Evaluation

Evaluation
During the planning and production of my magazine I came across a few problems and difficulties.
During this magazine I have learnt a lot about media publishing. I have also learnt when I was making my magazine I should have been more productive and used my time better in the way of not rushing my magazine.
When making my magazine my target was to make, publish and create a front cover, contents page and a double page spread of a music magazine which was in the genre of Indie. The main target audience was males between the ages of 14-28.
I believe that my music magazine follows other music magazines such as NME, Kerrang and Q. I think it follows these magazines because of the color in NME and the pictures and text in Q. I think that my front cover, my contents page and my double page spread are suitable for this type of genre.
My front cover is quite effective in the way of the pictures, colors and text fonts. I think it will attract the audience quite well because of these things. Along the top of the front cover there is a red and white banner saying ‘THE ESSENTIAL MUSIC GUIDE’. I think this is very effective and stands out well on my front cover. Below this there is the title of my magazine in red using word art on Microsoft word. This helps my magazine to be suitable for my type of genre. Underneath this there is a quick sharp and snappy and stands out quite well from the picture to make it more appealing to the reader. My picture is off three members of the four in the band because if I would have used four it wouldn’t be the picture that I wanted to turn out on my magazine. I think my picture is very appropriate for my target audience. I have made the picture the whole of the front cover because I think this is what most magazines are like in this particular genre. The picture I used doesn’t have any standing out colors or branding that makes the picture confusing. On my front cover there are also two captions which tell you what is going to be in the magazine. At the bottom of the page there is also another banner in re back ground and white text to stand out from the from the page and to become more appealing to the reader.

The contents page that I have made for my magazine is quite well done I think in the way of the colors to compliment themselves and different type of fonts and texts. My contents page lists all the bands that would be in an indie magazine with also the band which I based my magazine on which is So Far Unknown. Also it has what is going on in this week’s magazine with the different types of story’s and headlines. The images I have used are two different images of the same band in different locations to not make it so repetitive. Also I have used the colors red, white and a lighter blue so it stands out and helps the reader to see it more clearly. I used word art and also the same type of font so it would not be different from the other texts. Also I used little descriptions underneath the pictures to tell the reader what they are about.
My double page spread has the same sort of theme to my other two pages in the way of colors, fonts and pictures. I also used the colors of red and white and yellow which help the words stand out off the page. The pictures I have used are pictures of the band chilling out because I thought that in an interview process I thought it would be better for them looking like a typical rock band. On this double page spread I have made it an interview with some of the members of the band. I have used the same font to keep the whole thing the same and professional for the reader to understand it better. At the top of the page I have put the title of the magazine and the logo which is ‘RW’ and this represents the title of the magazine ‘RockWorld’. I have used 5 pictures in this double page spread that are spaced out quite well. Around the text boxes I have outlined them with white so it will stand out more and catch the reader’s eye. The back ground of this page is red because the theme of my whole magazine is red and white and I think these 2 colors complement each other quite well and in an effective and professional matter.
If I could do this project again I would space my time out better and not rush this project.
Overall I think my media project attracts and addresses my target when I set out to do this and it also focuses on my specific audience. Also I think this magazine is respectable and quite professional and has a suitable color theme for my audience.

Double Page Spread

I chose these pictures, colours and text because its suits my audience quite well.

Contents Page

This is my finished version of my contents page. I have chosen these pictures and fonts and colours because I think it is suitable for my specific audience.

Front Cover

This is my finished front cover for my magazine.

I have chosen these colours and models and everything else because I think it is sufficient for my audience.

Double page spread layout

This is a layout of what I want my double page spread to look like.

At the top left hand side of the layout it shows where my logo is going to be.

Below my logo there is a picture of one of the band members having an interview.

Below that there is going to be questions and answers 'Q & A' about the bands up and coming tours and realises of their albums.

In the bottom left the will be more Q & A.

At the top middle the will be more Q & A.

Below that there will be another picture of that band member.

Below that there will be some more Q & A.

Where the top right is there is going to be another picture of that band member having an interview.

And below that the will be some more Q & A.

I chose this sort of layout because I think it will look quite professional when it is finished.

Contents page layout

This is a layout of what I want my contents page spread to look like.

At the top of the page it has the title which will say 'Contents'.

The top left hand side of this layout it shows where the logo will be.

Below the logo it has a picture a a band member.

The right middle of the layout it shows a picture of the main band.

In the centre of the page it shows where the text will be and what is in the magazine.

Where the bottom left is the will also be another picture where the band or one of the band will be.

In the bottom middle of the page there is also another picture of one of the band members.

Where the bottom right is the is more general information which will be in the magazine.

I have chosen a layout like this because I think it will look respectable for the specific audience that I have chosen.

Front Cover Layout

This is a layout of what I want my front cover to look like shown above.

This layout of my front cover where it shows where the title is going to be at the top of the page.

It also shows where the logo is going to be at the top left side of the layout.

There is also a picture of where the band will be on the right side but also in the middle of the page layout and underneath this picture it also shows text which is going to be a brief headline of the information inside the magazine.

On the left hand side of the front cover of my layout it shows a general picture of another piece which will be in the magazine. Also there is text underneath the picture which will be telling the reader what the picture is about.

Underneath that picture and text on the left hand side of the layout it shows more information which will be in the magazine.

At the bottom of the layout there is another logo and more general information which will be in the magazine.

I chose this type of layout because I think it will make the front cover of my magazine look like an established music magazine.