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Finnished pages

These are my final three designs for my magazine. Overall i am very pleased with the outcome. I think my magazine is very girly and therefore could be a neash product and be only attractive to very girly girls. Although all girls are attracted to pink, i may have used too much. I will be doing a full evaluation of my coursework soon therefore im not evaluating these three pieces too much now. 

Contents page

I have decided to re-think my contents page due to the musical notes, I have had some peer and teacher feedback and alot of people think they look twee and predictable for a young person to use. What was suggested to me instead was to try a strip of purple the same colour as my purple hair down the side instead, this is the outcome... 

Contents page

This is my finished contents page before any peer assessment or anyone else having a judgement about it. I like the colour theme of this page as it still connotes a girly pop theme but more sophisticated than the cover. I used the music notes as bullet points because when they are not there, on its own, the page looks like a normal contents page rather than for a music magazine. They fit well because they look like little doodles and my target audience being teenage girls, like to doodle and draw. Therefore I think this connects with them well. I have also used colloquial language that teenagers will use like 'fave celebs' so it doesn't sound too formal but not over the top trying to be a teenager, as most will find that embarrassing to read and will put them off. 

New contents images

This is the original and edited image I am hoping to use for my contents page, I did dye my hair purple to help show another side of the artist Frankie Jones. I n my edit I also changed the black pupil to a heart, its not very visible but if anyone looks at the image closely, they can see it. I think it adds to the girly pop theme of my magazine. Also the colour purple is introducing another colour my magazine but still keeping to the girly theme. To edit this image with the lighting, I turned the contrast up and also the brightness up a little bit. This made my purple hair less visible and very light, therefore I used a brush and coloured over it on Photoshop with a saturating tool to make it the right colour.

Peer Assesment

The pupils in my class assessed the front cover of my magazine. The points they said i have done well is that the page is very balanced with text on each side. Also that i have used the rule of thirds vertically well. They said my colour theme goes well but i could try and incorporate another bright colour that goes with my pop theme for example baby blue. There was a debate about the badge i have used and what colour it should be. As everyone was undecided, i went with my own judgement and decided to keep it looking 3D like a real badge but still have colour. They also picked out smaller things like where my price should go that i changed when instructed. They said they liked the variety of fonts i have used as the colours are simple and organised, the fonts that look handwritten and sophisticated, bring the page out. 

Double page spreads

I really like the top double page spread, featuring Cher Lloyd. The colour scheme is very similar to mine. I like it because Cher is very much a pop princess and her personality goes with the page. Her pose is very teenage as all teenage girls will take pictures of them self's posing. Therefore she relates well to the teenage girl audience, especially because they are the type of people that listen to her music. The picture is fun and she looks very fashionable, her outfit also matches the colour scheme of the page. She looks very fresh and clean and nice to look at. I really like the layout of this double page spread and might use this in my work. The bottom dps is very different in colour theme but i like the page layout. I could lay mine out like this and have mini interviews with two people so my magazine will not be all about one person. On both of the images, the title of the story is very large, they are both also important quotes said by the person getting interviewed that will catch the readers eye. I will use that technique for my title as well. 

Plans for my front cover

This is  short video to tell you how my magazine is going so far, also about some new ideas and my progress of my magazine in the making.

Market research

I would like to use a black and white image for my front cover. Therefore i have been researching successful music magazines that use black and white images. This is to see how they work and how to make them look good. I found a successful magazine, with the same colour scheme i am planning to do. I also found another one with different colours. I like the idea of having a black and white image because the writing stands out more than on a coloured background. To make my cover look good i think the trick is to make the colours very bright. Also to have a limited colour scheme to keep the simple look, as if there were lots of colours used, the writing would look too busy and the image would be over powered. Also i need to think about what cover lines are what colours because white will not stand out very well on light or grey areas. 

Double page spread Photo shoot

This is the second photo shoot I have done for my magazine. I did a variety of shots for my double page spread. I will be editing these images on photoshop to make the corners of the pictures white. This is because I want each picture to merge into the surrounding ones, so they don't look so separated.

Front cover Photoshoot

These are the best two images i got from my front cover photoshoot, i think they look better edited using sepia tone but when i come to try each one as my main image, if this does not work, i may change them back to colour and see if that works any better. In the second picture, the person is standing on the left, this is unusual because the coverlines would usually go on the right as this is what would be showing if it was stacked on a magazine rack in a shop, therefore i may need to shoot again if i find i deffinatly dont want to use the first image. There is also a picture hook in each photo that i could not get off the wall, therefore i may need to edit this out.

Design ideas for masthead and logo

I am planning on the masthead of my magazine also being the logo, this is because the masthead is the biggest thing on the page and will be most memorable. Here are a few ideas I have been working on but I have not yet made a final decision of what will be appearing on my magazine. The larger font on both logos are called magneto bold. The smaller is called minion pro bold.

Evaluating my magazine designs

I asked my teacher to look at the plan of my magazine to see whether the genre is clear. We discussed this and decided that the images i wish to take and the contents of my magazine will be more 'pop music'. The masthead does not connote this as 'Boombox' describes dance music more than pop. To resolve this problem, i am going to change the masthead of my magazine so it fits in with the girly pop theme. I am also changing the layout of my double page spread. On the left page will be a variety of different photos in different sizes, shapes. The model will be in different poses and looking like they are having fun. On the right page will be all writing about the person on the left page.

My storyboard

This is a story board of shots i am planning to take for my cover, contents and double page spread. I have a variety of shots for the cover but mostly mid-shots. For the contents and double page spreads, i would like to have full length shots. This is to show the person and the clothes they are wearing. These will connote the type of person they are and hopefully draw in the audience i am aiming for by having a girl of similar age and clothing styles of the viewer. 

Plan of my magazine.

To the right is my plan of the front cover for my magazine. I used a picture of a famous pop singer Katy Perry for the front image, because thats the kind of look i want for my magazine. I will not be using katy perry but someone styled like a pop singer. The bar code for my magazine will be on the top right corner along with the price. To the right, is my contents page, because the cover has balloons quite largely featured in it, i have carried on the theme in my contents. The bows on the balloon strings are being used as bullet points for the information. The image is attracting attention to itself by taking up half the page, but is also relating to the information by pointing to it and showing that off, while still being a fun playful picture that will catch the young audiences eye. Underneath is my double page spreads. There will be fun flirty pictures running across the top of the same person. Underneath in the blank space will be writting, i havent decided weather to make it a real life shock story or an exclusive interview. When i scanned my double page spread in, it did not scan the whole of the the second page as there was no text on it, therefore it is just showing the top half. 

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