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.