Layout research on other music magazines for my music magazine

After looking at other music magazines for research, I had noticed that my music magazine didn't have the correct measurements compared to other professional magazines such as FADER and DIY. Because of my magazine having really out of proportion measurements, I decided to take a NME music magazine and measure the barcode, margins and other components on the music magazine.

The measurements which I took from the NME magazine, the margins on the front cover, double page spread and contents page were all 10mm. The barcode was 25mm in height and 35mm in width. The positioning of the title on the front cover is central but with the title of the music magazine being ENEMIES which was play on words with the NME music magazine, there was only 10mm either side of the title.

The measurements of my music magazine front cover is:

5mm margin on the front cover
Barcode was 10mm width by 20mm height
Title was 5mm fro either side in the middle of the page

The measurements of my music magazine double paged spread is:

5mm margin on the double page spread
Title of the page is 5mm in the central of the middle of the page

The measurements of my contents page is:

5mm margin on the contents page
Title was 5mm on either side with the title being in the middle

Differences between photoshoot 1 and photoshoot 2

The differences between the 2 photoshoots is that there is an extensive amount of photos from the second photoshoot compared to the first. On the first photoshoot, i didn't take enough photos which had left me with very limited options for images on my first draft attempt but on my second photoshoot, I took enough photos so that I didn't have to be in the same situation again with not enough photos.

In addition to this, another change between the first and second photoshoot was that I removed one of the members of the band, Collided, due to him not fitting in with the genre of music and the image I wanted m band members to look like. Personally, I believe that my magazine looks better with  only the 2 members instead of the 3 as it looks more like a band with the way they are dressed and the relationship they have with each other.

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