MUSIC MAGAZINE EVALUATION

Front cover

I started by adding a black background so there would be a strong contrast from the images and text

Front cover

my front cover I added a medium close up of my artist making sure he is making eye contact. I then cropped the image only leaving my artist and the prop on the front cover

Front Cover

I added my Masthead in. I chose to put in a bold, blocky font to make it eye catching and to make a strong impact

Front cover

I then added cover lines I stuck with the same colour scheme as not to complicate the front cover. I spaced out the cover lines as well to not make the front cover look overcrowded. I also changed the spacing between the lines on the individual cover lines o help show that they are part of the same text .

Front cover

then added a barcode as it is a convention of a magazine

Front Cover

then added a date and price as it is a convention of a magazine

Contents Page

I started by adding a black background so there would be a strong contrast from the images and text

Contents Page

I then added in my picture in the centre of my contents page and fitted it to the scale of the picture box to minimise distortion and to make the image fit

Contents Page

I then added in the masthead and copied from the front cover as to keep the colour scheme and layout similar I then also choose to underlined it

Contents Page

I then inserted the title “Contents page” in the top right corner

Contents Page

I then coloured in a box green to keep with in a colour scheme and to make it stand out

Contents Page

I then added an print screen of my front cover for an advert of subscribing to UKRS I used my front cover as all my images had to be original and could not get them off the internet

Contents Page

I then added in some text to show what my advert is about and what it is offering

Contents Page

I added in the artist featured in the magazine as well as the page numbers they are on I did this as this is a convention of a contents page of a magazine. I wrote them out in red and green altering with each artist I did this to keep within my colour scheme and to make it more appealing

Contents Page

I then added in my categories such as news and reviews gave a quick statement of what's in the categories and gave them a page number. Again I chose to stick within my colour scheme of red and green

Contents Page

I added in my editors notes as this is a convention of magazines in the editors notes I briefly explained what the magazine is about. Again I chose to keep within my colour scheme

Contents Page

At the end of creating my contents page I added in a advert for JD Sports as this is a popular clothing outlet for my genre I created it by mimicking the fount of the JD logo and the colours of the company even though it does not conform to the colour scheme but it still makes the contents page more eye grabbing

Double Page Spread

I started by adding a black background so there would be a strong contrast from the images and text

Double Page Spread

I then added an image of my artist on one of my pages

Double Page Spread

I then added my second image leaving half of the second page to insert my article from word

Double Page Spread

I then added a title to my article and chose the colours red and green to keep within my colour scheme.

Double Page Spread

I inserted the title of my article below the image. I chose the colour green to keep within my colour scheme

Double Page Spread

I then inserted my article from Microsoft word. Created a drop cap as this is a convention of magazines. I chose to put the article in red to keep within my colour scheme

Double Page Spread

Lastly I added in a by-line showing who took the photos as this a convention of magazines