1. House Style
Rock and Roll magazines often contain the colours Red, Black, White and Brown.
The brown colour is often taken from the jazz guitars they use in Rock and Roll
bands. The black colour is often taken from the rock image and style which a
rockabilly person would wear. The red colour is often used to attract the audience
into looking at the magazine. Especially men as it is a fact that men are attracted to
the colour red. This is where you would see Rockabilly women wearing red colours
mixed with black.

2. Front Cover Design/Style
I have taken my
inspiration from this
Rock and Roll Magazine
and have put my own
ideas forward into what I
want on my front cover.
For my main cover image I plan to use a
Rock and Roll band to instantly attract
attention as people often to look at
magazines more if there is more than
one person on the front cover.
I would like the band on my front cover
to be wearing similar rockabilly clothing
such as Denim, and leather. The colours
are mainly black and blue.
I plan to use colours such as
this type of brown as it
blends in effectively with the
white text below and next to
it. It also reflects off the
colour red which is shown
above the guitar and red is
also another colour I would
like to use on my front cover.
In my design I would like to use as
little tag lines as possible as I want
all attention to be put on the main
cover image and the main cover line.

3. Contents page design/style
I would like to use a date on
my contents page so it looks
as if the audience are being
kept up to date with what
issue the magazine is and
when the next one will be
out.
For the page numbers on
the features side of the
contents page I would
like to use the colours
Brown, Red and Black, in
a small font so its only
optional for the reader
to look at and it also
sticking to the house
style of the magazine.
Throughout my magazine, I will
continue to use the colours
Red, Black, White and Brown.
This will make my magazine look
professional.
For my contents page I would like to
use three columns and a main
contents page image placed on the
right hand side of the page, placed
next to the magazine features. This
makes the layout look neat and the
images stand out.

4. Double page spread design/style
For my double page spread I took my inspiration
from the magazine below, which displays very little
columns and more images. I would like to use this
idea as the audience are often for attracted to the
images then they are reading a lot of text.
When it comes to writing my article, I
plan to not use a lot of text as it will not
look as effective as having a lot more
images. I plan to use two or three
columns in my double page spread, with
images surrounding it.
This magazine double page spread
also stood out to me because even
though its not the same style of
music, they still use the rockabilly
colours Red, Black and White. The fact
that they use an all black background
it means it allows the white and red
to stand out and attract the audience.
I would also like to use my main double page
image on the left hand side, maybe
stretching out onto the right hand side so it’s
the first thing that the audience see when
they open up the magazine.