Evaluation

FINAL DOUBLE PAGE

This is now my final double page spread, i have decided to make some changes from my old double page spread. I have decided to change the title colour of the spread to pink as i think this stands out more and looks more effective for the genre i have chosen. i have also decided to add another smaller image in the text as i think this looks good, it also gives the reader another image instead of text, however it is still relevant to the text. i have also used the quote idea from lots of magazines i have researched. i have highlighted a quote and made it larger so it stands out, i have done this as i think it looks more effective and can attract the reader. My final change was i added a banner at the bottom with a pull quote and a sort of advertisement to buy 'next weeks' edition of the magazine, i have done this as it adds more to the page, it is also a idea i have used from other magazines.

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

After doing my contents page i then took on the advice of others to change the layout out of my contents page and add a few things to it. First of all i decided to change the title of my page to 'inside this week...' rather than 'contents page' as i think this is less formal, i have also changed the font as this font also looks better for the genre and for the title of a page. I have also added more pictures as by looking at other magazines espically the 'We love pop' magazine that they use lots of images on their magazine. I have also decided to add captions on the photos in my magazine as i think this looks more professional and it tells the reader what the page is about. Another thing i have added to my improved contents page is adding page number onto the pictures i have used on the page, i got this idea from the 'We love pop' magazine i also think this looks effective and not to formal, i have alos used yellow font on the pictures as this stands out. 

I also decided to change the colour of my content font as this is a lighter blue like the border on the side so it is keeping the house style of using blues, whites and pinks with the edition of yellow on this page.

FINAL FRONT COVER

I have now made some improvements on the front cover of my music magazine. I have decided that i would change the colour of the masthead to pink. I have changed this to pink as it fits in with my colour house style of the magazine and it also stands out. Before it was pink, i used the red which did stand out however i had used pink throughout so red didnt really fit into the house style of my magazine. I have also changed the yellow to white as i think white stands out more and the yellow didnt really fit into my colour house style. I have also decided to change the position of my price to above the barcode. I have done this because after looking through some magazines of the same genre such as 'We love pop' they also do this which i liked so i decided i would also use that idea. I have also added some more text in the pink boxes with another caption and a pull quote, i have done this because lots of magazines of the same genres do this and i think it looks effective and adds more to the front cover.

CONTENTS RESEARCH

Here is a We Love Pop contents page, when making my music magazine i have looked at different contents pages such as this to help me with the layout and content of mine. Here you can see on this it has the blue border, i have also used this on my magazine. I also like the use of the pictures with the page numbers on on, i have also decided to use this on my magazine along with a small caption to tell the reader what it is about. I like the use of these images as it is more visual and not just packed full of text. On the left of the magazine contents page their is also a short but of text, i have also used this idea when creating mine as i think it looks good. Above the contents listing it also says 'Inside this month', i think this is a good idea as it is less formal thank just 'contents page' so i have decided to call my contents page this, i have also put 'Inside this week' as my main title on the page as i think  by doing this the reader knows straight away what the page is about and knows exactly the contents page is here.

RESEARCH FRONT COVER

When making my magazine i took inspiration from the we love pop magazine which is of similar genre to mine. I took inspiration from the layout of the magazine as you can see from my magazine that mine is very similar layout. i also took inspiration from the colours of the magazine as they are bright and i have also used bright colours when using my magazine. i have also used the bottom idea of the posters as i think this is a good idea. i have also used the we love pop magazines to decided on colours in my magazine, i have counted the number of different colours they use and have seen on each magazine they use around 3-4 different colours, so on my magazine i have also done this, they also use bright colours which is good for my target audience as they are younger so bright colours will attract the reader. I have also used the We love pop's idea of barcode in the bottom right, i have also found from my research that many magazines do this along with the price so i have also decided to do this.
The second 'We Love Pop' magazine also shows me the use of the pink, whites and blues, i think think this looks good and catchy so i have also decided to use these colours when creating my magazine.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD