polished magazine cover, contents and dps

Final adjustments to my magazine

Front cover- on the front cover the last minute changes I made are that I made issue number and price in the bottom right hand corner smaller, I generally made all of the text slightly smaller and get rid of my strap line above the masthead, and added be in the know above the issue name, I did this because I wanted to add an extra something that’s catchy for my audience, I have also added ‘Jessie j fights back’ in the bottom right hand corner because I felt it need something extra.

Contents- on my contents page I have changed the whole format of it by changing the font and adding sections to organise and allow readers to understand it better, all the text is now inline and I have added subheadings and more pages to the contents, I have also deleted the ‘in this months issue’ underneath the title as I felt it wasn’t needed.

Double page spread- on this page I have added an extra column to the text so there is now 3 columns, this means it looks more like a structured article& interview, I have changed the pull out quote into the same text as the artists name so the page is more even and I have added it in-between column two.

Evaluation question 7 FINAL

Looking back at your preliminary task (the school magazine task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

From making my school magazine i feel that i have developed my skills in photoshop and gathering ideas and i have shown and improvement, when i first started the process of my school magazine i wasnt very skilled at using photoshop for example i had no idea how to make layers and cut out images, and i decided on my preliminary to use very simple and basic layouts and techniques, i didnt plan it accurately and i feel i didnt push my technical abilities.

 For the school magazine we didnt have the oppurtunity to research and plan so i i have learnt from my music magazine that research and planning is benefitial to the outcome and can help develop and challenge ideas. From the analysis of other magazine covers i have learnt how magazines are designed to attract and please their target audience. Creating my music magazine allowed me to apply the knowledge i was learning in an effective way, when comparing my school magazine to my music magazazine i think it represents how i ahve learnt different aspects that are included in magazines, for example on the cover of my school magazine the barcode would have needed to be smaller, this issue number and date smaller, and the strap lines in line and less list like. another example of what i have learnt and improved on is the contents i have included more detail this time, included more variation and a less confusing layout, And my photographs throughout are edited to compliment the magazine and not over edited.

Evaluation question 6 FINAL

 THE INTERNET, I have used the internet in the process of making my magazine because I used it for my research and planning section, I used it to gain knowledge of the types of magazines out there and gained inspiration from looking on the internet, I also used it to access my blog and upload posts to my blog about the steps of making my magazine.

COMPUTER, I used the computers around school with acess to Photoshop in my lesson and in my free periods to research and create my magazine.

PHOTOSHOP- Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0, the software installed on the school computers that I have access to, using this software it allowed me to create and layer parts of the magazine in order to put together new and interesting effects to make the magazine as technically realistic as possible.

CAMERA- I used a digital camera to take images of my model/ artist that was going to be on the cover and inside of my magazine.

Microsoft Word 2007: I used microsoft word to write up my double page spread article so i could check im spelling words and that i am structuring the article correctly.

ANIMOTO- I have used animoto to create the pitch for my magazine, the reason I chose animoto because I felt that it was more interesting than PowerPoint and is more entertaining for my audience as you can add music etc.

COVER JUNKIE- in my research and planning section i used cover junkie alot to gather ideas and inspiration for layouts, colour schemes and eye catching features.

SCRIBD- i used scribd to upload some of my planning and research from microsoft word onto a scribd document so i was able to post it onto my blog

MEMORY STICK- i used my memory stick to save work such as my photographs of my artist/ model and work that i had done at home so i could bring it into school to put into my school documents.

BLOGGER- i have used create a coursework blog blog and keep updating it with posts such as research and planning and my evaluation questions.

Evaluation question 5 FINAL

ADDRESSING/ ATTRACTING MY AUDIENCE on Prezi

Evaluation question 4 FINAL

Evaluation question 3 FINAL

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Bauer media group publish magazines monthly such as Q magazine, although Q is styled differently i think that it’s a mainstream music magazine that also appeals to the social group i am aiming for, it also published monthly like my magazine would be, i think that my magazine would fit in to this publishing group because although Q has a similar music genre so there is a market for Bauer media group to publish my magazine. 
Bauer media also produces several music channels such as 'smash hits TV' and 4music which both would be playing the sort of pop music i intend to include in my magazine. Adverts in the magazine- adverts will slot throughout the magazine for example my magazine audience is directed at teenagers mainly girl who have disposable income, adverts that appeal to my audience may involve beauty products, ipods, phones, trainers etc.
I have decided on this media group to be the one i think would distribute my media product because they are a well known group rather than one thats new or smaller and would be able to get my magazine out there because they have experience.

Evaluation question 2 FINAL

I Have Tried to Make My Magazine And

Evaluation question1 FINAL

  A particular magazine i used as inspiration was POP magazine, i have taken details from the limited edition 'the 80's excess issue' magazine collection covers to enhance my own design, for example i love the simple and effective deign of pop magazine here, i like how the text was lined up down the side and on the top around the main image, i also liked another couple of feautures from the front cover for example the way they named the issues rather than having your standard issue1,2,3.. etc, so from this i made the decision i was going to call my magazine 'The fresh music issue' because with it being the first issue this means all the fresh music is introduced, i also liked the way the barcode sits in the corner being slightly stretched width ways so i have used this on my cover.

Another magazine i loved the fun style of is VIBE magazine, features i have decided i like from vibe magazine are the way the masthead sits, 'VIBE' is a short word so its able to be made in a bold font and large text with strapline sitting above it i decided i liked this and wanted to test it with my masthead on the cover! 

i decided to call my magazine 'MUSIQ' because i liked the simple short and catchy title but gave it a twist by using the letter 'Q' at the end of the word, i think this is a catchy music magazine name that develops the use of other music magazine names and also fits into the genre i have chosen. in both of the magazine images above the magazine hav used quite a close up image of the artist, so compared to these two, by using a midshot image i am challenging the camera angles used on the cover of magazines i have researched into, i have chosen to use my model stood in a fun and confident position, i think that people looking at the magazine on the shelf would look at the model and think fun and quirky and would want to be her or be friends with her because it looks like shes having fun, i have tried to represent fun again also with the mustache drawing on the finger because i think its different and it works effectively. clothing on my model- i have gone for on trend and bright clothing to bring in some colour and pattern.
i think my magazine challenges forms of other music magazines already out there because i havent used a busy cover and erratic layout to my cover contents, dps, but i have gone for a simple layout and in the end chosen just black and white because i believe they are the two colours that bounce of each other the best rather than introducing a third i decided to keep it simple with with a poppy picture to contrast and catch the eyes of readers.

me, working on my contents page

final front cover, contents & dps

example of another cover

colour testing

from feedback

FROM MY FEED BACK OF MY DRAFT MAGAZINE
the feedback i got for my cover was...
- the brick wall didnt work: so i am scrapping the brick wall
- the image could be larger: so i am changing the image and making it larger
- 'CHLOE JADE' could be larger: so i am making the artists name larger and stand out more

contents page
- images needed to be used with all text& of other artist: so i am taking more images for the contents
- no page number: so a page number will be added
- it only goes up to page 38: so more pages will be added to a higher number as its a monthly magazine

double page spread
- need page number: so a page number will be added

POP front cover

draft feedback

VIBE front cover

COVER ALTERATIONS

COVER ALTERATIONS: i have re evaluated my draft cover and decide that the picture wasnt quite right and the colour scheme was poppy but maybe to fashion magazine like aswell, so from this have decided to scrap the brick wall and change the colour scheme to black white and orange, i now am also deciding between a white or grey background, i think teh white pops more but the grey looks more like a magazine..