How Research will Inform Planning

From the research and analysis of 3 magazines (cover, contents page and double page spread) I have learned 

• To use a dark colours and tones to portray my chosen genre (Alternative Music) but use one lighter colour and use it throughout the magazine.

• To include the main artist from the cover as the main image on the contents page.

• To entice the reader with competitions and free gifts on the cover.

• To add taglines on the front cover but not too many to draw focus away from the main artist featured.

• To lay out the contents into three columns and to add pictures of various bands/artists which will be featured.