my evalution
My assignment brief for my main task was to create The front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of four images per candidate.
I found this assignment to be a good challenge for me as I do not know music magazine that well for I would have needed to look and as many music magazines as I could in-order to get a wide range of idea. I needed to look at the simulates of the magazines and the differences, so it would help me in the construction of my magazine and make it look like an actual magazine of which people would buy. i first started brain storming on the type of magazine i was going to create this took me some time because i needed to think of what music style people liked and how they would like The magazine set out. My ideas were;
Idea 1Doc’s Diagnostic: Looking into the depth of band.
Focusing on all genre of music This is a magazine that looks into the depth of bands and what they really do and think also upcoming gigs etc. I’ll be keeping with a colour theme of white.
Idea 2: Clash of the bands This magazine is also a magazine looking at all genre of music but will look at conflict between bands and different music’s such as; Metal and rock, RnB and crunk.
Idea 3:the shock of rock \m/ This magazine is going to be your normal rock magazine like Kerrang. It will have the same basic layout with the main band of the magazine at the front and sub story’s on the side. The name of the magazine is the shock of rock \m/. \m/ meaning the rock sign.
I thought about these a lot and couldn’t make up my mind which ones I wanted to do the most I was stuck between the shock of rock and clash of the bands. The shock of rock was the music genre i knew the most and I had a good idea of a pink paint theme and the clash of the bands i had an idea of trying to use contrasting colours to so the differences of bands. So I decided to look at other magazines in-order for my to make up my mind with the right magazine genre and idea.
I looked in to magazines such as Q, Kerrang, NME and Blender. All these magazines are well-known magazines and they all have different themes and music genre that they follow. I found a simple pattern / trend in these magazines front covers such as the picture location, the fixed logo and the use of bold bright colours for the names of bands to create something that will catch the reader interest. I found that I would need to keep the same placements for my magazines in-order to make it like a music magazines. I studied why magazines do this and what it accomplishes these were such things as to identify their magazine and to make important band names to stand out and draw the customer in more. Although they are all different when it comes to colour schemes and text styles this is how they make themselves different to over magazines this is what I made sure i used in my magazines. Now the contents I found that they were very well laid out and had specific things are highlighted in-order to catch attention. I made sure that when it came to my magazine I needed to make everything clear as possible so that my magazine didn’t come confusing and difficult to read. finally when I looked at double page spreads I come to the conclusion that they have one structure of the main image on the left and the text on the right but they and that was the only similar techniques they have for the double page spread and everything else was placed different.
Once I finished looking at all the different magazines I decided to create my shock of rock \m/ magazine because I felt it would be more simple layout and I could create something different to all the other music magazine with the colour schemes and the layout of the pictures and the main image.
I then started the construction of my magazine i did a draft first so I could get and idea of what things worked and what did not. this was my draft I used a pink theme so that I differ from other magazines I liked the picture and the text of the magazine on the bottom half because they stood out well i but i realized that when I came to my main and final design I would need to create a more noticeable master head because this is the main thing that should stand out in you magazine. but I felt that my draft was good for everything else I would be using most of the element of it in my final design.
As you can see my final front cover design is very similar to my draft i the sub stories text on the left hand side and the use of the black shadow background with the black and dark pink border I felt that i gave the text more of a pop and was not blending in with the surroundings as much as magazines like NME. ad you can see the master head is a lot different from the draft because in the draft it didn’t stand out at all well so I decided to go for a colour that is very easy to spot which is yellow. the yellow really made the master head a lot better but i needed to make sure it was keeping in the colour scheme as the magazine so i made the text black and had a pink stroke go round the outside Of The yellow which keeps in theme with the magazine nicely. for the exclusive story text i needed to change it due to is was not read able with the image. I used and simple white text with a pink and black boarder which does standout more than other texts but not as much a the master head which is what I wanted. I moved the price because in my draft to forget it give the magazine an issue number. I am quite pleased with my front cover but I could have got an image similar to the draft because it works very well.
For my contents draft I needed to keep the paint theme so that I knew it would work through out the magazine because if it didn’t I need to create a theme that could go though the whole magazine. the draft I felt was OK I thought that the layout was fine but found it very boring I needed to create a title for the word contents and make it more standing you and I also needed to create a better a shock of rock title. I then need to add more pages and make every more willing to read.
now i my contents page is the best part of my magazine with the layout and design of it. I made many changes to it compared to my draft, To start with I have moved the word contents up to the top because it is more noticeable and makes it easier for the reader to identify the page. I used the same style of text and made it bigger but I got rid of the pink black background surrounding it. i wanted to make my contents different to the usual magazines where they just have contents and the name located it a different place. I put the master head over the word contents because I gave the page a more unique feel for the reader. I made it look Like it was spray painted over the top of the word contents. I kept the green text and I decided to put more into my contents for page numbers because the draft didn’t have that many and it made it look more like a contents. i also kept the titles and the pink boarders.
this I felt was not a good draft at all and i thought when i came to my main i needed to create something a lot better I didn’t keep the paint theme in this page a the image doesn’t look right in the page. the only thing of which i liked was the text of i liked how the green and black worded together and made them stand out but I thought that I needed to use a lighter green. this is the final copy of my double page spread i changed a bit because i was not happy with the draft i placed my main heading on the top left because going down in the middle vertically was not easy to read and did not look right. I created a background for the title and its now very clear easy to read and draws in The reader’s attention. I placed a picture underneath so that i kept of all the other magazines such as kerrang and NME. now they hardest part of the double page spread was creating the text then placing both images and text in away that looked right. I tried a lot of different places for the pictures and text. I decided to put the pictures in first and put the text so it goes round the pictures this make a good flow for the text. I used a green and black coloring For. the text just like my draft and it worked really well as it stands out.
once i had finished my pages and they was at good standard in my eye i created a questionnaire for people to fill out and wrote on what they thought about the magazine. the main points i got back from the questionnaire was that the magazine was not really for that they didn’t think the magazine was for men and i do agree. there is not a specific gender i was aiming for When creating this magazine but I think that my target audience is really women who are in to rock. The images i used make it more appealing to women due to they are young lads in a band dressed smart which women like for example bands like boys like girls or you me at six. So my target audience for my magazine is young / late female teens Another point i got in my questionnaires were that they liked the contents title with the master head sprayed over it. One bad point which people pointed out was spelling mistakes and that they didn’t like the placement of the 1 St. Edition on the front cover they thought it look a little out-of-place. I think that I will not move it because I put it there in-order to cover up a small space. But I moved it up so that it didn’t look as much out-of-place.
My magazine is the same as many other magazines such Kerrang magazine. Kerrang magazine consist of having a main story on the front cover with a picture to draw you in to read it. I feel my magazine does the same with the picture and the main story being boldly presented to catch readers’ eyes. Although Kerrang magazine has the advantage of using celebrates to draw in readers i had to use a good story and a unique design to draw the reader in due to it is a small start off magazine and not a national magazine sold in stores. My magazine A shock of rock \m/ use sub story to interest the reader into buying the magazine in case they do not feel the main story intrigues them. This allows my audience (16 to 19) to read my magazine and allows a wider range of teens to buy my magazine instead of just the one social group. Kerrang magazine also uses simple colours so their magazine is not too complicated so that the stories are easy to locate i have also done the same. I feel if I was to make another magazine I would try to get a better main image because I feel it doesn’t draw the reader in as much as it could. This is the only thing I feel I would change as I am quite pleased with my magazine. If this was to be sold I believe it would be sold in local news agents.
In conclusion to my magazine I feel that it is a good music magazine for college teens(16-19) I think it appeals to them through the use of my background and story lines which makes my magazine eye-catching. I feel my image attracts my audience as they will be thinking about why that image is there and will then be willing to found out what it is about. Although using a big image restricts placement of other features of my magazine because i have to work around it. In my next magazine I will use a smaller image in-order to allows more freedom in my magazine. i also need to work more on my double page spread as it lack appeal. i feel it needs to be more eye grabbing and more creative instead of plan and tidy, due to it does not make my magazine want to read it as much. Above all I concluded that my magazine is good but it needs some changes in the double to make it more appealing.
my questionnaire main feedbacks of each question.
1) are you male or female?
50% male 50% female
2)Does this magazine look appealing to you?
the main comments i got from this question was that they felt the layout and colurs were good but then i got the opposite feedback when i looked at this i found that mainly the male questionnire were the one that the magazine didn’t appeal to that much
3)Does the text stand out and is it noticeable?
yes was the answer from all of my questionnaire they felt that the colours worked well and made certain colours stand out and made it easier to read
4)Is the colouring of the magazine good?
50% said yes as i explained in the first question i found that females tended to like the colour of the magazine but the male were not so ken on them.
5)Does the magazine theme continue though the magazine?
100% yes this is good because this mean they magazine is constant though out the magazine which make it look like all the pages belong to the others and it is one magazine
6)Do the images look good?
i found that the audience felt that all the images were good on the contents and double page spread but didnt like the main image that much as it didnt catch their eye that much. i can not change the image in my magazine becuase it is a key element all i have done it made it stand out a bit more so it is more eye catching
7)Would you say this is a magazine you would find in a shop?
8)Where would this magazine be sold? ………………………………………………………….
all thought yes and that it would found in a newsagents
9)What do you think of the mastheads and, also the name of the magazine?
10)In the contents is the writing easy to read?
11)Is there anything you would change in the magazine
12)Would this appeal for young teenagers from (15 to 19)
60% said yes and the other 40% thought that it it could go up to 21 year olds
13)Do you feel there is enough in the double page spread.
100% said that they liked the amount in the double page spread they felt that there was enough information to read and not to much that you lose interest.
14)Thoughts on the front cover ( likes / dislikes)
70% liked the front cover they thought i was very eye catching though the use of the master head 30% thought that is was ok and they wanted to 1st edition to be moved cause it looked a bit put of place
15)Thoughts on the contents (likes / dislikes)
100% liked the magazines contents they said they loved the spray paint on the contents and there was a lot of pages number to choose from
16)Thoughts on the double page spread (likes / dislikes)
90% liked this is a good high percentage and means my double page spread is likable by my audience.
production log:22-03-1010
today i created a questionnaire and asked people to feel them out. i ask specific question in order to get the most feed back possible. i then created how i made it for my front cover, content and double page spread these were easy due to they will help in reasons why i put thing in what places. next lesson i will write up my results for my questionnaire and then i will start my evaluation.
how i created my double page spread
Once again i used the same paint splat background in-order to create the same theme though out the magazine.
i then created the main heading on the double page spread i keep the text the same as it was on the front cover in-order to stop confusion and keeping the magazine flowing in the same theme. i put the same border behind it on the front cover as well so it did not blend in with the pink boarder. i also placed a pink line down the middle to cut each page.
i then decided to put my images in so it is easy to put my text around them rather than the other way round and not finding room for them. I put a pink border around this as well to take of the sharp points on the picks and so I didn’t look like the were floating there. I also place the [age numbers in the corners for readers to know what page they are on.
i placed the text on the right hand side first cause this is wear the main text about the band is. the left side is just showing the band and who they are. I created a review text for band cause this tends to but what music magazine have on the double page spread. I then put in a band members thoughts as well. I used a green the same as the contents cause I felt it stood out well and was different.
finally i filled the gap which was in the bottom left hand corner to put how it is a new band and the said who was in the picture above and what they did in the band. I then created an album cover for the reader to think it is a sneak preview of their next one. this make the reader feel they are getting information and other people don’t have.
how i created my contents page
i created the same board but in reverse on the contents page this keeps the theme of the magazine going throughout the magazine. the then put pink blokes in the contents as well cause this is where the titles of the pages below are going to be about.
i created a white and black text which is bold and clear to read. the are put on top of the pink blocks to separate them from everything else.
i then put in the age numbers and what they are about. i used a green text to differ from the colours i have already used and make the reader feel like it not just the same boring colours all the way thought. specific words i have created a glow around them to show that these words were one of the main stories on the front cover this helps the reader find that Page a lot quicker then reading the content’s.
Now i left a big gap on the right at first for a reason. i instead of putting more text I decided to put album covers examples to make it different in the contents instead of being just boring text. i highlighted the name of the band and the name of the album i order to emphases the bands that are going to be talked about. i also felt there was an empty gap down the bottom and didn’t want to put more page number there so I decided to put the page number and the in association with subway to not have any empty spaces.
finally i created a title of the word contents i saved this till last cause I felt it would be easier as i wanted to try something different with it. i made it the same colour and text as the new, radar etc but to make it look different I decided to my masterhead over the top. I put the masterhead over the contents and made it look as if it was spray painted on which made it keep to the paint theme border. I felt it gave the word contents more of a unique feel and I could keep the name the shock of rock going though the contents to make reader remember it more
how i created my front cover
I first created a border this was going to start off by giving me the basic colour which would go though out my magazine. it didn’t matter much that there was paint splat’s going over the page du to everything would go on top of it.
i then out my main image into my front cover. i out this in first cause it is easier for me to work around the picture then to put it in later on and having to move things. i left the left hand side due to this was where my sub stories would go. i did the same with the top for my masterhead.
this is my master head which i placed at the top i used a black text with a yellow and pink outline this gives the masterhead more individual with the yellow yet it is still part of the magazine with the pink.
i then placed my sub story pictures down the side and placed a pink and black board underneath, this is where i can place the text so it will be easier to read.
the text was next i placed them under the pictures and on top of the board when i had the text just yellow it was not very clear so i created a black shadow behind in order for the text to be easier to read. i then felt that there was too much space on the right and above the photos.
i created a pug for subway cause this is quite a popular fast food restaurant for young teens. i made sure i used the same text colour and back shadow as under the photos in order for the magazine to look right.
i created a main story text. i made this white so it is different from the rest of the texts i made it so it was more eye-catching then the sub stories text but not too much that it takes the eye of the masterhead too much cause the masterhead is the most important in identifying your magazine from others.
i created a pug for subway cause this is quite a popular fast food restaurant for young teens. i made sure i used the same text colour and back shadow as under the photos in order for the magazine to look right
