Evaluation Video

Evaluation

Completed Three

Finished

Today we officially finished out music magazine, I can't say it hasn't been stressful but I've tried my best and that's all I can. I now need to focus on my evaluations and thinking about how I can creatively present that. 

One Day Left

Tomorrow is deadline day and I think I will be pretty much finished. I spent today finishing off editing my front cover photo and printing off my magazine pages to see what they look like and to see what is missing and what needs adding. Still need to do and a few touch ups and a grammar check of my article then it should all be finished and ready to hand in tomorrow! 

Update

Only, 2 days left before the deadline is due. Today I managed to finally get a front cover photo and now I just need to do some final touches to my magazine and grammar checks. It's been a stressful few months! 

Double Page Spread Change

I decided to focus on my double page spread image today and the top photo is my original image and the bottom on is how I've used it in my article. I like the fact it brings feeling to the piece and that my artist is directly addressing the audience however I feel I may need a pull quote as there is too much space. 

Contents Page

After the photo shoot the other day I found this photo. I really liked it, as I thought it was emotional and I liked the background so I did some editing on Photoshop and inserted it into my contents page. 

Photoshoot

Today I re took some of my photos. I focused on the the background in particular and the facial expression of my artists. Out of all the photos I managed the pick out a picture for my double page spread and my contents page as I believe they my genre of music magazine.

Final Week

We have just over a week left before the deadline is due so to get myself organised I have planned my final week out to make sure I don't waste anytime and I can fully focus on the tasks ahead. 

Double Page Spread New

Next up, is my double page spread. Now in this one I'm not going to use this grey background i'm just using it until I take my main image. I want my main image to be my background within this photo and the white boxes to be on top of my image. For my double page spread image I am thinking my model is going to be on the beach near the sea and the blue sea will be on the text part and where the huge space is, that is where my model will be. A long shot so shows all of her, I want her to look natural and for the image to show off the artists personality. 

Contents Page New

Today I focused on the contents page and the colours and layout. Please ignore the fonts as my computer didn't download them yet. Focusing on layout and colour alone I'm trying to create a theme, making it very similar to my front cover. I like the red lines because they offer consistency however I am unsure weather or not I will use the background colour. This is dependent on weather or not the photos will suit the colour. I need to take new photos next week and think about the background as before the white background looked too plain. I've moved my text boxes around to make it look a bit different and added an "every month" column as looking back at my style models most of them have this column and I think it would be a good idea to use in my magazine. 

Front Cover New

After lots of work on In design I've decided to focus on colours and layout. So far this is what my re drafted magazine look like. I am going to re take my front cover photo as the model looked fake and I need it to be a more focused image. Furthermore, I want the red theme to re occur throughout my magazine as I want to create a theme for my magazine like Q and Billboard do. The red line will now be a consistent theme throughout my magazine to help create a brand. 

Layout

Today I focused on the layout of magazine as after the evaluation of my rough cut I feel things need to be changed arranged especially on my contents page. Therefore I've decided to just have two pictures of my contents page as I want to focus on more text boxes within the contents page as I want my audience to feel that they are getting fully informed about the magazine. 

Colour

I need focus on a diverse colour scheme as certain things need to be standing out more. I'm thinking for the front cover using black, purple and blue but focusing more on the blue as it doesn't seem to stand out. For the contents page and double page spread I think I need to add another colour as not enough things stand out within the several pages. 

Update

Today I came into college and worked on my magazine and summarised the things I need to work on. I've decided after looking at all my photos that I need to take my photos again. I need to add banners and colours as my magazine is missing them. 

Feedback Analysis Double Page Spread

Now it's time for my final target audience analysis of my rough cut. These are the comments I got back when they evaluated my double page spread.

          Positives

• Good distinction of fonts 
• Subtle colour used for the type of magazine you are trying to create
• Nice signature of the artist to add a personal touch towards the magazine
• Good breakout boxes
• Nice quotes by the artist 

         Improvements 

• Go around the image of the guitar 
• Missing punctuation and grammar in my article 
• More colour needed- could possibly focus on the guitar colour 
• Page details and branding of the magazine needed  

Feedback Analysis Contents Page

My target audience have evaluated each page for me after my rough to help enable I make the perfect magazine specifically targeted at them. This time they were analysing my contents page. 


       Positives

• Neat and well presented 
• Nice font used on the contents page
• Very Clear

        Improvements 

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• Addicted to the mid shot, need to change my shots
• More colour needed
• Variety of backgrounds needed on the photos
• Too much white space- use a bigger font to help fill in the gaps 
• Make descriptions neater 

I will take all these comments on board and focus on filling in the spaces and taking new photos to help enable my contents page is at it's full potential. 

Feedback Analysis Front Cover

After completing my rough cut I decided to get some feedback from my target audience and their personal opinion on my front cover. They told me what they liked and disliked about it.

          Positives: 

• They liked the name of the magazine, and they thought it was appropriate for my genre. 
• They liked the justifying I used to separate my articles. 
• Background colour was good
• Good font used for the title of my magazine
  
  Improvements:
  
• More diverse fonts and colours for my stories
• Add more shapes and details to the magazine to add a personal touch 
• Possibly could do with a bottom feature bar
• Change the front cover image needs to be cut
• Image needs to be more centered 
• More articles and features needed

I will take all these comments on board and make my magazine even better focusing specifically on the comments made by my target audience.

Rough Cuts

Today I finished my 3 rough cuts for my front cover, contents page and double page spread. I've found it very stressful but I have enjoyed it. The hardest part so far has to be the photos and Photoshop. Hopefully I will get some feedback to help improve my magazine.