This is the first of my music magazine front cover. After exploring already existing music magazine products, i felt confident to create my first attempt of my pwn product. In creating this product i was influenced by other magazines, maintaining typical conventions to allow it to assert itself as a real prodcuct. Once i had finished this attempt i recognised aspects i liked about it, as well as apsects that need chging and adjusting.
I feel i have kept to a presentable colour scheme, using red, white, black and grey. These colours, i feel are bold and enticing to the audience, but at the same time, they don't contrast in great ways in which over-exaggerates the cover.
Moreover, the image used in my prosuct us typically placed central to the page, making it the focal attention of the page, thus allowing the audience to realise the main feature of my magazine. The text used is assistang in anchoring its importance, using bold contrasting colours tp one another in order to attract the reader and gain their attention.
The use of red background behind certain pieces of text allows the audience to recognise the features and contents my magazine offers. This will allow the reader to be drawn to this information, thus making them want to read more.
Also, a sense of realism is made obvious within my magazine through the use of the barcode. This supplies the audience with general information such as price and issue release date.
Moreover, my magaizne has followed certain codes and conventions of already existing media products. This includes a clear headmast, showing the title of the magazine, the largest text upon the page, again, allowing the audience to familiarise themselves with the magazine.
Changes to be made
Clearly, my music magazine is not produced to the highhest quality possible, there are changes that need to be made in order to allow my magazine to become much more appealing, and to develop itself as an already existing music magazine.
(1.) Firstly, my the cover is very brief, there needs to be more in order to attract the audience, perhaps more text to inform the reader what is included within the issue of the magazine.
(2.) Moreover, i feel it is necessary for me to change the image, into something more bold and enticing in order to firther attract the reader.
(3.) As my magazine is mainly aimed at teengagers 15-18, i feel the presentation should not be entirely neatly placed. This idea was largely influenced by 'Kerrang' magazine's front cover, in which follows such conventions. This presentation will both relate and appeal to my target audience.
Contents
This is my first attempt of a contents page for my magazine. as you can see, i have not used my own images, but have found them on the internet. clearly, there are elements within this product that needs changing, and certainly improving.
like the front cover, i have used a clear head-mast, revealing the title of the contents page. this makes the contents appear more tidy.
Within the contents i have used sub-headings and a brief introduction to each article. This is a technique used in many many magazine contents pages. It looks much more presentable, and is more efficient for the audience to recognise.
Moreover, the use of images within the page allows the page to appear much more attractive and enticing.
however, the white background used within the product seems very boring and empty, making it appear as though i had run out of ideas. i feel that colour would make the page much more exciting and make the audience want to see more.
I haven't kept to a real colour scheme, using red, white, black and yellow. This is not very presentable, nor fluent.
I feel that the way i have positioned my images are very appropriate. This almost disorderly positioning seems quite attractive, and appealing to my target audience.
changes to be made
- I will use mostly original images within my contents page.
- i will establish i far better colour scheme
- i will not use the colour white for the background as it is very boring and empty.
- i will create my second draft in a way that finds more symmetry and fluency with the front cover.
Double page spread-interview
This is my first attempt of a double page spread for my magazine, 'I N D I E'. an important thing to recognise is that these images that i have used are not original, i got these from the internet.
After exploring other double page spreads, i found that a popuar theme was an interview. This encouraged me to produce one, allowing me to be creative journalistically. I researched common questions found within interviews, and used the ones that i felt were more approproate for my magazine.
Typically, i have kept to the conventions in which many already-existing magazines hold. This includes the large title at the top, with a subheading just below, immediately informing the reader what the interview is about.
I have used many images within this double page spread as a means of further enticing the audience, and anchoring the topic of the article. I have made the article very fkuent, using the theme of black and white images throughout, bringing about a sense of symmetry and continuity.
By using key quotes, and highlighting them in ehite, bold text, it addresses the audience with important ansers that they want to read the rest of, enticing them.
I have kept to a colour scheme of red, white and grey within the article. This allows the magazine to appear more presentable and tidy, yet, as they are indeed bold colours, they stand out greatly, avoiding this overly-chaotic appearance. I feel that the colours work greatly with eachother. contrasting, allowing them to stand out and grip the reader's attention.
changes to be made
-I will use my own pictures within the next attempt. I feel that although it was journalistically creative, the images were not my own, and therefore, not complete to the best of my ability.
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