Construction- Double page spread

 

I was inspired by this magazines contents page for my design. This contents page is very spacious and easy to read. The page numbers are bold and stand out, including the ones on the images which means the audience can quickly identify the page numbers for the articles. I like how the page isn't over powered with text, so the readers don't become overwhelmed and lose interested; it makes you want to read the magazine to find out about them.  

Construction- Final draft

 

 

I changed the colour of 'The Dilemma' and 'Indiego Interviews', to make them clearer and stand out against the cover image. I only just realised that there was a typo error within my cover line ' The Killers' on my other drafts, so I corrected it.

 

I took in consideration the comments and feedback I got from the focus group and applied them to my magazine. This involved changing the colour, so my house style carrys through.

Focus Group

Last Friday I held a focus group with people from college to get feedback on my front cover and contents page. I found this really helpful as they pointed out some good points, so I'm going to make these adjustments to my magazine design and hopefully they will improve it. 

Construction- Contents page

 

         

My contents page doesn't refer back to my original flat plan because I felt that there was not enough space for text and i think that the arrangement generally doesn't work, its just not what i want. But I'm glad I didnt follow my flat plan because I'm happy with this turn out and i believe it fits in well with my indie rock theme.

 

 

 

Construction- Third draft

From the beginning i have found my cover lines difficult to create because of the multiple colours in the cover image. I felt that the black writing I previously had didn't stand out and wasn't that clear, so to resolve this problem I changed all the cover lines to white; as white was one of the few colours that stood out. To emphasize some of the words I changed them from white to red, using the shade of red from the models top. I had to flip my image because the white writing on the models top blended in with the white cover lines. Cover lines need to be one of the main features on a magazine and draw readers in; I felt that the original arrangement of the image didn't allow this. I did try keeping the image the same and placing the cover lines on the right, breaking the conventions of a magazine, but there wasn't enough space as the front model is much smaller and I would then be intruding with the face. I also changed the positioning of the date/price to make it look like its part of the cover image, however I may need to change it slightly as it looks on the wonk. Lastly I just played around with the colouring of the skyline, using a shade which is similar and goes with the denim jacket. 

Hot Desking

In class we done a process called hot desking which invloves going around the room, looking at people's front covers and contents pages, then answering questions about them. We done this to get feedback from others and help us with our designs. Also because the people we asked our media studies students, we can get detailed feedback as they know the terminology and little details other people wont know.

I didnt find this very helpful because the critisim was based on an unfinished contents and front cover. But I have taken inconsideration some of the points they have made and I will make the changes to my magazine. I'm happy that they think my magazine design fits in with my theme because thats the most important part.

Construction- Second draft of Front cover

I made some changes to my original front cover. I used a new image from my latest photo shoot which I think works better than my original image. I'm still struggling with my cover lines, but this time its finding a colour for them that doesn't blend in with the variety of colours of the background.I'm going to try and change the font and colour again to see if that makes a difference.  

Construction- First draft of Front cover

Here is the first draft of my front cover. I found it difficult to create the cover with this image because of the quality. Overall I'm not happy with the turn out because I don't like how photo shopped the image looks. I think that the arrangement of the cover lines don't work very well due to the image. The cover lines are spaced out because they can not be placed over the models face. I don't think that this composition for my front cover will attract my audience because the colours for my cover lines aren't bold and eye catching. As I'm the same age as my target audience and my magazine doesn't appeal to me, I don't think that my target audience will like it either.I'm going to make some adjustments to my front cover so it appeals to my target audience. 

The Dilemma Interview

 

Critical Evaluation of first draft of front cover

I think overall my front cover works because it represents the genre clearly through the design. My coverlines are positioned around the band so do not cover their faces, however the purple coverlines are much darker which makes them harder to read. I think I also need to make some changes to the band name as that's dark too because of the purple font colour. The font I have used works well because its clear but I'm not sure if I like it yet. The background is quite dark so I will need to adjust that, along with the image because that is also dark and looks slightly too edited on Photoshop; which has an effect on how may magazine looks. My masthead works well because its bold and eye catching with limited colours so isn't confusing. I think my magazine will attract my target audience because 15- 17 year old tend not to like to read much and my magazine doesn't have much writing.  

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