Music Magazine Evaluation PowerPoint

My Final Front Cover

For my front cover I changed the colour of the puff and the writing inside the puff.I think this fitted with the colour scheme so much better as the light red/pink puff was quite a random colour and most people thought that I should change it to fit in more.

Final Double Page Spread

This is the my final double page spread. After putting up my design with the puff I received feedback from other people and 16/20 people decided that it would look better with just a quote in the middle of the page rather than the red puff so I have just used moved the quote into the text and wrapped the text around it. I have also added the pictures on the top right hand corner to show pictures from the photoshoot. I liked the banner design and people preferred that rather than just pictures along the top which I also tried.

Double Page Spread Puff

I attempted to put a circular puff into my double page spread and didn't like how it looked so I think I will remove it.

Making My Double Page Spread

This is the start of me creating my double page spread. I have edited the picture to create a different effect and I have made the background on the left wider so it covers the whole of the page.
It doesn't follow the conventions of a lot of other music magazines but I think this design gives it a sense of individuality and show the difference in artists it contains.

Puff In Interview

During my research for my double page spread I came across this design of a puff in the middle of the interview with a quote from the page and I really liked the design and how the writing has been made to wrap around it. I would like to incorporate this design for my magazine.

Final Draft of my Contents Page

This is my final Contents Page.

Third Contents Page Mock Up

This is my final contents page mock up.
I have incorporated something from all three designs and added a few extra to create the final Contents Page.

Contents Page Second Mock Up

This is the second mock up of my Contents Page

Contents Page First Mock Up

This is my first design layout for my Contents Page.
I will create two more designs and place them onto my blog.

Contents' Page Feedback

1^st persons’ feedback:

‘I really like the simple layout and design of your contents page as it doesn’t follow the conventions of a normal magazine which gives it individuality. I also really like how you have followed the idea of the red title from your front cover as it keeps it all linked and keeps it consistent and makes it look professional. I really like the way you’ve also incorporated the blue colour from the front cover onto the contents page and it highlights the different points in the page names which will get the audience wanting to read on. You need to check your page numbers and possibly add a few more pages around the page and space out your pages slightly more so you will have around 35 pages for a weekly magazine.’

 

2^nd persons’ feedback:

‘I think you have made good use of your images and I really like how you have created a transparent image to perform as your background for this page. However, I am unsure about the overlapping images so you could experiment and move them around the page in order to see where they look best on the page. You need to change your page numbers and add the letter ‘a’ in the word ‘ultimate’. I think in order to create even more consistency you could create something that starts on your front cover and is included on every page e.g. a red line along the top or the bottom of the pages. I also think to improve the overall look of the page; you could play around with different effects on the writing to give them a shadow. So the audience know that it is a weekly magazine you could have the issue number and also something like ‘in this weeks’ edition…’ under the title this will also fill the gap on the top right-hand-side.’

First draft of Contents Page.

This is my first draft of my contents page.
I have received feedback from a couple of people as to whether they like it or not, feedback will be posted on the next blog post.