Final Version of My Magazine- Feedback has been given and I have decided to change my magazine to make it look more effective

Final Version of my Magazine

- After receiving feedback from my teacher and piers I have decided to change my magazine in an attempt to make it better



My frist magazine didd'nt do so well according to the feedback and I was getting comments that the colours I had chosen made it look more like a horror magazine which is not what I had intended. So according to feedback I have decided to change my magazine to make it look less like a horror magazine and more like a Pop Music Magazine. Below is the Front Cover to my magazine which I am hoping it is going to be a lot more effective at being a pop music magazine then the other versions of my magazine that didn't do so well.


Front Cover/Contents Page/Double Page Spread

I have changed my colour scheme from dark and dreary colours to more bright and cheerful colours. I have now chosen Blue, red and other shades of blue top be my colour scheme with a few other colours in their as well. These colours are a lot better then the ones I had before as my fellow piers have told me. My classmates have told me that they would see this magazine from a distance and would be a lot more interested to read it compared to my other magazine. As for the general style, well, that has not really changed much as I have changed the colours mostly.

I have changed some other aspects to the magazine such as fonts for the headings and the colours for the headings as well. I have changed the main heading dramatically from it being black and dreary to bright and attractive which is exactly what I was aiming at. I have created a spotted border to the main heading to try and make it look more exciting, I have also made the "The Mother of all Music" be more bold and stand out a lot better over the blue background because it is in white writing after all which stands out on most backgrounds. As for the sub-headings I have changed them to be more attractive as well by putting a blue and black background around the white text which makes it stand out a lot more and makes it look better at the sane time. I have kept the main title in red because I believe this is the best colour to have it in, it makes the whole magazine look a lot better.

The overall background has changed as well and looks a lot better. instead of having a dark black background which is what it used to be, I have decided to change it to the blue background. The background starts of as dark blue at the bottom but then as you up the page near the title it begins to get to a lighter blue which adds a good effect to the page. with all these changes that I have made to the front page I should be able to get better marks and improve my grade.


Contents Page


The contents page has also got a good remodel as well as the front cover and the double page spread. I need to in order to improve my magazine because I was not pleased with the feedback I was given by my fellow piers, so I needed to take action and something needed to be change for the better.

Last Task- Media Studies Evaluation Magazine Research

Evaluation- Question 3-What kind of media Instiotutaion would distribute my magazine. I have chosen- Bauer Media Group. For this question I had to research a suitable media institution that could distribute my magazine and in the end I have decided to go with the Bauer Media Group Below are some of the magazines that they have published and what they specialise in.

Latest Version of my Magazine

Here is the latest version of my pop music magazine. I have made some changes according to the feedback that I have received.

Front Cover

Contents Page



Double Page-spread

Final Magazine (Second Version)

Improved Magazine

I have made some changes to the magazine in an attempt to make it look even better. The front page and the contents page are going to remain untouched but the double-page spread is going to be chanegd a bit. The L shaped pattern that I was going to place my image in did'nt look as good as inticipated so I have decided to change it and try to imrpove it. Instead of having three boring images and then one fun image, I am going to have two images of my chosen pop artists in different posses.
Here is the final design of my magazine...



Front Cover



Contents Page

Improved Double-Page Spread

Improving my Double-Page Spread

I have improved my Double-Page Spread because the idea of using four boring image and then the one cool image did'nt turn out as planned. To make my magazine look better I have changed the images to teo cool pictures both of me trying to look like a real pop artist. Thes images suite the criteria a lot better and appeal a lot more to my target audience as they are more exciting to look at. The fact that two images have very different posses makes them look more effective than just having
three images that basically look the same. The feedback that I received before I had changed the Double-Page Spread was all about how boring they thought it looked and that I should get some better images, so following this feedback I have changed the images. The Feedback I received now was all positive, they said things like how it looked a lot better than before and how effect it was in appealing to my target audience of young teans.

Overall

This is the very final design for my magazine and thanks to the improvements and feedback given it looks a lot better than before and will be worth higher marks. My magazine has a lot of detailing information in it as well as the required four otiginal images. The colour scheme is like no other, as very little magazine brands use these types of colours. The house style adds extra effect and makes it easy to read all the text, people can see easily where everything is places on the page.

Feedback
After I have received some more feedback it is likely that I am going to be making some changes to my magazine to see if I can imrpove on it even more and get some more marks. This is the final magazine for the moment but it is very likely that this could change after some feedback is given and I have made the changes.

 

Final Magazine Images- Images I cannot use

Magazine Images

As part of the criteria, I must take four original images and place them suitably around my magazine. The set of pictures below do not meet the criteria required so I cannot use them
Here are the pcitures I have taken but cannot be used...

Front Cover Image



Contents Page Image



Double-Page Spread Image



Second Double-Page Spread Image

Even though they are original images as required they are basically all the same apart from a minor changes in positions, to get higher marks I would have to get different images of either other people or me doing different posses and wearing different clothes. The date on the pictures was eddited out befor it went on my magazine as it is automatically placed on their, the date on the pictures is also wrong which could confuse people and make my magazine look unproffesional if left on there. The location where each of the images was going top go was a bad choice as well making it look unproffesional and quite boring to look at, I have overcame this issue in the new and improved magazine by not only taking different and more exciting pictures but also putting them in different locations that suit my house style.

The pictures that I said could'nt be used are in fact going to be used to improve the look of my magazine. Three of the images above are going to be used as part of a callauge type of effect on the left side of my Double-Page Spread. The three images will look good in a backwards "L" shape, I am going to put a cool and exciting image in the top left of the page.m The more effective image is going to stick out better and is going to be noticeably bigger than the other images. As the three smaller less exciting images are all looking pretty much the same then my target audience of young teens are going top see the main image first and then can look at three other images of me.
Here is a diagram to show you were the images on my Double-Page spread are going to be placed...

Images I have used

Here is an example of a good image I have used in my magazine...

 

 

 

 

The reason why this image is so good at reaching the criteria is because he looks like a real celebrity instead of someone looking as if they are going to a party like in my images, he is also wearing very stylish and what looks to be expensive clothing which makes him look even more like a pop artist or a celebrity. The hat and glasses add an extra effect, of making him look very hip and handsome which is what most people like to see in a pop magazine. This person is portraying a cool image that other younger people will want to copy and would want to be seen with. The picture used is an original and I have not retreived it off the internet. This example ticks all the boxes required for a very effective original image. 

Final Magazine (First Version)

Final Magazine

My first design drawn on paper and then made on the computer was not very good and did'nt meet much of the criteria, meaning that there were a lot of changes to be made. There are no original images put onto it not to mention the colurs used make it look too plain and simple instead of looking like a real magazine which is what I am aiming at. The colour of the text was black which made it look rather boring putting off people from reading it if it was a real magazine. Because it looked so boring and plain it would not of appealed to my target audience of young teans, they would like brighter colours and easier to read text as well as looking better in general. The location where I had chosen to place things were a bit of as well so for the new magazine I looked at my inspiration which was the Billboard magazine, gathering ideas from this magazine which helped me a lot whilst I was improving it.

After looking at the results I got from my questionaire I understood a lot better of what people would like there to be in a magazine. I have there for improved my magazine to make it a lot better plus I have put the original images in as well which helps it to reach the criteria.

Here is my final magazine below...

Front Cover

Contents Page

Double-Page Spread

Front Cover
I have got rid of the old title and put a brighter and more effective one to the front cover. The old title was'nt good enough and did'nt stand out very well or portray what I wanted to get accross to people. The new title is more hip and in a better font making it more appealing to younger people that come accross it, it is the first thing they see and if it looks interesting then they will be engaged by it. The old colour scheme was black and white but now it's black and red which gives a better overall effect, and stands out from the page. I have used the Billboard magazine for ideas of where would be the best place to put my images, tect and headings which would make it look like a real magazine. The main image used on the front cover is a lot better than my original magazine which did'nt even have an image, it is a lot more exciting and looks very good where it is currently possitioned. The billboard has given me a better house style compared to my original house style for the old version of my magazine, it involves a main image with bits of information, texts and heading going along the sides not fully covering the image which is what I have tried to do with my magazine.

For extra effect, I have added a bar code at the bottom right of the page which gives the overall effect of a real proffessional magazine. I have kept the text white therefor making it very easy to read and sticks out a lot better on the red background or in this case in front of the image, using white text is one of the best colours for the job as it can be quite easily read on different coloured backgrounds.

Contents Page
The main colours used are going to be black, white and red which is of course part of the chosen colour scheme, these colours work very well with each other and fit together very nicely. The main heading is going to go accross the page just like the Billboard and is going to be in white over a thick red strip making it stand out a lot, the page is clear and percise with the different stories on the contents page being easily read and numbered accordinly. The main background is going to be black with the red sections on top followed by the white texts, I have placed an original image near the top left of the magazine because of the required 4 original pcitures needed. The image is a picture of somebody looking very smart and stylish looking straight forward at the camera, because he is doing this it creates an effect and makes people like it better as they feel like he is connecting with the reader.

The top stories including the one I have wrote about is displayed in a section near the top of the page in a red section  so they stick out very well. The text will remain white on top of the red background as part of my chosen house style and so it matches with the colour scheme. The size of the text is 18 which makes it big enough and clear enough  to allows a good clear view of the information and is easy to read, yet it is also small enough for a lot of information to be put down making my magazine very well detailed and easy to read at the same time.

Double-Page Spread 

On the right side of the page is where all my written information is going to be like my article about my chosen pop star and the question and answer colum. The text is going to be white with a red back ground as part of the house style and colour scheme and will fit in nicely with the rest of the page. On the left side of the page is going to be were I placed the pattern of images to add effect and get viewer more interested. The heading is going to be in a bigger sized font like the rest of the heading which is 60, this allows the heading to be viewed very easily and easily understood. The main background behind the text and  the images is going to remain black and will also have the red background on top of that. The idea to use the three images that don't quite fit the criteria as well  as the primary cooler and better image was really there for effect and to give my magazine that little something to make it look more effective towards my target audience.

Using black as a colour scheme is not a colour that is used often in a music magazine, as the colours normally used are pinks and light blues. I decided to go for black, red and white as my colour scheme because they all go together very well and look there best when these three colours are used at the same time. I also wanted to make my magazine an original and use colours that other magazine may not use. Even though the results from the survey said bright colors, the colour I have chosen do the job just fine and look just as good as any other colour.

Overall

In the end my new and improved magazine looks great and meets the criteria a lot better than the old one. The images used are a lot better and are no longer seen as plain or boring, I have also used different posses and more accessories to make the picture look even better. The text is white instead of black due to the fact that the black writing could be hard to read at times, but the white text over the red background makes it a lot more readable. The locations to different componets like the images and the text is in a much better place compared to the original magazine making it look really good. The improved magazine is not only better at meeting the criteria but is better at my target audience as they would like this magazine a lot better than the original.

Production Schedule

Dates of images upload

Date: 20/11/2013
Where the images were took: Around the school against a wall
Any problems: The images were not exciting enough and so were not suitable for my magazine
Props that I used: I tried to dress up in cool clothes and look like a pop star but it was'nt up to standard
Who took the photos: I took the photos myself
 Picture description: I positioned the camera so it was pointing at me and I stood in front of  wall making it easy to be eddited out. I tried to look like a pop star for a magazine. I am wearing a blue shirt and combat trousers lookingn straight at the camera.

Date: 01/12/2013
Where the images were took: At my house in front of wall
Any problems: I had no problems with these images at all
Props that I have used: I have tried to look more like a pop star by adding some more props. I am wearing a hat, some sunglasses, more fashionable clothing.
Who took the photos: I positioned my camera to face me where I have taken some photos
Picture discription: I am trying out different poses to try and look more like a pop star, I am stood against a wall with all of my props taking a lot of pictures so I have a range to choose from. I am wearing all my props so it can be used in my magazine.