Final front cover, contents page and double page spread

Drafts Final front cover, contents page and double page spread drafts

This is my final front cover draft.

 

This is my final draft of my contents page.

This is my final draft of my double page spread.

Planning for evaluation questions

-In what ways does your media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The mise en scene and props and clothing that i set the people in for taking pictures was thought up as i was aiming it highly towards my audience and genre of the magazine.Images are one of the main things that will attract the audience to the magazine so I needed to make sure they fitted the genre and audience correctly.The girl on the front cover of my magazine presents the typical image of the genre of my magazine as she has long wavy hair which is mosty pointed to indie fashion, also the prop the guitar is included in many indie songs and are mostly associated with the indie genre of music, As this image is the most vital and important one as it is on the front cover it needs to stand out to the audience and encourage them to read into it more.The cover lines on my front cover also include a live image of Labrinth which points more towards the pop genre of my magazine and will grab the readers attention alot I feel, because he is a very well known and popular artist who is very successful.The boy on the top left of my page also points towards the genre of indie music, as of the clothes he is wearing and the props included which are headphones clearly point to it being a music magazine so it is very easy for the audience to see that it is for music.I feel that my magazine is similar in some ways to other music magazines because there is lots of cover lines included on the front cover and some of them are set out in the same way that other front cover magazine images are, for example the big masthead  at the top for the name of my magazine is very clear and easy to read.I thought the lighting of the image contrastd very well with the rest of the front cover as there are bright text and fonts included so it contrasted very well.I feel that the background of my image is clear and set out correctly because if the background was busy and unclear then it wouldnt be clear as to what the main focus of the magazine is and what other stories can be included inside the magazine.However I also feel that my magazine is different to others as it doesnt have as much cover lines and images included and is clearly set out.Similar to most magazines my name is just one word so it is easy to remember and keeps stuck in the readers mind,i decided to put my masthead in the centre of the page as i thought it fitted better with my main image and i could make it appear bigger, this differs however from such magazines like Q which i researched in my RMA.I thought that my masthead went very well with the house style as i chose a light grey for my magazine name i thought it reflected the softness and vintageness of my magazine and the genre of the magazine which is indie relates very well to the colouring that i chose and reflects vintage in itself.For my contents page my main article on the front cover is again featured as the main article in my magazine , some magazines dont tend to do this but others mostly do like Q and NME.I I included images of the articles that are the main focus of the magazine, and then included the others at the side with text and information.The mise en scene and how they  are dressed again relates strongly to the audience and genre of the magazine and the audience of the magazine are most likely to appear to wear theese clothes.Again with the girl in the middle wearing headphones clearly shows that it is a music magazine.Throughout my magazine i used different styles and colourings of text, however i made sure that they kept within the same house style as to make my magazine seem more professional. Real music magazines do this because they are professional and know what is best for the magazine to sell to the audience they are aiming it at.However some magazines do have the same font running throughout to show the house style and that it is all the same and clear to read.For my double page spread i had to think carefully about the language i used and what i chose to talk about with the main artist savannah hall, i included a pull quote of the text at the bottom of the page to show it is professional and also a drop cap at the beginning of the text, most magazines do this for example NME,Q etc. My language was quite informal and i had to chose specific subjects and topics to write about the artist the 17+ year old females would find interesting.

Final contents drafts

From audience feedback I have been making some final changes to my contents page.However i still need to make some changes to the tex to make it more clearer and easier to read, I have changed the picture of the boy on the bottom left as the background before was not the right place, this is a clear image of the artist.I changed the text of the pull quote making it bigger and bolder and also changed the colour of some of the font so it matched the house style more and ran throughout my double page spread and front cover.

Final front cover drafts

After gaining some audience feedback on my front cover i decided to change some of the styles of texts and the colouring. I also added in more cover lines to show my magazine has more featured inside.

Final front cover draft

Audience Feedback - Changes double page spread

From my audience feedback I have made the changes to my double page spread.However I still need to make a decision on what looks better either keeping the text to the left of the image or the normal image without the text to the side.

Audience Feedback- Chnages Contents Page

I have made changes to my contents page from my audience feedback. I have added in some more cover lines to the side of the page to make it look as though there is more featured in the magazine and as though people are getting more for the money.I also added in a new feature to make the magazine more appealing.I made the text more clearer and bolder so it is easier for the audience to read, and I also filled in the empty gaps of the page so it looks as though there is no free space.

Audience Feedback-Recorded

Today I finished editing my audience feedback and recording it.I used final cut pro on the macs to edit the recording and to fit my images in with the voices so it is clear what part of my magazine I am talking about throughout.

Audience Feedback- Changes Front Cover

I have gained some audience feedback over the past few days and im now making the changes to my magazine on what I think will look the best and professional to fit the genre and audience of my magazine.Today I am going to record my audience feedback and upload it when I have completed it , I have started to make some changes to my front cover already from some audience feedback.

Mrs D

Well done for completing your DPS ahead of deadline. Again there are strong links to genre and audience. You need to have page numbers on both pages and make sure the white box goes above the image too. Keep up the good work.

Audience Feedback On Front Cover-Final

Over the next week I am going to be getting audience feedback from my target audience and age group of who my magazine is aimed at, I will record it and upload it when i have received all the audience feedback.I will then make the changes that I think will make the magazine look more professional and better for the audience and also make it more clearer and appealing to them.

Dps

I lined all my text so it fitted the page right and it looked more professional , also from audience feedback i decided to change the layout of my page as it fits better.

Mrs D

Your dps is coming along nicely Charlotte. Well done.

Well done for hitting your contents deadline. I think the main image works well and the colours communicate the genre and audience well. I'm not sure the layout design is as effective as it could be. Go back to your RMAs and see how column alignment works. Keep up the good work.

Dps Final drafts

As my deadline is tommorow I am making some final drafts to my double page spread, adding in a page number and the final text to make it look complete and professional.

DPS drafts

Today I added in the text to my double page spread.And I will make some more changes to the texts and colouring on the page.I decided to add in a different picture because it fitted better and was less pixalated when i edited and cropped it.I used the cropping tool to make this image fit into the double page spread.I changed the colour scheme to purple as the background because I think it fits better with my image and looks more appealing and is kept within the same house style as my contents and front cover.

Double page spread drafts

I am starting to create my double page spread, I will keep posting things that I am adding.