Final Evaluation

Final Evaluation PT1



 

Final Evaluation PT2

Final DPS

Final Front Cover

Final Contents Page

Double Page Spread Development

Here you can see my main background layout 

and the initial headlines that I am using with 

my DPS. As for the name of my subject I have

 used a  large Sans-serif font in a vivid pink, 

this colour is the other shade of pink that  I 

used in the entire DPS. As for the Pull quote 

above I have used a more italic serif font, 

although it seems out of place I have done 

this due to it being a part of the main story 

that Iggy England is speaking about in the 

Article. Therefore the font links in with the 

article and takes on the professional vibe 

I was going for in the start.




 For the background I had to add the pink as the photo was taking in a studio, so when thinking about the photo I chose to use a white background in the studio. Using this allowed for more detail in the image and more contrast from my subjects clothing to the background. From here When I put it into Photoshop the gradient background made a nice natural seem around the subject. Once I had the location set I went on to add the article. This article was in a small handwriting style font which appeals to my target audience as it look like my star vehicle has wrote it herself.  In addition to the article, I added subheadings with a pink number. This allows the reader to see the start of each article and it will naturally make the reader look at the parts to see what to expect in the article.

Overall, I am very pleased with my outcome. I believe it is very sophisticated and If I saw something similar on a real magazine I wouldn't think twice about being done by a student. Therefor I hope that my target audience would think the same and would appeal to my magazine.

Contents Page Development

This is the first part of my development for my contents page. I have added in the blue directional lines that allow for the reader to follow around the page very well. I have also added in the contents page heading and the chart list to the left of the page.
The contents heading is in a stencil font which to me adds another dimension to the page as it appears a bit out of place and is jagged in differentiation to the smooth fonts across the page.
As for the charts list, I have added a grey rectangle to bring the writing I will add out of the page and make it more visible to reader. In addition to this I have used a stencil cutout 'NO1' at the top, this uses the same technique as the contents header and allows for the reader to see at a glance what is underneath the heading.

Finally I have added the imagery,  although they are the same , I have done this to see where I want the pictures on the page.

For this image you can see that I have added the numbers for the pages. I have used a set of bright colour for the numbers, for some I have kept the colour the same as well as the numbers to suggest that particular content is on that one page. I have used the bright colours to add interest to the fairly bland grey background. In addition I have added the titles to each set of pages 'Songs' ETC, in yellow to link in with my masthead design. This categories are to allow the reader to find a specific part they might be looking for. Finally I have added in the pictures, I have relocated the imagery to to upper third of the page so the reader can see the artists quicker as the human eye reads left to right then down the page. In addition I have changed up the imagery, the first being Iggy England which links to the DPS and it shows the page number, The second is a Jessie J Concert at Eden which appeals the the target audience, and finally the third is a subject I took the picture of but didn't use in my 3 pages. However he would be spoke about later in the magazine.

Here Is my final page. I have added in the text to this page to finish of, parts include: Contents, Charts, online Information and competitions. The font is fairly small which links to billboard and is short and to the point which allows the reader to quickly find parts they like. In addition to this I have added in green and blue fonts to allow for even quicker location finding for the reader.

Overall, I am very pleased with the outcome as it fits my target audience well with the linking artists and new songs they are interested. But it still has more classical songs suggested that the older audience will like.

Front Cover Construction

Here Is my first development screenshot for my front cover. As you can see I have located were my subject will go in the page and added in the masthead and Main Cover line. As for the subject I have located him in the centre with as much space as I could make around him. I had to flip him horizontally to achieve this as his arm was cover to much real estate on the right and the masthead was covering up the left half of the page. I also put the masthead in a unconventional place as they typically run across the top of the page. I have added it down the page to add some diversity to the page and my magazine.




Here Is my second development, I have added the
cover line and website address.  As for the cover
lines I have used a simple black and white serif font
which juxtaposes the bright yellow masthead. Each of the cover lines have a smalls yellow dot to link in with the colour palette of the page  and therefore adds to the professional vibe. In addition to this I have brought the Masthead in front of my star vehicle to make the writing more visible to the reader. Underneath the masthead I have added the issue number and the website, although this is in a very small font the use of the masthead leading to it when you read it means that you will see the information after you see the masthead. This intern means later after looking at the magazine you will remember to look back their to see what the website was called or what magazine you will need to buy next.

Here is my final outcome. I have added in the bar code and a QR code, although not linking to the magazine I have made the QR code link to my blog page. However, if this was a production magazine I would make it link to the website and maybe it could have a subscription voucher for scanning the code with your phone.Finally I have placed the Masthead back behind the subject as when looking back at my prior research I saw that a lot of magazine have their mastheads slightly covered by the star vehicle. Overall I am very happy with the outcome and I believe it has a very professional vibe and it links in very well with my research and my target audience.

Rough Pages

Here are two of my front covers I started to create before realising I either didn't like them or I changed my pictures. For the female front cover I got the layout set, however after realising I had a male star vehicle I thought that she would be better suited on the Double Page Spread instead. One reason behind this is because the female had to be cut out to fit on the page with enough writing space. Another problem was that I had already seen magazines with a double page spread with a women posing like this and I had started to plan the content that would go on the page. Therefore If I had used it on the front cover the story couldn't of been used which would of slowed me down.

As for the other version, I believed the background colour where to dark and opposing and didn't flow in a professional manner. In addition my star vehicle had a part of his arm cut out which I previously said would flaw the image. To fix this I will horizontally flip the image to allow for more writing space as it would be on the opposite side of the masthead.

After working out flaws in these, I believe my Final versions will be much better quality as their has been evident progression.

Article Copy

“At school, life was normal for me, meeting friends, activities and of course homework. I had no intention to leave school for University or to study in higher education, the only hobby I was interested in was singing. Like many girls in my school, I had a karaoke machine at home to keep me interested in my free time. Although I knew I wasn't very good, I still carried on like I was singing to masses at concerts. As expected my music passion kept with me through school with singing lessons and band practice, which I was the lead singer of. However this wasn't going to get me any where, sitting in a group of ordinary people wont help, instead I knew I needed to get my self noticed for something unique. Unfortunately popularity and fame wasn't a subject at the time.”

“ The way I got out of my skin and showed uniqueness was through YouTube. I believed that if I got out of my school band and went solo, I might get noticed. YouTube video creators had just started to become well known and YouTube famous with different styles of videos. However I noticed that not all categories had been covered, only videos to do with: Makeup, Gaming and technology where popular whereas singing wasn't typically on there. After realising I could do singing, I started a YouTube channel (The singing Iggy). Not a very professional name, but I didn't believe I was going to get anywhere. Contrary to believe my singing videos where popular, reaching anywhere from 1000 views to even 10,000. This was unbelievable to me and my family, Uploading a video a day of me singing in my lounge or even in public lead me to grow my channel to match over YouTube stars. Although I didn't become famous in a day, I did reach the goal from the start to be noticed by others.

“ After reaching my goal on youtube I knew that maybe I had some skill in me. Therefore I looked on a plethora of sites online to see if their were any record labels. However, they were all for high achieving individuals that have fame to their name instead of youtube subscribers. Although it seemed impossible I emailed any company that seemed lower down on the requirements for a label. After no avail for a whole month, I realised that my dreams might not come true. However, upon checking youtube I had seen a notification on my channel. I checked the notification and their it was, an email from CheapThrills record label. They had said that although my following wasn't huge my skill and vocals were impeccable, therefore they said I have a chance to get a Record Label if I came in for a interview and live performance. After a successful performance in London they took me on, after a few popular records I went on to receive a variety of emails from high hitting record companies. In short Cheap record labels are worth It.”