Research and Planning: AMENDMENT TO CONTENTS PAGE

I have also changed the contents page. I have added a background colour to make the text which is already on there stand out more. I have also added an advertisement into the bottom left hand corner here. I decided to make the colour yellow because it matched with the house style of my magazine throughout it. 

To create this advertisement, I screen shotted my front cover and inserted this because it was an original image which I needed to include in the magazine. 

Research and Planning: FRONT COVER AMENDMENTS

I have changed my front cover. I have changed the image on the front cover to make it seem more suitable for the genre. I have also moved the position of the plug which is now located in the bottom left hand corner which has filled the space which I did originally have there.

Research and Planning: SOCIAL NETWORKING FOR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

Now that I am near the end of the production of my magazine, I decided to place the nearly finished front cover onto a group chat to receive some feedback from my friends. One of them has suggested moving the win 50 free iTunes downloads plug into the bottom left hand corner where I currently have the space. I will make this change tomorrow and see how it looks. This should then be my front cover complete and I will then be making some minor amendments to my contents page and double page spread tomorrow ready for submission.

Research and Planning: CHANGE TO FRONT COVER IMAGE

I have changed the front cover image because the one I had was a bit blurry when it was zoomed in up close. I will now make amendments to the rest of the front cover and it is now near completion.

Here are the two photos I took in the new photoshoot today.

Research and Planning: PROGRESS TODAY

I have changed elements of my content page by making the text bigger and making it shape more around my model. I am still unsure what I will do in the space at the bottom left.

I have added an exclusive bar across the top of the double page spread and added a black background banner to this. I have also changed the font of the pull quote in the middle to make it blockier and stand out more.

 

I got the inspiration to change the font of my pull quote due to this double page spread which I saw on Billboard magazine. The pull quote on this page is in a bolder and blockier font which allows the reader to draw their attention to it. The colours are also similar to those which I have decided to adopt as part of the house style of my magazine.

As soon as I can, I am going to change the front cover image because it looks a bit blurry. However, today I have changed the size and positioning of my cover lines and main cover line as well as the positioning of some of the other elements.

Research and Planning: CHANGE TO DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

As mentioned in previous posts, I have amended my double page spread to take into account some previous feedback. I have added the photo from my contents page and put it onto the double page spread as well as adding a banner and changing the colours to match with my colour scheme throughout.

Research and Planning: UPDATE TO CONTENTS PAGE

I have made a change to my contents page by moving the image which was originally on there onto my double page spread where it fits better. I have also changed the colour scheme of my contents page to match the other pages in the magazine with the colour of the blue text with the blue circle in the contents.

Research and Planning: CHANGE TO MASTHEAD

After some feedback from my tutor, I have decided to make some changes to my magazine. I have changed the font of my masthead and changed the colour of it to make it more bold and thicker. I also added the names of some of the artists who would be involved in this type of magazine.

To design my new masthead and make the house style of my magazine similar, I have decided to take inspiration from the Billboard logo. I have chose a bolder and fuller font and decided to adopt the idea of having some of the text coloured in using the house style colours which are present throughout the magazine.

 

Research and Planning: FONT PLANNING FOR CHANGE TO MASTHEAD

I have used DaFont to look at different fonts whilst I was planning on what to do with my masthead. I will use one of the fonts in the image above to make my magazine look more like the genre it is.

Research and Planning: HOW HAVE I MADE MY MAGAZINE ATTRACT TO MY AUDIENCE.

Before beginning to produce my magazine, I conducted a survey. I have used some of the information I gained in that survey to help me with producing the magazine.

One of the questions in my survey was:
What colours do you associate with a Charts Magazine?

Most people said Yes and I have implemented that in my magazine. It is mainly grey, black and white but I have added some splashes of red, as you can see on the pages below.


Another question which I asked on that survey was
What would you expect to see on the front cover of a music magazine?

I have added everything which the survey told me including image of star/band, price and barcode and titles, as you can see below.


The final question in my survey was
How much would you be willing to pay for a music magazine?

I chose £2.50 as the price for my magazine. The results showed that the majority of those asked said that would be a reasonable price.

Research and Planning: UPDATES AND PROGRESS

I have now started evaluating my music magazine as it is nearly complete and over the next couple of weeks, I will be starting to upload evaluation posts.

I am making good progress with my music magazine and feel that it is looking good.

Research and Planning: AMENDMENT TO PHOTO ON DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

I have changed the picture on my double page spread. I have assed a drop shadow which makes it seem more advanced and also fills some of the white space around the picture on the page.

Research and Planning: AMENDMENTS TO CONTENTS PAGE

I have made my amendments to my Contents page and I am now liking it more than I liked the previous contents page.

Research and Planning: DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD WITH SIGNATURE

I have added the signature to my double page spread. This makes it more personal for the article and lets the audience be able to relate to the article.