Draft - Front Cover, Contents and Double Page Spread

Again using Adobe Illustrator CC 2014 I have made a draft for my Music Magazine for all three elements on my magazine coursework.
This is the final draft for my magazine that I will use to make my final piece with.



Draft - Fonts

Choosing a font for my main masthead took some time, I decided that I wanted to use a sans serif font as it fits better with the codes and conventions of a music magazine. Here is a selection of fonts that I like:
My favorite one is the fifth one down called "Keep Calm" Using this font I have modified it slightly in Adobe Illustrator to make it a bit more alternative:

I like how this looks and think to has a alt. feel about it. To keep consistency I have decided to make the same style for the 'Contents' title:


Flat Plan - Double Page Spread

The double page spread was probably the hardest to make a Flat Plan for. I think this is because there are so many different examples of double page spread and no obvious signs of codes and conventions.
Here are my 3 mock ups made in Adobe Illustrator:



Flat Plan - Contents

Making my contents page in Adobe Illustrator I am able to fine a layout that looks ascetically pleasing. Here are my 3 first passes for my contents page.





Flat Plan - Front Cover

After looking at many different front covers for magazines I made 3 flat plans of what I wanted my front cover to look like, this is so when I design my draft and my final piece I am able to reference back at these first ideas. Here are the 3 Flat Plans that I have created using Adobe Illustrator CC 2014.





Photo Shoot - Raw Photos

Here are some of the photos that I took on my photo shoots.












Photo shoot - Locations

Before I go onto my photo shoot I want to scout out some locations. To do this i will use both my local knowledge of the area that I live in and also Google Street View to look for locations that are further afield.
In Shifnal I plan to go to these locations:
This is Georges steps which is a local national walk, I know that the scenery here is lovely so I will conciser going here on my photo shoot. 

These are the Shifnal gardens, I doubt there will be to many appropriate backgrounds here but I think it is worth a shot to visit and make the most of the surrounding area.

This is the train station in Shifnal. I know that there are plenty of nice backgrounds at this location

I have decided to also use a model from a town called Bewdley, To add verity to locations i have decided to also have a photo shoot here.