Feedback from teacher of Front Cover, DPS and Contents Page

Evaluation Plan

Final Music Magazine

Double Page Spread for my Music Magazine

Contents Page for my Music Magazine

Front Cover for my music magazine

DPS Analysis of Language and Text

Questions for artist interview

What inspired you to become a music artist? 

Did you begin your journey on your own or with a companion? 

How long did it take to create your first music video/album? 

Did your family accept your actions when you first decided to become a music artist? 

In 5 years time, do you still see yourself as a music artist? Or maybe even a director

Masthead for Music Magazine

These are the drafts and steps I created in Adobe Illustrator for my music magazine, I have designed it to look similar to Q magazine because then the fans of that magazine would know that this is also another magazine about music.

This is the finished masthead I have chosen to use for my magazine.

Music Magazine Plan

Confirmed Space Booking for Photoshoot

This is a picture of the calendar that shows the timetable for the photo studio this shows what time and day each persons photo shoot would be on. Allowing the student to have the studio for the time without being interrupted.

Ideas From my case studies

• I have found many useful ideas that I can use in my work from the research I did in my magazine case studies.

• For example, NME and Q magazines both use dark colours or matching colours that make the magazine look more fluid. This style is useful for me as I can also use a maximum of 3 different colours to make my work look neat rather than having too much contrast.

• Another thing I can do is keep the text away from the pictures, this way, the pictures will have their own spotlight instead of being squashed together in one place making it look messy and all over the place.

• A bold coloured background for my ontents page allows for a crisp and vibrant colours contrasting my cover lines and stories.

• Puff and flashes with page numbers makes everything look nicely laid out and easy to see.

Magazine Proposal on Prezi

Magazine Proposal Pitch

Magazine Proposal

• Magazine name: RIFT

• Genre: Hip Hop

• USP:  Scan hidden things for prizes, Special editions (Christmas/ holiday/ summer etc.) would include vouchers at a variety of stores or music related at specific retailers or services Limited edition versions containing tickets to live concerts

• I will include/ content: Reviews, artist biographies, Facts, tips, TOP [10], fan mail & Q&A, upcoming events,

• Design features: bright, contrasting, house style

• Publisher: Bauer Media Group

• Target Audience: young, social,  teen to young adults (16-30), male majority

Music Magazine Proposal

Evaluation

Magazine front cover

The front cover I created was made by using a software called Adobe Photoshop which enabled me to edit images and arrange things the way I want. This is useful as I can manipulate objects to make the front cover the way I planned it to be like.

I used bright colours as well as natural colours to make my front cover look as diverse as possible as my magazine is targeted to a young audience which have many different personalities. The main subject of the front cover is the full image of the boy standing with a book in his hand, this related to the audience as he is young and studying therefore suitable for the cover, It is also what they would expect to see on a college magazine as they would not want to see, for example, and old man since he would not be studying at college.

What I could do to improve my front cover is change the background to something else that is more attractive using Photoshop’s powerful tools, this way, and the overall magazine front cover will look better. In addition, I could add information on the cover lines and include page numbers, by doing this the cover looks more professional and conventional as this is usually done in other magazines, it also helps the audience know more about what is inside the magazine. Finally I can change the masthead to a more unique and memorable one instead of bold and simple so that the audience can see and know that this is the magazine they are looking for.

Magazine contents page

I used another software by Adobe called InDesign to create my double page spread of contents page, this is because I have researched and found that this is how professional magazine institutions create their magazines. Included in my contents pages are headlines, cover lines and page numbers, I kept the style to a minimal with little amounts of texts and images to avoid the audience from getting discouraged from reading on.

I have one image that I Photoshoped which is stretching from the first page to the second of another person reading a book from a shoulder angle, this give a clean theme and allows me to add text without making the pages look unpleasant.

I have asked my audience to review the double page spread and they have agreed that it looks clean and conventional however they criticize that it is very basic and dull.

I could improve the contents page by adding more images related to the stories to give an insight to the audience on what’s in the magazine for those who so not like reading a lot. I could also use more text such as pull quotes and editors notes to grab the attention of the audience. A finale improvement I can make is using specific font and house styles throughout the magazine instead of using different ones, this would allow for a more consistent look throughout the magazine.

Magazine Contents Page

Magazine Front Cover

NEW (fixed)

OLD

This is a draft front cover of a magazine I would be making on later. it would be helpful to me by doing this as I can regard to this as a template to remind me of the conventions I should be using or how to layout the design. I would also use this as a check list that would help me see whether I have done things correctly or if I missed out features.

Task 2: Analyse 2 music magazines

TimeToast Production schedule