Question One- Evaluation

Final Magazine

Contents Page Change

I decided I disliked my first contents page and decided to change this by starting another contents page. I first started by making the paper to an international paper of A4 and starting the band index. After this, I followed the theme and conventions of my music magazine and placed the title in the left hand corner, by print screening the font of the website 'da font' and pasting from paint. I then created a shape on photo shop the match the size of the title and fitted at the top of the page. I then placed the band index at the left side of the page under the title to created a clear layout, therefore everything would be structured on my contents page, following the conventions of a music magazine.

I then placed a shape which was the colour black above the band index content. I placed font of 'da font' named bebas neue, as this looked successful on the magazine as it looked like a typical font used and rock type. I then coloured in the shape which was for the contents title and the title the same shade of red, as this made the theme of red, black, white and green consistent throughout my magazine. After this, I positioned the pictures to the right of the band index, to look more structured and fit together. I edited the title to have a drop shadow and embossed the title, also giving the title a stroke effect which gave the title a background of white to stand out more, this followed the layout of nme magazine as they give their title a stroke effect of a different colour.  Then I continued to do the different sections of each articles, features, news, radar, etc. Each section had a black shape the same width and length as others above the text, each using bebas neue as the font. For each section the title of each article was larger than the content of the text and made bold, the font used was Tiresias PC font at 14pt, then the content of each text was smaller and regular. At the bottom of the page, I used text from photo shop to include the contact of the magazine, to make the magazine seem more realistic and enables the buyers to interact with the readers, by also using images of logos from twitter and instagram. From following the conventions of nme, I made a small article of an insight of what the article would be about of Sami and highlighted the title, and used typical rock text. Beside, I included the editors letter as this if a typical convention of a music magazine, by placing a shape over the text coloured grey but changing the opacity to ensure the text is clear to see. This contents page is more successful than my other one which I first created, as it is more structured and looks more like a typical, successful indie rock music magazine. 

Front Cover

When making my front cover, I first started by making the page A4 on international paper as this is the size of a music magazine. I then placed a title on the same shade of red to follow a theme of same colours throughout my magazine, I gave the same effect as my contents page title to make a consistent theme on my music magazine and on typical indie rock music magazines, by giving a drop and the effect of a stroke with white colour. 

Then I created a shape at the top of the music magazine by using the rectangle tool on photo shop, using the same shade of red to make this consistent. I added text from photo shop on the shape as following inspiration from nme, they include a cover line on top of the music magazine, I also included famous artists as this would attract more buyers and interest the audience. I also used text from photo shop under neath the title to present what the title stands for 'Indie Rock Music' and issue number. 

I then started to include cover lines on the front cover of the music magazine, by following the conventions, I used black and red text for each of the content and title of each cover line. The title font is Myriad Pro and the content of the text in black is the same as the contents page as I followed a structure and tried to use the same text within my music magazine, as the font is Tiresias PC font at regular and the same sizes throughout the magazine. Then I created a black shape circle on photo shop by using the ellipse tool and included text of other famous artists. The tone of the magazine is informal and colloquial, for example 'pretty odd, pretty ace?' 

Then after I had finished the cover lines, I placed a grey shape over the text using the rectangle tool on photo shop and changing the opacity, so the the text is clear to see and makes the cover lines stand out more. 

Once, I had added the main story line and added the date, bar code and price to the magazine, by using da font for the title and the bar code. This was my final front cover, which I believe to be successful from following inspiration such as nme music magazine and the plan of my layout and ideas.

Front Cover Plan

This was my front cover plan which I followed when creating my music magazine. This helped me follow a clear structure, by making my front cover successful. This plan is useful as it allows me to follow the conventions of a music magazine and so I can follow an order when making my front cover. 

Inspiration For Double Page Spread

This was my inspiration which I used when creating my double page spread, as this gave me an intial idea to follow when planning and creating my music magazine. I used this example as I thought this was successful as the writing, looks eroded which relates to rock as rock is aged (eroded text), which I also used within my double page spread. I thought the idea of two pull quotes was a good idea, as this gave more an insight and would interest the readers more. The use of a colour scheme with four colours is also successful, as this what I included within my music magazine. This example was used for as examples of music magazines and was one of the best, I believe and related to my genre of indie rock.

Double Page Spread Plan

This was the plan which I followed when creating my double page spread to ensure this followed a clear structure and was successful when creating and finishing my double page spread. This enabled me to follow the conventions of a music magazines and allowed me to make sure my magazine was clear and how I wanted it to look as I planned.