•With my magazine I want the front cover to be similar to ‘’we love pop’’ I would like to incorporate the idea of a logo as the main mast head.

•Also I would like the background to be very simple, I think that I am going to use either a gradient background or a plain background in order for it to be simplistic. My colour scheme will be based around my audience feedback, based on my research, it would be neon colours, such as bright pink, blue and maybe yellow however I have not decided this yet.

•Another thing in which I would like to incorporate is the cover lines of the articles justified to the right hand side.

•I want to keep the theme very simplistic within this magazine, which is why I have chosen not to incorporate images of other articles.

•Another convention in which I would like to incorporate from this magazine is the exclusive banner across the bottom of the cover.

•I have decided that I am not going to include within my magazine is the idea of a fashion element, as I would like my magazine purely focused on the music magazine. Therefore I have chosen to replace with a competition instead.

•I would like to use is a box out for the caption underneath the cover line, as I think that this would make it more post modernist and easier to read for my audience.

•For my artist, I could either have a pop band or a single artist, they would both work due to the nature of the magazine, I would have them cut away from the background onto a simpler background. This would likely to be a young male group/female group or young male artist/female artist, who the target audience would admire.

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On the left hand page of the double page spread I would like to include an image of my band/artist so that that page is purely centred around them. This can also be used as a poster. Differently to Q magazine I would like my image to be in colour and I would like the pose of the artists to be less intense and sexual, due to the fact that the target audience are young females.

I would also like my image to be cut from the background onto a plain background, due to the fact as I would like my magazine to continue with the simplistic theme. Another thing in which I could use is similarly to the posters that are included in these types of magazine, I could have an outdoor shot, as this would incorporate the life of the audience, the image would also link with the main article itself.

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Similarly to the Q magazine double page spread I would also like my magazine to have its article justified into columns as I think that this is a general convention used throughout all magazines. I also think that it makes the presentation of the article more effective and easier to read. One thing in which I may change about the article is to have some of the main parts and most important parts of the text highlighted in order for it to be picked out by the audience easier.

The main thing in which I liked best about Q magazines double page spread is the fact that they used the main letter of the artists on the second page, I think I am going to use this idea in order to make the text more exciting. The colour of the letter will dependant on the colour scheme in which I chose for my logo, however it will more than likely be a bright colour.

The things in which I am going to change about the magazine is the amount of text on the right hand page of the double page spread, I think that I am going to incorporate some still life images, so that the text is more appealing to my target audience.

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I like the way that this contents page uses a gradient background in order to make the magazine simplistic but effective, therefore I think I may incorporate this into my magazine, similarly to the front cover design.

I also really like the way in which the contents mast head is aligned on the page as I think that this would appeal more to my audience, therefore I will incorporate my logo fonts into this page so that the pages still link. Also I may not use a basic colour such as white for my contents, I will use the colour scheme in which I decide on, along with my other pages.

One thing in which I would definitely change for this magazine contents to suit my genre is the image, I would have the image more fun using props so that it uses the typical genre conventions of pop, by prop I mean things such as headphones and I pods or even bubbles if I choose a female artist.

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I like the layout of the contents page however I think due to the nature of my magazine it is too simplistic. For the main articles I will use larger page numbers than the less important articles. I will have all my page numbers before the contents title so that they stand out. Also I will have the main articles high lighted in a box out so that they are easier to read by my audience.

I also do not think that my contents page would need subheadings like this magazine does due to the fact that I want my audience to read the whole magazine rather than skip to one specific section. I think that by doing this this will incorporate the impression that my magazine is going to be fun to read.

The final conventions in which I am definitely going to use is the issue number, website and date in which this magazine was publish, these will all be justified at the bottom of the magazine.

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