Evaluation questions

Evaluations q's 2 from charliemae1999

Due to technical difficulties my own Slideshare account was not working, so was able to use another one of my fellow media student account however this is all my own work and this is all mu own evaluation questions and answers.




 

final contents page of music magazine

Final front cover of music magazine

 

 

 

 

Feedback:

"I really like the masthead as it links really well to the genre of House music. I also really like the black, white and red theme, as it creates a lot of colour triangles and ultimately draws you into the main image of your male artist. Your main article has a clear link to the main image and looks really good. The social media sites and website idea is really interesting as it links to the social group of most teenagers to adults now a days. Your male artist using direct address is another intriguing feature as you feel as a reader that he is looking directly at you and addressing you. Maybe you could change the colour of the word ‘favourite’ in your strapline so that you can emphasise that it is a loved magazine."

"I like the how the picture looks like he is holding the quote as if he is presenting it. The background colour makes everything bold, and it creates synergy with the contents page and double page spread"

 

After having feedback I changed my strapline to having the word 'favourite' and  changed the colour to white which contrast against the black background which is bold and striking to the reader.

 

double page spread improvements and final double page spread

After doing improvements on my double page spread I have still tried to create synergy by having the colour purple as a background colour for the interview columns, the colour of purple and the yellow colour of the writing is a good contrast.

I have made the main image of the front cover in front of the columns of as the main image is bold and this draws the readers eye to the main image.

As the publishing print is expensive for magazines so I decided that instead of all of the background is purple as this would be too expensive I would only have columns highlighted purple as this is cheaper for the publishing company.

double page spread example; mixmag

After looking more at this house double page spread from mixmag it shows that the interview is in defined columns and clearly set out.#
At the bottom of the double page spread it shows the artist shown his album and when the release date is, I liked the idea and the way it looks on the page, I will do this on my double page spread as it advertises the artists album.
I will try and create synergy in my double page spread to be able to connect with the front page and contents page.

Double page spread

 

This is my current double page spread, I have used a dark colour for the background to show and reflect the moodiness I wanted to come through I highlighted the questions to show what is the questions and what are the answers, I have moved my main image to the right side and as this is one of the problem I addressed from my focus group.

Interview about magazine

On the 13th March we had a man called Roger from TESCO's PLC come in and interview me and asked me about what I did on our music magazine and why we did it. He gave me advice of what I should do to improve on my music magazine. He asked me about my front page, double page spread and contents page and made me do a 1 minute pitch about what my music magazine is about and how I came to doing that genre of music and why I put what I did in my magazine. I explained to him about how I challenged, used and developed conventions of a music magazine as well as telling him about the characters on my magazine.

Contents page (new) alterations

This is my current contents page I have tried to keep with the theme of black, white and red by having the text in white, the titles in red and having a slight black in the background.
I chose the 'regulars, features and going out' as the regulars are the articles that will always be in the magazine, the features are the articles about the artists and the songs and music which will different every time there is a new magazine out and having the going out for example like the nightlife or the Ibiza holiday which can relate to my target audience (ages 15-30 years) as this is could interest them as at that age many people want to go out with friends on holidays etc.

I used different pictures and labelled them with the page number of the article as this was a common feature on most magazines which I wanted to put in my contents page.
I also put social medias on there as this is aimed at my target audience as having social medias is common for people of that age.

front cover; (new) alterations

I have made alterations to my front cover, Firstly have changed the font on the masthead to the stapline above as I thought this would look more effective as well as making the masthead have a more edgy look and that complement the genre of house music.
Next I have changed the cover lines, as before I had all my cover lines highlighted with a black background I found that this made the magazine look to crowded so I experimented and only kept a few cover lines highlighted with the black background, however I still kept the theme of the black, white and red colours as this connects and make colour triangles.

New front cover (changes)

This is my current front cover that I have made changes to, with the new main image and the way the cover lines are positions differently.

• The changes I have made are; the pose of James as I have changed the quote to make it look like he is holding it.
• I have also changed the background and photoshop the main image onto the page, I gave quite a plain background I did this because most of the house magazine covers I looked at had the main image and then a just a plain background.
• The cover lines I have coordinated colours of black, white and red which has colour triangles of the red shoes and the black and white clothes.
• I have put the social medias on my front cover as it can appeal to my target audience as most 15-30 years olds will have social medias.
• I  have photoshop my main image and then put it in front of my masthead as most magazine covers will have the same masthead on every magazine but the target audience will still know that it is that magazine even when the main image is in front of the masthead.

photoshop; new changes

This is the original photo for my front cover, I shall photoshop the background out to make the rest look suitable for the front cover.

 

Here I have photoshop the background out of the picture and left the person who is going to be James Smith on my front cover, I shall put him onto the front cover on a plain background this will make my magazine front cover look more like some of the magazine covers I have looked at.

front cover photos image changes

After looking at the drafts of my music magazine I used with the background of the front cover having an old building I wasn't completely happy with it, as well as looking at house magazines that mainly had the artist with a plain background I decided that I wanted to change the front cover.

 

I took some more pictures with a plain background. This is the photo I want to use for the front cover of my magazine. I shall photo shop the background out of this picture and the person who is meant to be James Smith on the cover, I shall put onto a background that I am happy with, this is so I can make my magazine front cover look more like one of the house music magazines I have looked at.

double page spread: current

This is my current double page spread that I have improved from the focus group that I have done.

One of the dislikes the focus group wanted to change was the main image of Kinsley was very central and they wanted to change the main image from center to the right side.
I put more images to the double page spread which I put all around the double page spread to be able to give the target audience and fans more insight into what Kinsley is like.
I left the font colour orange as it is able to be read and my focus group liked this colour as it is bold against the background colour. I have also made the questions of the interview bigger than answers to be able to know which part is the answer and which part is the questions.