FINAL PIECES

Double Page Spread - Peer Assessment

I though it would be a good idea to get some constructive criticism from a few friends so i asked them to give me two things that were good and two things that could be improved on my double page spread.

Anthony:

• A very good image with model dressed well and in a unique environment
• The use of the link to listen to the srtists music online is a good way to attract your audience
• Try and fill up space at the top of the page
• Should find a way to add more text as double pages spread should be a bit more informative.

Ola:

• Layout of the double page spread is different from ordinary doublepage spreads
• The way the title/subject of the dps is ver intersting and well thought of
• Should use more than two colours when it came to the text to add more interest
• Should have place the logo somewhere else on the page and not just at the bottome of the page

Eugene:

• Very good use of colour on the page
• Model fits the dps very well and is dressed appropriate
• A white background is a bit boring
• Should add more text or make a second dps

Publish Montly or Weekly?

Different magazine have weekly and monthly editions and both have benefits and dis advantages. During my research i also found that weekly magazines make more money than montly magazines on a whole. This may be because weekly magazines update there contents weekly unlike monthly. Also weekly magazines tend to satisfy their costumers more, this may be because their audiences know that they dont have to wait to long to get the next edition of the magazine and are therefore refreshed and given new information,gossip or advice every week unlike monthly magazines in which you have to wait till the next month to read it.


Advantages of Weekly published magazine

• New content every week
• Keeps audience updated every week
• Can make more money through advertisements
• Cheaper for the readers
•  Readers know they dont have to wait long till theycan order or buy it

Disadvantages of Weekly published magazine

• Cost  a lot to print every single week
• Under pressure to find news of information which grabs a readers attention
• Readers may not be able to keep up with buying a magazine every week

Advantages of a Monthly Published Magazine

• Would be very informative
• Very detailled

Disadvantages of a Monthlyy Published Magazine

• Cost more
• May not up to date
• Some of the content may be old news

Publishing Companies

IPC MEDIA
IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while our websites collectively reach over 20 million users every month.
IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone, with a focus on three core audiences: men, mass market women and upmarket women.


http://www.ipcmedia.com/


BAUER MEDIA COMPANY
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.
Bauer Media joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’s consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses.

 http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/About

OTHER PUBLISHERS:

EMAP http://www.emap.com/

DEVELOPMENT HELL LTD http://developmenthell.co.uk/

Contents Page - Construction

I first made my background white and then placed a rectangular grey box on the left side on my page

To do so i went to do so i clicked on the rectangular tool on the side of my page and then placed it on my page

I then needed to draw on several more boxes/rectangles but with in differenct colours. So after i drew my rectangle i clicked on the paint tool and then selected what colour i wanted for my box. I picked green as this is what i planned in my contents page planning.

After i needed to add in an image, i first tried copying and pasting the image but when it showed on the contents page it was in quite a low quality. So i went to place 'place' and then imported my image/images from there.

When i finished importing my image i found that it did not stand out as well as i wanted it to so i went to 'layer'-'layer style'-'drop shadow' to add the drop shadow effect to it.

I then had to add text as a contents page is not a contents page with out it. So i clicked on the text box tool and drew a box and typed out my text.

Whenn i wanted to change the colour of my text i went i had to higlight the text the click on the 'paint' tool. I then chose the color i wanted and then double clicked outside the box.

For more effect i decided to add a drop shadow to my headings so the stand out more.So i clicked on the text box and then went to 'layer'-'layerstyle'-'drop shadow' and then clicked ok to add drop shadow to my text.

Here is my contents page after addding two heading, two imagae and some text.

Here i decided to add one more box at the top, i then filled it in black with the paint tool. I also added text to the box.

 I needed my contents page to look very informative but at the same time attractive. So that meant i would need everything on my page to be balanced from the image to the text. I followed my plan to insert the featues i was going to include in my contents page.

Here i s my final product for my contents page. I added alot more texta and made sure that not too much colour was added to the page. I also added the magazine logo through 'place' for identity and branding.

Contents Page - Final Product

 This is the final product of my music magazine contents page. I have used both my planning and current magazine contents pages to help come up with this. I wanted my contents page to look similar to the on of 'Q' Magazine as the layout out was simple but very informative and there was also a good use of images. I made sure the colour some how related to the colour used on my front page so the colour scheme was consitent.

Consistency and Branding

Throughout the construction and planning of my music magazine i made sure that my housestyle, layouts and colours were consistent. I needed to do this because it made the magazine look a lot more professional and interesting. It also shows that you ahve put alot of thought and effort into making the magazine. You know when your magazine is consistent when a reader is able to recognise that the front page and the contents page look similar. For example if you ripped out different contents pagesm contents and double page spreads from different magazine form a table and gave someone just your fornt page of your magazine, will they be able to look at them and figure out which is the contents page and double page spread of your magainze. If they picked it successfully thats when you know you have made good use of consistency and branding in your music magazine.


Here is my contents page, front page and double page spread:

As you can see from the thrre different magazine pages i have tried my best to keep them consistent in colour. The main colours is tried to use all the way through my pages were green, blue and black. I had to make sure that in each page somewhere these colours were inserted if not i would not be making my magazines pages consistent.

I also had to use branding in my magazine so each page clearly showed what magazine they came from. One way in which i did this was through the magazine logo on each page:

Target Audience

My target audience for my magazine is 15 - 25 year olds who have a interest in RnB or Rap music. I will be showing and anlaysing why i chose these target audience and how my magazine will attract these people to buy it.

I chose this target audience because rap and RnB music are becoming more popular each and every day. I also chose this target audience because realistically you would not be seeing a lot of people over the age of 25 listening to this music out loud. This is why i thought the most appropriate target audience for my music magazine would be between these two ages.

Pictures/Photoshoot

Here are some of the pictures i first took for my music magazine. I use 3 different models in
different clothings and poses.

Double Page Spread - Planning

Here are my plans for my double page spreads:


PLAN1: