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Final Evalution

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Front cover Final

This is my final front cover, i took a picture of one of my friends whilst playing the guitar and placed it into the background of the magazine cover to make it look professional.

In addition, i took ideas and inspiration from NME and kerrang music magazine to create my final product.

Contents page Final

This is my final contents page, i took ideas from other popular music magazines and used similar techniques to create my final product. I have included the name of the magazine into the contents page and a list of information which is included within the magazine.
To improve this i would edit the picture more to look like it was more suitable for its surroundings, and added more text.

Double page spread Final

This is my final double page spread. The main picture is the lead guitar and singer of the band The conspiracy. On the right hand side of the page there is information about how the band started, members of the band and gigs and live tours. I faded the picture into the background so you can still read the writing even though the guitar is behind it all. In addition, the design is simple but effective because it has a plain black background but uses colourful writing to make it stand out to the auidence.

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Contents

This is my first mock up of contents page. I looked at popular magazines such as NME and kerrang, and looked at what pictures are used. I then found images of these bands and added them into my contents page. I have also included the title of the magazine and a numbered list on the left hand side.

Moving picture and subtitle

I moved the picture down and made it smaller. Also i moved the subtitle underneath the main heading. I did this to make it more clear to the auidence which is the subtitle and which is the title. However, i think the previous design worked better than this one, so i will go back to that design.

Add Subtitle

I think the subtitle adds the missing piece towards this front cover. So i am now going to look at re-arranging it and seeing which works best for my front cover.

mock up 2

This is my second mock up. This design is simple but is good for catching the attention of the audience. I think this faded image works well and plays a good role of making this magazine looking good. However, i think this magazine is missing a subtitle which i will look at putting on and updating.

mock-up 1

This is the first mock up i have created i think that i will use a white background for future mock ups because it looks to dark and hard to understand.

Layouts

This is a layout i have created in fireworks. i use the box tool to draw boxes on a plain document and that designed and layed out where i thought would be a good place for each essential item needed on a front cover.

This first example is a popular layout where there is a lot going on. This is to enage the auidence. Magainzes such as Kerrang and NME use this sort of layout.

Magazine background colour

Through planning it is essential to look at different background colours. I have looked at a range of different colours to help me to decide which colour would suit a rock magazine best. This also helps me to visualize what my magazine front cover could possibly look like.
These are some magazine backgrounds that i have created using fireworks, this will help to pick what colours i will use for the fonts and pictures.

Different Fonts

Different Fonts

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Colours of fonts

These are a few colours that i could use for the colour of the fonts on my magazine. I am doing a rock magazine so darker colours such as black, dark red or dark blue would be a good choice.

Fonts

I have decided to look at this particular magazine. This is because the fonts used are eye catching and help to engage the auidence. In addition, there is a range of fonts used so it isnt plain and basic which is what is expected of a higher class magazine. Furthermore, the fonts range is size starting with a large bold title, and smaller fonts size for the sub headings.

However, i think for a music magazine these fonts won't be as a effective as some others which i have seen before. This is because it is plain and simple which is guided with a plain background on the front cover, with a music magazine it is usually more full with more pictures and writing on the front, which suggests i should look at fonts from popular music magazines.

This is an example of a well known music magazine, NME. As you can see this magazine using a wider range of fonts and a range of sizes. I think this use of writing is more effective whilst creating a music magazine because it helps to engage the reader and retain them. However, both magazines so far have used big bold titles to attract the attention of the auidence which seems common which means i will use a big bold title for my magazine. Also, the fonts used in the this magazine use an outline around it to make it stand out. This also creates an angry effective to the auidence which links in the picture, So whilst creating my magainze i will have to take into account the images i used to contrast with the fonts and fonts size that i use. However, this magazine has been professionally created which suggests this sort of layout and structure of the text might be too hard to compare to.

This is another example of a popular music magazine. I have chosen this magazine because there is a wide range of fonts used. For example, the title is in big bold writing which instantly stands out to the auidence. Furthermore, it has been computer edited to make it look like a broken glass effect which shows the music is to loud the glass has broken which shows to the auidence there is a relevence to music. I think for my magazine i should take into consideration these techniques because as you can see they are used in most of the main music magazines today. In addition, there is a large subtitle which also interest the reader and grabs there attention. i think for fonts i will include a large title and a large subtitle which will attract the attention of the reader and guide them into looking further into the magazine.

Planning

Over the past few weeks i have been researching a range of magazines and how they present fonts layout and structure. This information will now help me to plan my own magazine. I am going to look at different magazines to see which font and layout i think works well and will be effective to capture the eye of the auidence. I will also have to decide what colour scheme to use and how to present that to get the best result possible.

Prelim Contents page

This is my contents page for my prelim. On this contents page i have included one main picture to keep the layout easy and simple. This is because it makes it easier for the reader to understand what articles or information are displayed on each page. In addition, i used fonts from dafont same as my front cover as a "House Style" option to help guide the viewer into understanding it is from the same magazine. Furthermore, i used the school slogan to further show that it is a school magazine. I helped to show this by taking a picture of a pupil wearing school uniform. Also, i used two different colours for the canvas to make it more interesting and help it to contrast and blend well. The use of fireworks helped me to edit the pictures and text to fit together to make it look professional. On the image i used the fade tool to make it look like he is blending into the background. Through my research i looked into the categories that other popular magazines use, from this i thought of categories that are associated with a school and tried to make them sound and look like they are from a popular magazine. In conclusion, the contents is easy to understand and uses a basic layout, however i think i could improve this contents page by making it look more professional and uses a wider range of fonts and pictures to capture the readers attention.

Prelim Front Cover

This is my school magazine prelim. I have created this using macromedia fireworks to edit layout texts and pictures.
I took my own pictures and edited them in fireworks and used the "arrange" tool to place the picture where i wanted and how i wanted them. In addition, i downloaded fonts from dafont website and used them to create titles and subtitles to engage the attention of the reader. I have also used the fade tool on the main picture to accentuate his face and to make the auidence pay more attention towards it. Furthmore, i took pictures of the schools facilites and placed them in a camera strip to make it look professional. In addition, i used a plain sky blue canvas because it is bright and i hope to catch the attention of the auidence. The layout i have used is simple and easy to create, however, using effects in fireworks it makes it look more complex which will help the retain and entice my auidence. I also included a bar code which i found on google to help make my magazine look more professional like it could be on a self in a shop.
In conclusion, i think my prelim is simple but effective. Also, the use of effects in fireworks help to attract the attention of the auidence. I think this prelim could be improved by adding more in the background and taking more time into making a more complex layout and structure format.

Double page spread 3

This is a double page spread featuring the black eyed peas. My first thoughts of this double page spread are good. By just looking at it the images used engage me into the page and make me want to read the articles. This is very good because the designer of this magazine has created and edited this picture, which gives a good effect and helps to engage and entice the reader to look further.
In addition, the like the other magazine i have analyed there is a large image situated on the left hand side of the page and text on the right hand side. From looking at all the magazine double page spreads i can see this is a popular trend to have a larger picture to ratio of text. In my opinion this magazine double page spread uses this technique the best. This is because the colours used, the outfits the pupil in the images are wearing and the background and text colour all contrast and blend well together, making the magazine look very professional and carefully designed. In addition, the subtitles are catchy and give the reader a small insight of what the article is about, the subtitle that are used in this magazine are question. I think this is effective because it makes the reader think of the answer and makes them want to read to article to find out the answer. Furthermore, the text on the right hand side is a good size font and looks professional by how it is structured and presented. I think this because there is pieces of writing in bold, which means the reader could only scim read the text and the bold text instantly stands out to them, which is the key points within the article. Also, the small arrows on the top right hand side inbetween the images and the text make you focus your attention away from the image and more onto the text. This is good because most of the time the reader looks at the pictures rather than the text but this magazine points out to read the text like it holds important information reguarding the picutres.
To improve this magazine i would change the colour of the font on the bottom left hand side of the page, it is hard to read the black text because it has been placed over an image where the clothes the person is wearing is also a shade of black. In my opinion i would change the colour of the font to a blue so it contrasts with the background and also stands out on the black image.
In conclusion, i think this magazine double page spread is effective by engaging the reader and also retaining them enough to read the articles. Lastly, i like this magazine double page spread the best out of the three i have analysed, this is because the images stand out more, the layout and structure is good and also, the all the colours used blend together and contrast which makes it easy to understand.

Double page spread 2

This is kerrang magazine double page spread. This double page spread uses a large image situated on the right hand side of the page. It is a large image of the singer from a well known band called Avenged Sevenfold. There is also pictures of then band members around the outside of the main picture, these small pictures are called cameos and are used to attract the attention of the audience. As you can see all the pictures blend together because they all have contrasting colours so it looks like one big photo. On the left hand side of the page there is an article which is all about the band Avenged Sevenfold, i can come to this conclusion because i can see from the pictures and also, the subtitle in bold font which nearly shouts out to the audience the name of the band. Furthermore, i can see that the font used in the article is consistent which is usually expected from a well known professional magazine such as Kerrang. Above the article i can also notice some bold text which links to the article underneath and gives a sort description or an insight to the reader of what is included in the article underneath.
In conclusion, i think that this magazine double page spread is good but could be improved. I think that the images take up to much room and there isn't enough surrounding text to compete with the level of pictures. However, i think that the fonts used are consistent throughout the page and give enough description to keep the reader involved. Lastly, the use of image editing is effective because they all contrast and blend well together.