Throughout the creation of my second magazine I learnt many new skills that therefore showed improvements in the final outcome of my music magazine compared to my preliminary task which was a school magazine.
Front Cover
Sunday, 10 April 2016
Evaluation question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task (the school magazine), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?
Throughout the creation of my second magazine I learnt many new skills that therefore showed improvements in the final outcome of my music magazine compared to my preliminary task which was a school magazine.
Front Cover
When comparing the front covers of my music magazine and my school magazine there are noticeable improvements. I started each magazine cover by taking the main image and as you can see the music magazine (on the left) is a lot clearer and has a better quality image than my school magazine (on the right). This is due to the fact that I learnt the skill of using a professional camera (Canon 600D) where as I only used an Iphone5c for my school magazine which is only an eight mega-pixel lens. Not only was the camera quality better for my music magazine I had access to a white background studio with LED lighting that also improved the quality whereas only natural lighting was used for my school magazine. During the creation of my school magazine I faced many challenges using Photoshop and found myself very confused at times but perceived on to make it the best I could. Before I started the main construction of my music magazine I watched tutorials on YouTube where I developed key knowledge that helped me create an improved music magazine. I learnt how to enlarge my background image therefore in my music magazine there isn't any dead space due to the image filling as much as possible where as the image on my school magazine is very zoomed out. I also learnt how to effectively layout my music magazine by taking inspiration in my research and planning from magazines that I'd seen and liked, for example I added more cover lines to my music magazine and included a bold strapline. I ensured that I added popular artists and bands because I learnt that this was a way that I could attract different audiences who enjoy there music which would make them want to read the magazine. It is important to have a clear colour scheme that isn't bland so it makes the cover interesting and that is why I used the colours red, white and black because they go well but also contrast each other at the same time which helps them to stand out. In my school magazine I stuck to the colour scheme of blue which is very simple and doesn't stand out as well. When comparing the puffs on my magazines, the school magazines puff has a lot of dead space and the writing isn't well positioned where as I made the writing central in white font on a black background so it stood out on my music magazine. The mastheads of both of my magazines are my favourite part but for my music magazine I learnt that it is important to be creative during the construction of my masthead so it stands out compared to others and that is why I included an image of an actual record.
Contents Page
When comparing the two contents page I feel like I have made vast improvements from my school magazine to my music magazine. I learnt that in a professional magazine there has to be at least sixty pages or more to meet the standards of the consumer due them paying slightly more for magazine and under each image on the page has to be a page number and a few words saying what the page is about. On my both magazine I continued using the same colour scheme to ensure fluidity from the front cover to the contents but on my school magazine by only using blue it made my magazine quite dull. On my music magazine I learnt how to create my own QR code which proved quite difficult at first but I soon got use to making it! Unlike my school magazine I also added a page number to the contents page which I had not known to do before when creating my school magazine. Throughout the process of my media As level when I created my music magazine I had applied a lot of the knowledge I had learnt to all the pages I had made.
Throughout the creation of my second magazine I learnt many new skills that therefore showed improvements in the final outcome of my music magazine compared to my preliminary task which was a school magazine.
Front Cover
Friday, 8 April 2016
Thursday, 7 April 2016
Evaluation question 5.
How did you attract/address your audience?
When making my magazine the audience was always a key element which helped me make my decision, for example I would always think what would appeal to me if I was going to buy a music magazine and this would help me make my decision. On my front cover which is pictured below, I added various elements to attract my audience such as cover lines which are bold and are of famous bands & artists so it catches peoples eye. I used a strapline which I put in red to contrast the white background and white writing so it stands out and so people see 'The UKs biggest music magazine' which makes them want to find out what makes it the 'biggest music magazine'. I added two images on the front cover with the aim to make people curious as to what the articles are about with each image having a quote from the articles. Finally I used three main colours, red, white and black, in order to create fluidity throughout the cover and so it looked smart and professional
On my contents I used similar techniques in order to attract my audience, such as using the red box with my title in it which was in white so they contrast and would stand out. I used 4 images on the contents to make people intrigued about the different articles with the page numbers and a short line underneath saying something about the image/article. Unlike my front cover I added a QR code, which I added to attract my audience because it gives them the opportunity to interact further with 'RECORD'. I also included a competition to win 'Parklife' festival tickets which I aimed to help attract my audience who enjoyed music. Finally I listed all pages in my magazine under categories: 'Features', 'Artist Special' and 'Every month', I done this to make it easier to find what they want therefore making it more attractive to the consumer.
On my double page spread I wrote an article in the style of in an interview so questions that my audience would wish to be asked could be answered therefore letting them get to know the artist better. By doing this it would attract my audience because it would make them intrigued therefore they would want to read it. To keep the fluidity throughout my whole magazine I carried on using the colour scheme which was shown on the front cover where my artist also featured in the main image. I added a quote from the article so the audience would have an understanding on what the article was on and included up to seven images.
When making my magazine the audience was always a key element which helped me make my decision, for example I would always think what would appeal to me if I was going to buy a music magazine and this would help me make my decision. On my front cover which is pictured below, I added various elements to attract my audience such as cover lines which are bold and are of famous bands & artists so it catches peoples eye. I used a strapline which I put in red to contrast the white background and white writing so it stands out and so people see 'The UKs biggest music magazine' which makes them want to find out what makes it the 'biggest music magazine'. I added two images on the front cover with the aim to make people curious as to what the articles are about with each image having a quote from the articles. Finally I used three main colours, red, white and black, in order to create fluidity throughout the cover and so it looked smart and professional
On my double page spread I wrote an article in the style of in an interview so questions that my audience would wish to be asked could be answered therefore letting them get to know the artist better. By doing this it would attract my audience because it would make them intrigued therefore they would want to read it. To keep the fluidity throughout my whole magazine I carried on using the colour scheme which was shown on the front cover where my artist also featured in the main image. I added a quote from the article so the audience would have an understanding on what the article was on and included up to seven images.
Tuesday, 5 April 2016
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)