Evaluation introduction

Over this project I had to produce a music magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread.  I chose the genre 'pop' for the overall style, as I thought it would be the most fun and I could be quite creative with it. As a result, I ended up with a Christmas themed music magazine. My target audience was young teenagers (11-15 years) specifically girls as my main article was on a boy band.
The magazine is called 'Stereo' and contains a range of different aspects of pop as well as side stories to make the readers feel more involved.
I now have to create my evaluation of my magazine, to finish the entire project off.

Feedback for front cover

The comments on my front cover were that the festive colour scheme and black and white image used made a good contrast and allowed your focus to go to the cover lines which are the most important selling point. I think the overall feeling was that it was a good layout and a good design and suited the pop theme. However, the main thing to change about it would be that i said the entire album was free, whereas on a real magazine they might offer one song or a discount on iTunes. So to change my magazine to make it better, I will only offer a free song, not the whole thing but I was told to keep it as a lot of pop magazines offer things to entice potential buyers.

Inspiration for double page spread

I took inspiration from this issue of Kerrang, even though my magazine is pop not rock. I like that the writing is over the image of the band which I think is a nice touch to link the two together. Because its a rock band, the people look a bit more aggressive then my magazine needs to look so I will try and soften the poses of my band. I am also having my double page spread in interview format as its the best and quickest way to find out information about a band, and each different piece of information is easily accesible.

Inspiration for front cover

This magazine is also Christmas themed and has inspired me in that I like the bauble effect used and the  simple colours. There aren't that many cover lines and as mine is aimed at a younger audience I will be using more, and perhaps a few more colours so its eye catching.

Inspiration for contents page

I like that the editors note takes up a large part of the page so you really know what the people where thinking when they created that magazine. I love the colours and eclectic feel, with lots of images and a clear layout for where to find pages through-out the magazine. I think from this I am going to use the editors note and other small parts which i think look good but a different colour scheme as mine is christmas themed and perhaps a few less images as i want to concentrate on my main story.

initial double page spread

initial front cover

initial contents design

Finished contents page (1)

Finished Front Cover (1)

Starting contents page- different ideas

Developing front cover ideas design 2

Developing my front cover design 1

Starting the designs- choosing a front cover photo