I wanted to follow the existing codes and conventions of current music magazines of a similar genre by using direct mode of address.
I might use this image as the main image on my music magazine, he is using direct mode of address and the mise en scene works well in the way of attracting my target audience. However, his facial expression is smiling, which is fine, but this may be suitable for a double page spread of I decide to do my main article about him. Also, on other music magazines such as Kerrang! and Metal Hammer, the main image usually consists of a closer picture and they are also using strange and wild facial expressions to make the reader want to read about them.
In order to use this image as my main image, I had to crop the back ground out, leaving just him in the image. To do this, I downloaded a program called 'Paint.Net' and very carefully used the 'rubber' brush tool to erase any of the back ground behind him. You are able to change the brush size to erase smaller, more tricky parts of the image. There was also a 'zoom' tool to zoom in on the image to ensure you erase all the back ground out and don't leave any left.
After I had done this, I wanted to alter the colour and brightness of the photo to create a punkier effect. To do this, I used Paint.Net and used the 'effects' tool. This allowed me to change the sharpness, which meant that it darkened some features of the image. I sharpened this image by about 20%, meaning that his tattoos, clothing and facial features darkened and stood out more, I did this because I thought it would make the mise en scene stand out to grab the target audience's attention, attracting them to this magazine as it would show them what kinds of people feature in this kind of magazine.
Another alteration I made was changing the brightness and contrast of the image, I made the image slightly brighter, but also increased the contrast by about 15%, this meant that some parts of the image were brighter, but the contrast meant that the bright features would contrast from the darkened features. I think this was effective because it meant that other features like some of the more colourful tattoos were brighter, which set a contrast from the tattoos I had darkened by sharpening before hand. This would attract readers as it would mean the image would further connote ideas of being rebellious and youthful by getting these tattoos.
I also tried changing the hue, saturation and lightness. I thought the image looked most effective when I just changed the saturation, it made the colours look stronger and bolder and the colours also looked a lot like the green I chose to use on some other features on my magazine.
I decided to make a purple skyline as the purple is a very punky colour that is part of the colour schemes I wanted to use. It is a bright colour that contrasts from the black back ground to some extent, as I don't want all of the reader's attention to be attracted to the banner. The text I have used on it is 'Britanic Bold' font. This font is effective as although it is a simple font, it is a very strong font in the way of it standing out and connoting ideas of rock/punk. For the buzz words, I have put them in white, I have done this because it contrasts from the other black text and attracts the audience's attention to it because it is showing the most exciting parts of the inside of the magazine. I have also used a black outline for the text as it further contrasts from the other colours to attract attention to it. To separate the two cover lines I have used a green lightning bolt. To make this I used the font 'Aristotle Punk' and typed in a symbol to create this lighting bolt. I made it green because it connotes ideas of punk and it is part of the colour schemes I wanted to use. The lightning bolt is effective because it has connotations of danger and death which is what other parts of rock/metal magazines have to attract it's target audience.
I made the button by using the font 'ZOMBIFIED' that I downloaded from dafont.com and typed a letter on Microsoft, then print screened it and pasted it on Paint.Net. I then used the brush tool to colour the letter in the same colour green as the paint splatter, I then copy and pasted this image back onto my magazine front cover.
After I had pasted the new image onto my magazine, I used a text box insert the text onto it. Again, I have used the font 'Britanic Bold' to ensure I don't overt complicate the page. I have just decided to use black text for the plug as it contrasts the most from the green button. I have decided to put the buzz word 'live' in purple with a black outline to make it stand out, to further catch the reader's attention and encourage them to read this magazine.
I made the cover lines using the font 'Mistral' because I thought it would be an effective font for the band name I created. The target audience would like this font as it has the appearance of messy hand writing, this works well with the genre as punks are renowned for being outrageous and sometimes violent. The font is in green to still work with the colour scheme. It also works in synergy with the cover star's tattoos as they are of a very similar colour. The other cover lines are also in the same font to show the readers that this text is to do with this band. I have done this writing in white with a black back ground, this is so the white text contrasts from it and stands out as there are a lot of colours behind it. The cover lines also work in synergy with the main cover line band name 'Venomous Devils' as I have used the word 'toxic' to describe them.
To create the banner I used the same technique to create the button; I used the 'ZOMBIFIED' font and got rid of the writing inside it. Again, I used the font 'Britanic Bold' for some of the text to keep the page quite simple. I used black text as the white and purple text that I had tried before did not create an effective contrast. Also, for the buzz words, I did the text in purple, with a black back ground to attract the reader's attentiuon to the important parts. For the words 'Josh Franceschi', I used the font 'Bernard MT Condensed' as it is a similar font to their band logo name and it is also a lot larger than the other writing. I have again used a lughtnig bolt to break the two cover line stories up using the font 'Aristotle punk'. I have put it in green as it creates the most effective contrast from green.
For the banner, I made an image of a ticket to a festival that I made up called 'THRASH' that features ska-punk bands. I think this is a suitable name for my target audience as this word has connotations of violence and rebellion.
Firstly, I had to design the THRASH logos. I thought that the skull and cross bones would be effective for this genre of music as I wanted it to connote ideas of death and danger, like the bands that would perform at this festival. I have also designed the skulls as having mohicans on their heads, this works perfectly with the punk genre as they are renowned for having Mohicans to stand out from the crowd and as a sign of rebellion. They also have happy but fierce expressions on their faces, this is to create the right mood for the audiences so they know that the music will be loud but entertaining. The purple works well for the genre and also for my music magazine as part of my colours schemes are purple, so this is working in synergy with myy music magazine. The cross bones are purple and black to also attract punk-lovers and to connotes ideas of danger and excitement.
This is my final THRASH ticket, I have analysed the Download festival ticket and tried to make it look quite similar to it, as they would both have the same audiences. I created this ticket using Microsoft Word and Paint.Net. The colour is grey because it keeps it simple and so the logos contrast against it. The typorhraphy I used for the word 'THRASH' is in the font 'Brutal tooth', that I also downloaded from dafont.com. This is a very effective font as it has the appearance of barbed wire and creates a scary atmosphere, which links in well with the skulls and cross bones. I have also made the barcode from barcodegenerator.org.
This is the final image I used, I used Paint.Net to flip the image horizontally so he is facing the text that is about him.
I wanted to add a photo of a T-shirt from an existing festival, so I hung my own Download t-shirt up on the door and took a photo of it. I then editted around it to erase the back ground on Paint.Net.
I wanted to add another button to fill some of the blank space up, I used the font CF Punk Forever and type an asterisk to create this splatter effect, I then copied it to Paint.Net and filled in the black asterisk.
I changed the asterisk splatter mark to purple as I had already done a green button, I think this looks very effective against the black background and also is a similar colour to his tattoos.
Originally, my image was the other way round, however, after analysing magazines and realizing that they use the 'rule of the left third' for the cover lines, I flipped my image horizontally so his head was on the right hand side, so I could fit a button in on the left hand side.
I also altered this button slightly too, it was originally purple, but then I changed it to green, leaving some splatter marks on the outside still purple, which I think looks really effective and creates a 3-D effect. I also put black rectangles behind the text because it creates the white text as a contrast from it.
I also changed the banner at the bottom of the page, the only changes I made to it were the text; I put them on different levels as I found this to look very effective. I also put a rectangle behind the buzz word to make it stand out and attract the audience to it.
I then added a barcode. I made the barcode on Barcodegenerator.com, I then print screened it and put it on the bottom right hand corner of my page. I moved the plugs that were on my banner over to the left to fit this barcode in. It also follows the reader's tendancy to scan the page in a 'Z' shape, it would be the last thing they saw because it would be the least interesting.
How I made my contents page
I decided to create the contents page in the same font as the mast head; using Aristotle punk. I have also put one of the letters backwards like the 'R' in the title, to give it a unique feature. I have also used white, like the mast head, as I think it is most effective and creates a contrast from the black back ground.
I think using a black back ground was most effective as it did not make the page look too boring, like white did, or too bright to want to look at, like the purple and green did. There is also a lot happening on the contents page so the back ground isn't very noticeable anyway, which means the magazine doesn't look too dark.
For the text that said about the contents of the magazine, I used the font 'CF Punk Forever' which I downloaded from dafont.com. I think this font works well as it contrasts from the white back ground of the box. The font also looks like splattered paint/spray paint, which connotes the right ideas about the genre of my magazine. I also think it looks very effective for a contents page as they are thought of as boring, and I think this font makes the readers interested in reading inside.
For the main image, I took a picture of my little sister. To create the 'punk' effect, I used a lot of make up and bought certain clothes for the mise en scene. I altered this picture by changing the brightness, the sharpness and the colour scheme on the programme Picasa.
These are the other pictures I took for the contents page:
I didn't use any of these pictures because, although she looks very well suited to the genre, I think the picture I chose to use was most effective and would attract the audience's attention most.
This is the final image I decided to use. I thought it worked very well regarding the message it was meant to be giving out. She is using direct mode of address which works well because I might put text on top of it that she is meant to be saying to the audience. She has her tongue sticking out which connotes that she is rebellious and cheeky, this works well with the genre. She is also doing to 'rock and roll' pose, this connotes the rock/punk genre of my magazine and shows her passion for music.
For the main text box displaying the contents of the magazine, I again chose the font 'CF Punk Forever' because I thought it connoted the right ideas of punkiness, resembling splattered paint/spray paint. I chose black because it contrasted well against the white text box back ground, which contrasts from the black page back ground.
For the text on the main image, I used the font 'Britanic Bold'. This is because I wanted 'THE IMMORTALS' logo to be in this font, and thought it would simplify the page by having the rest of the text in this font. I have put most of the text in white to contrast from her black clothing. I have also put the 'YOU' in bold, to attract the audience to this text, it is also using mode of address which will attract the audience and encourage them to read it. I have put the buzz word 'win' in capitals, in a bigger size, red and out lined black because it all makes the word stand out more, because this is a word that the audience would be attracted to.
The secondary images I have used are pictures of band members playing at a concert. I used the one that I put in black and white because I thought it would work well with the black and white colour scheme of this page. The other image worked well because it has a back ground of green smoke, which works well with my magazine's colour scheme and connotes ideas of punks.
I put text on the images to show what pages the articles feature on, I thought this would be helpful to the reader and be quicker for them to navigate through the magazine. For this, I have used the font 'ZOMBIFIED' because it connotes thoughts of the writing being splattered or spray painted on. It is in black because that creates the most effective contrast from the back ground of the images.
I thought it would be a good idea to use a small letter from the editor of the magazine to give a brief over view of what the magazine will contain, it would create hype for the reader and encourage them to read inside. I have used very informal language because both Kerrang! and Metal Hammer both swear in their magazines. I also thought it would be a good idea to put a smaller picture of the editor (me) on the letter, I will make myself look like a 'punk' as well, to show the readers that the editor is also like it's audience. Also, Metal Hammer have done this as well and, being a reader of this magazine personally, I think it is very effective.
This is the image I decided to use to show the ditor of the magazine. I uploaded it onto Picasa and editted it by changing the fill in light, the high lights and the shadows. I think it made the image look effective as it made certain features stand out and further promotes the 'punk' look.
I also made it look like I had signed the magazine. I went on the program Paint and used the black paint brush tool to scribble a signature. I then copy and pasted it to the contents page and inserted it at the bottom right hand corner.
How I made the double page spread
This is how I created the back ground of the double page spread. I used the font 'ZOMBIFIED' to get the shape of the image. I put this font in big text and copied and pasted it onto Paint.Net. It took me a long time to put these letters together to create the perfect combination so it would look most effective a big paint splatter. I think this has worked well and connotes ideas of what punks are best known for. I chose black again because it had the best effect as a paint splatter, I also think it would create the best contrast from white, as I didn't want to over complicate the page.
I originally made this as my double page spread, however, I decided not to use it because I thought it did not look as effective as the other back ground I created. It has the appearance of splattered, messy paint which creates the correct connotations, but I think the other back ground suits my genre more because it looks more like spray paint.
This is how I created the skull and cross bones on Paint.Net to put on the back ground of the pages. After I put the skull and cross bones onto the back ground, I made it a darker shade so it would not stand out too much, I wanted it to blend in with the back ground but still show. I decided to use a skull because the band that this article is about is the 'Venomous Devils' and the title has the word 'poison' in it and the skull and cross bones works in synergy with this 'toxic' idea.
I put the main text in green and white. I put the interview questions in a different colour to show the audience which person is talking. The green connotes ideas of bright green spray paint that punks would use, it also follows the colour scheme of my magazine. Also, the logo of the 'Venomous Devils' is in green, so it further promotes the band. I used white text because it contrasts the most from the black back ground and it also follows my colour scheme.
I used the main image of him standing up because it fitted better in the page and used direct mode of address to create a bond between him and the audience.
For the font of the title, I have used the font 'Britanic bold' because I think it is simple yet effective and connotes ideas of confidence. For the word 'poison' I used the font 'STENCIL' because it looks like the 'toxic' sign that you find on a poison bottle.
This is how I made the back ground, after I had made the skull and cross bones, I pasted it onto the paint splattered effect image and darkened it so it would blend in more.
I wanted to add a social networking link onto the double page spread because modern teenagers frequently use social networking sites such as: facebook, twitter and myspace. I thought doing this would attract my target audience and encourage them to have more involvement with the magazine and the bands it contains.
For the subtitle, I also used Britanic bold, as I thought it would look simplistic yet effective. For the words 'Venomous Devils' I put it in the font 'Minstral' as I want it to be 'their own' font that audiences would recognise as being their own. I put the word 'suicidal' in CF Punk Forever font because it lloks like splattered paint, I also put it in red which makes this word look like splattered blood, which works well as the word suicidal connotes ideas of death and blood.
I decided to include an important quote from the person I interviewed. I used this quote because I thought it would be the most interesting quote that would encourage the audience to read the article. I put this in font Minstral because hat is their band's font. I also put it in green so it contrasts from the black and also works in synergy with the green behind him.
To make the twitter logo, I went on Paint.Net and used the circle tool to make a blue circle. I then erased some of the circle and filled in an outline to make it look like a bird shape.
I then added to beak and the wings with the paint brush tool.
After that, I made sure everything looked as close as the real twitter bird as I could. I coloured the bird in a blue colour that looked closest to the real twitter bird.
My other double page spread idea
These are some pictures I have taken because I have had another idea for a magazine spread, I took these in a big empty room that had a plain wall.
After erasing all the back ground behind the model, I decided to edit the poster behind her. I put this image on Paint and used the paint brush tool to scribble the 'keep calm' out and replace it with 'freak out' in font 'splattered' from dafont. I thought this worked well with the image as the colour schemes are red, which connotes chaos and destruction. It also links well with my genre as it is a very rebellious and bold genre.
This is my final image that I put onto my double page spread.
For my title, I used a pun which links with the article and the singer's band. It read 'Roxelle proves immortality'. It links with the article because it is about her trying to kill herself, but manages to stop herself. The ideaology of this proving immortality links in with their band name 'The Immortals'. I have used the font called 'Rock it' because I thought it suited the genre ofher music - punk/rock because it resembles messy painted writing. I put the text in black to contrast from the white back ground, it also works in synergy with the colour clothes she is wearing. I put the word 'immortality' in red, because this word is linked with the idea of death and blood. I also put a black outline round it because the red did not contrast as well as the black, it also made it stand out more.
The text for the subtitle is in Cambria Math because I thought it looked simple and informative as the subtitle's purpose is to give an over view of the article. I put 'THE IMMORTALS' in font Britanic bold, as I want the audience to recognise this font as being their own. Like before, the word suicidal is in red and font CF Punk Forever, because it resembles splattered blood, which works well with the word 'suicidal'.
I have still used the social networking link, making a fake name for 'The Immortals', calling it 'IMMORTALITYNEVERDIES' as the idea of immortality is that is lasts forever. I put this link in red to work in synergy with her outfit. For the 'Follow them on Twitter!' text, I used Aristotle Punk' font because it is the same font as the front cover, I want audiences to then think about the 'Revolt' magazine and link it with twitter as they could then follow my magazine on Twitter, creating more of a link between the audience and the magazine. I used the same image that I used as the main image but flipped it horizontally so she is facing the text on the right. I also put this text onto CF Punk Forever text, then went round it in black to contrast from the white back ground. This also shows how her band is very punky.
For the mian text, I made rectangles of, what resembles black splattered paint. I did this by using the font 'ZOMBIFIED' and put all the different letters together to create this rectangle. I used black as it contrasts from the white back ground. I then used red text for the questions I asked, and white for the her answers. I used the font 'Cambria Math' because it looked simple yet effective, as well as easy to read.
I decided to use my second double page spread idea. Although I liked my first attempt and thought it really presented the genre of punk, I think I have used the codes and conventions better in the second one. The image in the first attempt did not create a connection as strong as the image in my other double page spread. I kept the story the same, changing the title to create another pun with the new band I chose to write about. I think this story is good because people would normally expect to read about these kind of stories in this genre of magazine. I also think I have taken advantage of my use of colours in the new double page spread and still created to feel of punk, but perhaps rock slightly more.
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