Evaluation.
In this evaluation, I will discuss the process of creating my music magazine, including the analysis stages, the shots used, and why I chose my final designs.
For the first stage in creating my magazine, I planned out a list of what I would need to do to create it to guide me along the way. I then began to analyse music magazine covers and compare them to ordinary magazine covers, discussing the conventions in each, such as the masthead, the iconic colours and the barcode and price. After this, I analyzed 3 different music magazines, discussing what makes each different and again the conventions each contain, talking about target audience and how this is put accross to the audience. I then did this with 3 contents pages and double-page spreads.
After looking at each, I decided that I would next look at mastheads and use of colour, as they were very important to distinguish the target audience and the gender of the magazine. Knowing this, I analyzed another 3 completely different covers discussing this and how each display them differently.
After gaining knowledge in these things, I put my first ideas into a spider diagram, under the headings of Language, Institution, Ideology, Audience, and Representation, key ideas being the rough and rugged masthead design, as I decided that I wanted my magazine to be prodominently for males, and got inspiration from 'Kerrang' magazine. I also discussed the type of audience, which would be young adults, meaning the colours and imagery would have to be appropriate for them, but also to the theme of the magazine. These ideas also spread onto another sheet. I then created a mood board showing images relevant to the magazine I was making.
Next, I looked at story structure to help me with my double-page spread, analysing another 3 double-page spreads using LIIAR and discussing the key features in each.
I then looked at the different types of camera shots, explaining what each is used for , and finally talking about which would be appropriate for my magazine based on my previous research.
Now that I had researched about the conventions music magazines contained, mastheads and use of colour, analyzed music magazine covers, contents pages and double-page spreads, looked at camera shots and filtered my ideas into a spider diagram to refer to, I was now ready to begin creating my cover ideas. This was done by me referring to comments I wrote at the end of my analysis about the 3 covers I looked at, saying which layout, colours and any features I liked or disliked to guide me. I designed 3 different layouts from this method, with a different style masthead in each. I then discussed each, finally stating which I preferred and thought was appropriate to use. I did the same for my contents page and double-page spread deisigns.
For the first stage in creating my magazine, I planned out a list of what I would need to do to create it to guide me along the way. I then began to analyse music magazine covers and compare them to ordinary magazine covers, discussing the conventions in each, such as the masthead, the iconic colours and the barcode and price. After this, I analyzed 3 different music magazines, discussing what makes each different and again the conventions each contain, talking about target audience and how this is put accross to the audience. I then did this with 3 contents pages and double-page spreads.
After looking at each, I decided that I would next look at mastheads and use of colour, as they were very important to distinguish the target audience and the gender of the magazine. Knowing this, I analyzed another 3 completely different covers discussing this and how each display them differently.
After gaining knowledge in these things, I put my first ideas into a spider diagram, under the headings of Language, Institution, Ideology, Audience, and Representation, key ideas being the rough and rugged masthead design, as I decided that I wanted my magazine to be prodominently for males, and got inspiration from 'Kerrang' magazine. I also discussed the type of audience, which would be young adults, meaning the colours and imagery would have to be appropriate for them, but also to the theme of the magazine. These ideas also spread onto another sheet. I then created a mood board showing images relevant to the magazine I was making.
Next, I looked at story structure to help me with my double-page spread, analysing another 3 double-page spreads using LIIAR and discussing the key features in each.
I then looked at the different types of camera shots, explaining what each is used for , and finally talking about which would be appropriate for my magazine based on my previous research.
Now that I had researched about the conventions music magazines contained, mastheads and use of colour, analyzed music magazine covers, contents pages and double-page spreads, looked at camera shots and filtered my ideas into a spider diagram to refer to, I was now ready to begin creating my cover ideas. This was done by me referring to comments I wrote at the end of my analysis about the 3 covers I looked at, saying which layout, colours and any features I liked or disliked to guide me. I designed 3 different layouts from this method, with a different style masthead in each. I then discussed each, finally stating which I preferred and thought was appropriate to use. I did the same for my contents page and double-page spread deisigns.
The final things that I did was take the photographs for the magazine which I thought were appropriate, using the correct shots I had chosen, and getting my 'subjects' to pose in the right way to suit the theme of the magazine. I then selected the ones I wanted to use for the pages. It was then time for me to create my final designs of each page for my music magazine. Using the layout structure chosen for the cover, I applied the chosen masthead, using a font which I downloaded which I felt was appropriate, inspired by the 'Kerrang magazine' masthead, and placed my chosen photograph for the cover in its correct place. Using colours I had planned, I placed more font over the images as cover lines and filled them with these colours, also placing a feature line at the bottom. I did the same for my double-page spread and contents page, using Photoshop to manipulate the text and images to create an appealing page to look at.
Things that I changed during my final versions of my magazine pages, were the colours, as I did not have many ideas at the start, but came up with more that I thought were appropriate during the final creations. I also did not have many images selected to use as I did not have enough time to take more pictures, however I thought that the chosen pictures were appropriate for the pages I put them on.
Overall, I think the final product of my three pages was successful and attractive, appealing to my target audience of young adults, and representing my chosen theme of rough rebellion. However, in future, I would select more photographs to use to give me a wider variety, and also experiment with more colour combinations for my magazine to give different looks to the pages.
Things that I changed during my final versions of my magazine pages, were the colours, as I did not have many ideas at the start, but came up with more that I thought were appropriate during the final creations. I also did not have many images selected to use as I did not have enough time to take more pictures, however I thought that the chosen pictures were appropriate for the pages I put them on.
Overall, I think the final product of my three pages was successful and attractive, appealing to my target audience of young adults, and representing my chosen theme of rough rebellion. However, in future, I would select more photographs to use to give me a wider variety, and also experiment with more colour combinations for my magazine to give different looks to the pages.
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