Evaluation

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Complete Music Magazine 'Chart Toppers'

I had to make some final changes to my Front cover and DPS so these are the final copies of my music magazine 'Chart Toppers'.

Ideas for my evaluation

I had two ideas for my evaluation. the first one is doing it on Prezi and the other idea is doing as a video where i record myself talking about each part which will also include short images.

DPS for music magazine 'Chart Toppers'

This is my first attempt at the DPS. I did it as an interview because i wanted my audience to feel they get to know more about the artist this way.

Contents page for 'Chart Toppers'

This is my Contents page. I wanted to include the front cover because then the reader can find something they liked on the front cover more easily. I also tried to use similar colours like pinks and purple to really show my target audience of girls.

Re - do of my front cover

This is my front cover with the improvments that were needed. I changed the colour scheme to make it more relivent to my target audience and i also changed the background to give it a more edgey look.

Feedback from my front cover

I have to change the background of my front cover. The image is good but the background of a staircase didn't fit with the target audience and the purpose of my magazine so i need to change that. i think i'm going to go to an underground and take shots of the staircase there and then crop the image of the girl in front of it.
The colour scheme also needs to be changed because that didn't fit with the type of magazine i was going for either. So i will change the Blacks and Red's to colours like pink, purple, silver, to really complement the theme of my magazine.
The masthead needs to be made wider because it was too thin and didn't stand out as well as it should on a normal magazine.
The main heading 'Frankie J' needs to be moved over to the left and also the writing that goes with it.
The barcode would look better if it was in the bottom right hand corner instead if the left so i need to also move that.
The image is very good so that needs to stay the same and i will apply the changes to make my magazine better!

This is my final front cover for my music magazine

This is my first attempt at my front cover. This also includes the edit to the picture.

Image for front cover - Before editing

The reason i chose this image for my front cover is because i like how it's clearly shows the artist and you can see she is a singer from the microphone. She is looking directly at the camera so it's like she is looking straight at her audience and drawing them in. The idea behind the mise - en - scene is because my music magazine is a chart magazine, the stairs represent climbing to the top of the chart. Each step is getting closer to the top.

Photo's for my music magazine

Pre - Lim Contents Page

This is my pre - lim contents page.

The idea behind my magazine was sports around school and it is aimed at everyone, mainy boys because they are the ones who are more likely into sport.

Doing the pre - lim task has helped me with photoshop and showed i need to start thinking about my final music magazine.

I used the photo's of the basketball game becuase this is a big discussion topic around school and whether they have won or not so that is the main story in my sports magazine.

Contents page Anaylsis of Men's Lifestyle Magazine - Men's Health

Men's Health magazine is a fitness magazine and the target audience is 25 - 40 year olds. It is a typical male magazine which helps men to look their best and gives tips on how to tone their bodies.

The font is plain and not fancy which shows the seriousness of the reader and how it may be aimed at the older audience. The colour scheme of black, blue and greys also fits with the target audience and shows how it's a manly magazine. .

The main image of a women's back holds up most of the page and this is the first thing you notice when you look at the page. Below the image it says ' She's got the key, you've got the secrets - we give you access to her dark side'. This is like it's teasing the reader and it will make them read on. The main thing you can see about this image is the padlock and the rest of the image has been edited and made to look darker.
With each section it has a page number to accompany the text. This is so the reader can go straight to the page of their choice and read the article instead of taking ages to flick though just to find it.
On the bottom left it has a copy of the front cover and who the photographer is and also where the clothing is from that the model is wearing.

Pre-Lim task- Front Cover of sports magazine.

This was our pre-lim task and the first time we got to use photoshop.

The main focus of the magazine was a sports magazine. It was aimed at the whole school and it gave you information about the clubs and matches around school.

The central dominant image is of a basketball player and the reason i have chosen this is because it's a big part if the school and alot of matches are played by the team so when i did the front cover they had thier first pre season game so i thought it was appropiate for the magazine.

The colour scheme of my front cover was influenced by the image and i felt that red and blue went well together. Also out school colour is blue and that also is a reason behind my choice.

Mood Board

This is my mood board and it is showing the type of things my reader may like. It has things from X Factor and some popular artists in the charts at the moment. It also shows some films they might like and i've gone for the chick flicks as my target audience is teenage girls.

Analysis of Masthead- 'Chart Toppers'

I am calling my magazine 'Chart Toppers' because my magazine is all about the latest charts. I thought of the idea because the magazine will feature all the artists in the top 10 that week and also the high climbers in the top 40. Chart Toppers represents the artists and how they have topped the charts in that week and hit the number 1 spot. I also think it tells you what the magazine is about before you even read it and what it will contain.