This is the contents page of them popular music magazine 'NME', which stands for 'New Musical Express'. The pictures in the middle of the contents page tell us what the main story is in this magazine. The band index on the left hand side tells us what artists are in the magazine this week. The big text underneath the two pictures tells us what the main story is about. The list on the right side tells us what else is going to be in the magazine in order to page number.

This contents page is from the well known magazine 'Kerrang'. The age group they are mostly aiming for is 14-230 year olds as they like the sort of music that Kerrang talk about. The pictures on the left illustrate what is going to be in the magazine, also people can also look at the pictures and they might recognise a band and they would read about them. The pictures also have a page number so readers can find them quicker. The basic colours used are yellow and black with a bit of white. This is simple but effective because it makes it look interesting and eye catching. At the top of the contents page there is an editors letter. This tells the reader what they can find in the magazine and the eiditor can recommend a story and people will read that story because the editor recomended it. On the right is a list of the stories that are in the magazine. 'This week' is in a bigger font than the other text because this draws people in to read the contents underneath it.

I have done the first draft of my article for the music magazine. I will be making changes to the article to make it better.

The results from my questionnaire tell me that most people prefer rock music than any other type of music, so my magazine is based on rock music mainly. The magazine also includes other types of music to attract more people. I also found out that people are attracted to a magazine by the layout and colour as well as the information on the front cover. So my front cover needs to be layed out correctly and with the right colours to make people buy it.

This is the front cover of popular music magazine NME. This magazine uses simple formats however they are affective. The magazine uses three main colours - white, yellow and red. These colours look really affective together. There are three main fonts on the front cover of the magazine. There is a medium close up shot of the main picture of 'The Automatic'.

This is the front cover of popular music magazine Kerrang. The colours used on the magazine cover attract people to buy the magazine. These colours that they have used are to attract women because they are stereotypical. There are four main colours used on the front cover and this gives it a lively feel to the magazine. There are two main fonts on the magazine and the reason is to keep it simple for the readers. There are many pictures on the front of the magazine to add to the information on the front. It also tells the readers what they can expect in the magazine.

This is my first draft of the front cover of my magazine. It is very basic and it can be easily changed for future corrections