My Final Product

Lesson Thirteen - 1/04/11





Front Cover

   In this lesson I had finally managed to complete my magazine. I was pleased with my work as it was a bit challenging in the beginning, but as I got used to photoshop, it became more manageable and it was also good to see everything finally coming together.

 Here is an example of my front cover magazine. I was pleased with my front cover as I was able to keep it simple which is what I had intended to do in the beginning. This was so that I did not confuse my target audience by adding in things that were not necessary. I was able to keep my colour consistency by making sure that I did not use colours that did not go together with the text. By choosing a house colour on the front cover, I had to make sure that I kept the same consistency throughout the magazine so that it looked organised. I liked the fact that I was still able to add in other additional information without having the fear of it being too over crowed and chaotic. I liked the use of the image that I used as it was fit for purpose and it was also clear to see who she was and what it was about. At times it was a bit difficult to find a house colour because of the dull background. I had to make sure that the colour and style of the writing was visible. I liked the fact that it did all come together in the end and I did try to keep consistency whilst thinking about the genre of music and remembering what my target audience would have wanted to see.







Contents Page

   Here is my next example of my contents page. All of the pages that I had to create, this turned out to be the most difficult as I had to remember that the magazine was not just based on one person. In order for me to achieve higher marks, I had to make sure that I included at least one different picture of someone else. I tried to keep the colour and font style consistent so that it did not cause any type of confusion for the target audience. I also had to make sure that I did not make the contents page to bland and boring as they would have lost interest. It was important for me at this stage to make sure that I tried to make the contents page look busy to avoid it being plain and to also engage my target audience more. I did this by adding in different stories of people, as well as giving away new posters and so on. To improve this contents page I would go back and try and make it look a lot more busier than it is now and I would also try to avoid making the layout boring and try to at least be more spontaneous with my work.







Double Page Spread

   This is the example of my double page spread. I feel that this page came together well as I was able to use a lot of different techniques such as using the pull quotes etc. I found this useful to the audience as it meant that they would be able to feel more engaged in the interview. When beginning to design my double page spread, I made sure that I used colour consistency as it would have made the page too chaotic and my audience would not have understood what was going on. I feel that I did this successfully as the colours used were all consistent and I also made sure that the font size was visible for all to read.
I feel that the way in which I set out the photographs was also successful as I did not make it complicated or even too busy. I made it in a way whereby it would be simple but it would also still have significant relevance being able to flow a lot better with the other piece of text shown. Of everything that I had to do, I had to make sure that the line in the middle of the page was in the middle and that no other text would overwrite it. This was so that I was able to present it well to the target audience making sure that I was still able to include every piece of information that I had wanted to include in the beginning. If I were to talk about one weakness of this page, it would be the choice of style and font size I had chosen at the top of the page ( '' Hazel Martinez '' ). I feel that this was the only weakness as there was nothing that made it stand out and grab the attention of the readers. This could have been done better by maybe using a maybe luminous colour and making the font size a bit bigger so that the auidence had at least more of an awareness into what the interveiw would be about.