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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.