Double Page Spread Article

I know what alot of you are thinking now, who the hell are Enter Shikari? Am I right? Enter Shikari are a British post-hardcore band formed in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire. They combine post-hardcore and various heavy metal sub-genres, such as metalcore and alternative metal, with elements of various electronic genres, such as electronica, dubstep, trance, industrial and occasionally drum and bass, creating a particularly unique sound.
The band is named after a boat belonging to Roughton "Rou" Reynolds' uncle, and a character in a play which he wrote before forming the band, both of which are named Shikari. Shikari also means 'Hunter' in Marathi, Persian, Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Punjabi and
Bengali. But how did they  start?In 1999 a band named Hybryd formed, consisting of Rou Reynolds on guitar and vocals, Chris Batten on bass guitar, and Rob Rolfe on drums. They released an EP called Commit No Nuisance which featured the tracks "Perfect Pygmalion", "Look Inside", "Torch Song", "Honesty Box" and "Fake".
In 2003, with the addition of guitarist Liam "Rory" Clewlow, Hybryd became Enter Shikari. Rou focused his musical efforts on vocals and electronics instead. From when They started in 1999  they have ‘Taken the world like and alien invasion’ Said by Rou Reynolds when they were interviewed at downoad 2006.

Almost Finished Contents

This is the contents page for my magazine, it is almost finished, all that is needed is the pull quote from my main article which i will add when ive finished my double page spread.

Finished Main Magazine Cover

This is my main magazine font cover. It is pretty much all the same as the last post, but i have changed the masthead as i think this one stands out a lot better and I've added the main sell-line.. Also i have moved the price down to the bottom with the bar-code and have added a website address under the masthead. These are only small as they aren't very important.

Main Magazine Front Cover with Main Image and No Main Sell Line

This is my main magazine front cover. it its the same as the last post which didn't have the main image in it. i have now added the main image and have edited the main image so that it is black and white and only certain parts of it are in colour. This means it isn's to bright and fits with the colours of the the rest of the magazine cover.

Magazine Front Cover With No Main Image and Main Sell-Line

This is my Main magazine front cover without the main image and main sell-line. in this there is the masthead at the top of the page, which was in my last post, above this is some of the bands that are included in the magazine. On the left hand side of the page is a poster special to attract the reader and a sell-line for an interview. at the bottom of the page is another sell-line. above this on the right is the barcode and essential info giving the date of release and the issue number, and under the masthead is the price of the magazine. All of the colours on the page are quite dark colours like greys and black. These fit in with the conventions of a rock magazine.

Main Magazine Masthead

This is the masthead for my main magazine. It fits in with the conventions of a rock magazine, especially witht he colour black. Also it looks great on my magazine.

Conventions, producer, target audience of my text

The conventions i plan to keep regarding images are the main image on the front cover which will be of Rou Reynolds who is the singer of Enter Shikari, this will mean that people who are fans of Enter Shikari will be interested to the magazine and will want to read it to see what its about. There will be about 4 or 5 images on the contents page, which will show some of the things that will be in the magazine, this gives the reader more info and may attract them if they attracted. on the first page of the double page spread i'm gonna have a few small sub images to go with the article, one of them will be the image from the front page,  Im also going to have a couple of tour posters on the second page of the double page spread which will be for a tour of the band that the article is about.  My masthead will be a simple font, and will be dark grey with a black outline. The rest of my text will mainly be either black or grey and some reds.. I've chosen these colours as they are dark which fits in with the conventions of a typical rock magazine.

My magazine will be published by Bauer Media, mainly because it produces Kerrang magazine, which is a rock magazine, like mine. My magazine is inspired Kerrang and that is why i have chosen this publisher. Bauer Media Group is a multi national media company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. This means the magazine won't be just in one country. And more people will buy it

The target audience of my magazine is people who like rock music, mainly post-hardcore, metal-core, punk rock and pop punk. Also people who are aged 16 and over as it may have some bad language in it which wouldn't be suitable for younger people. It is also for people who like to go to concerts, as it will have concert dates and locations, also it may be for any people who like to play musical instruments like guitar and drums and people who like to sing. it also may interest people who like free  posters and gifts.

My magazine will be sold in places like WHSmith, and newsagents. Mainly because this is where most magazines are sold and a lot of people go into newsagents quite often so it will be seen by a lot of people. There will also be an online subscription where the magazine is delivered to people’s homes once a week when it comes out. This will mean people who don't want to go to a shop every week to buy the magazine can by it. The magazine will also be advertised in the back of Kerrang magazine which means people who read Kerrang will see it and because my magazine is based on Kerrang, it will attracted moor people.