Inspiring Existing Bands

This video created on Animoto shows the images I am taking inspiration from to come up with the perfect front cover image, I want to include all three members of the band but I haven't found the right layout yet.

Bands included:
Dum Dum Girls
YeahYeahYeahs - Karen O
Sleigh Bells
Warpaint

Mock-up Contents

This is the mock-up of my contents page; I took inspiration from an ELLE magazine contents page I researched at the start of the course, this gave me the idea to create a border of images around the text. The text is not visible on the page as it's a mock-up however the blank white box in the centre of the page would be filled with a list of pages with page numbers and a brief description of what you should expect to find on each page.
I like my idea of having one repeated image around the outside of the text in black and white and then other images over-lapping these to represent other band members, in colour. The instrument props used in my test shots came in very handy for this contents page as I used the drummer with her sticks and the guitarist holding her pick. I like my mock-up a lot and think I will produce something similar for my final magazine. The title font is the same font as used on the cover of my magazine for the small text, this shows continuity through the pages and creates a themed font for the magazine.

Draft Article:

Ardent Love Article

Double Page Spread - Mock-Up

I produced this double page spread mock-up to show the style of layout I would like my magazine to look like, there will be a lot more writing on my final copy and I will shortly produce a mock-up article as well. I will include what is listed on the second page within my double page spread;

- Where the band are from

- The band's genre of music

- Examples of their songs

- The band's inspirations

Followed by an individual breakdown of each band member somewhere else on the page, this shows a well thought-out layout of a spread.

I think the images work really well together and they all tie in because each member is wearing denim, on the real version I will use a similar theme to this as it creates a unique signature dress sense of the band.

Ardent Love - Font

I used the website www.dafont.com to find the right font to use on my magazine to advertise the band name across my double page spread interview. The eight I have chosen each have provide a different vibe about the band. Some are more girly, hand written style and close together letters; when some are more spaced out and bold. One of these fonts will be used in my magazine but I will play around on Photoshop to find out which one works best with the genre of the band and style of magazine.

I like all the fonts for different reasons but the 1st and 5th are probably my favourite;
1st because it's different and the elongated letters create an interesting effect; 2nd because it's equally individual and the swirls surrounding the words gives it an edgy alternative style. Both of my favourite fonts are lower case, this appeals to me as not very many bands would want their name to appear inferior if it didn't have a capital letter at the start of each word. 

Band Profile:

Name: Ardent Love
Members:
Abbie - 17 - Vocals & Electric Guitar
Georgia - 18 - Drums
Jess - 17 - Acoustic Guitar & Other Vocals

Formed: 2010

Genre: Indie-Alternative

Interests: Writing songs, playing music, listening to music, reading magazines, fashion, going to gigs

Inspired by: Ellie Goulding, The Maccabees, The Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Little Comets, Two Door Cinema Club, The Pretty Reckless, Mumford & Sons, Biffy Clyro, Plain White T's, Vampire Weekend, Katy B, Laura Marling.