Evaluation

I have successfully created a music magazine, that follows/fits the conventions of actual music magazines on the market. These conventions include ; layout, imagery, content, colours and text. I have done this by taking research and analysis I've done on magazines of a similar genre, and applying those ideas to my own work.
Like the magazines that I analysed, I have stuck to only using 2 colours. As most of the magazines used a minimum of 2-4 colours only. Again like the magazine research, analysis and based on questionnaire feedback. I used only a few font types and only used sans serif fonts, as this is what other magazines have used and what my target audience consider appropriate. The majority of music magazines that i analysed, used only a few images . One main large image and a couple of smaller ones. As a result, I have done the same as this is obviously what my target audience find appealing. Again form looking at my research and analysis on successful magazines of the same genre. I realised that the content of the magazine front cover. Is often relative to the images, shot and snappy and doesn’t give too much away, but just enough for the target audience to want to buy and read the articles. The layout for this type of magazine is pretty much the same for all magazines. This is; title at the top, main large image in the centre filling whole page and text and images down either side. I have again applied the same principle to my magazine front cover.
My magazine represent young people (so teenagers) who are into /listen to music of an indie/rock style of music. I've tried to represent this social group, through; Imagery, colours, content and fonts used. The images used relate to this social group, as they are of either bands that are associated with that genre or like my main image, of people of the same age as the target audience.;
The colours I have used are based on the sorts of colours I found were appropriate, according to my research and questionnaire feedback. The text is bold, modern and simple rather than being italic flick/curly fonts. This is as this style of font is easy to read and enlarge, an a fancy style is usually associated with being posh and style magazines so wouldn't be appropriate for this genre.
The content is also relevant to the style/genre/social group, as it refers to bands of an indie/rock genre.

Music company or music radio stations that are linked to the same genre may be the ones to distribute this magazine. So a company such as Kerrang radio of another similar music station. Also a music store such as HMV may also distribute this sort of magazine, as my magazine links to the products they sell, so would be appropriate to sell in that type of shop and for that sort of company.
The audience for my music magazine. Would be, teenagers who are likely to listen to rock/ indie style of music. Both males and females would be the target audience for my magazine.

I have tried to make my magazine, so that it addresses the audience in an informal, friendly way. I have done this by using words/ language that teenagers who are into indie/rock, may use. For example “cool” ECT I have also used images that relate to the target audience, for example; I have deliberately used a teenager who is into that genre of music, as the main image on the front cover. This makes the target audience feel like they can relate to my magazine on a personal level.
I have learnt, how to create and use a blog during this process. This is a type of technology that was new to me. So I have learnt the skills required in creating a blog. Furthermore, at one point I lost some of my work. So this has taught me, that when using something like blogger. You need to be regularly saving your work. Lastly I have further developed my skills in using Photoshop to create my products.

I have learnt throughout this whole proccess, that it's important to regualy save your work in more than one place as i lost some of my work during this proccess, by not doing this. I have also learnt a number of new tecniques on photoshop and have therefor become mor confident in useing photoshop. I have also learnt a lot in terms of what makes a good magazine front cover, all of which i've learnt through my reasearch.
I have learnt to use a wider range of skills on Photoshop, such as layering techniques I learnt in the preliminary task. I applied those techniques to my final work. And during my preliminary task, I didn't fully understand how to set up and use my blog. So I have developed my skills in using blogger and have become more confident in using it. The main thing I’ve learnt is to back up/ save work twice as I didn’t do this in my preliminary task, and managed to delete it all off my blog

Evaluation of research for contence page and how i'm going to use that.

Images
On the contence pages i have analised, there are loads of small images, rather than one large image. The majority of the contence pages have used 3- 5 images on there contence page. The images relate to the text that they are next to and the genre of the magazine.The images also connect to the front cover as the contence page highlights what's on the front cover. As a result, i will make sure that my images; relate to the front cover, are small and few, releate to the text and overall genre of the magazine


Layout
Based on the research i have done. A typical layout for this genre of magazine, goes as follows; images next to corrosponding text, images down on side, text down the other side and having a small introductory paragraph at the top of the page to give an overveiw of what the magazine's about. I will also apy these layout ideas to my contence page.

colours
Again the colour shemes used in the magazines that i have analised, match the colours used throughout the magazine. and are apropriate for the genre e.g if it were a young girls magazine. bright pinks would be appropriate. Based on this info, iwould use the three colours that i have been using on the front cover, so that it links together.

Evaluation of research for double page spreads and how i'm going to use that.

Images
Based on the research i've done into double page speads.The majority of ones that i looked at for a magazing of the music genre. Used one large image that summed up the subject matter of that double page spread, and a few small images within the text that highlight key moments/ point within the text on the double page spread. Ther fro as this seems popular in current music magazins. I will do the same on my double page spread, so have one large image that summs up what it's about and a few smalle images that'll highlight key points.


Layout
In the double page spreads that i have researched. The layouts are all very similar. They all have used the left page of the double page spead, to act as almost an advert for the bulk of the text on the right, so at a glance you get an over all sence of what the double page spread's about. So the large image is usally on the left page with little writing, other than quotes in large that give an insight to the artical.I will try to apply these ideas to my double page spread, by having the main image on the left with a few quotes, and majotiy of the text on the right with a few smaller images that highlight the text.

colours
All the colours used in the double page spreads i have reasearched Are kept to a minimum so only one or two colours used, colours are complimentry and link in with he colour schem of the rest of the magazine. As a result i will only use black, white and green. as they are the three main colours i have used on my front cover and ccontence page so the double page spead will link to the restr of my magazine.

Final contence page