Preliminary Front Page Final Front Page

Front Page

Preliminary Contents Page Final Contents Page

Contents Page

Final Main Article

Main Article

Good- Consistent dynamic colour scheme (Yellow, Black, White)- Funky background- Direct Address- Main image of student (audience can relate)- Big cell lines- Nice chrome effect added to masthead

Bad- Looks simple, not enough effort put into it- Poor choice of costume for main image (doesn’t go well with colour scheme)- This all shows my lack of photoshop skills at the time.

Preliminary Contents Page

-The colour scheme is consistent using nice, appealing colours like Gold, black and white.- Subvert the conventions of a stereotypical magazine by not using direct address- Edited the photo to make it suit the sort of look I wanted to express the genre of soul.- Kept my font consistent throughout the magazine. Choosing the right font was key as I wanted it to be sophisticated enough to look at for my mature audience- Learnt how to manipulate colours as I have done with the masthead before it was just black and white now I can use any colour.- Can now manipulate the shadow around text like I have done with the main cover line to make it stand out

Final Front Page

Good- Arranged neatly- Colours look attractive- Editors Note full with important information (Colloquialisms e.g. ‘Grimiest’)

Bad- No pictures- Shows no effort - Looks too similar to Front Page, it should vary from it.- Spelling mistakes and some grammar errors- Not very appealing- Looks very simple

Preliminary Contents Page

- I actually use images this time. - Every section is neatly arranged- Simple and sophisticated layout, not too cluttered- The Editors Note is filled with more information relevant to my audience and my magazine.- Developed many influences and ideas from my analysis of contents pages- Images are well cropped and proportioned within the page- Colour scheme and font is consistent with the front page- Not to similar looking to front page. This is good to show off my new Photoshop skills

Final Contents Page

- I hadn’t made a main article for my preliminary so this task allowed me to further enhance my Photoshop skills- Question and Answer style interview to fully get to grips with my artist.- Mainly open questions used to develop the interview more- Use of floating quotes to feel more attached to the artist- Alliteration used to stick within the readers mind- One base picture for the background. It’s simple and sophisticated- Doesn’t look anything like the contents or front page. It is as if this page is dedicated to the artist alone and Smooth shouldn’t interfere.- Image looks very natural. The sun gleaming behind the trees; it made the artist seem like he’s looking at the trees and title and it looks almost romantic.

Final Main Article

Conclusion- I’ve learnt how to attract my audience through use of colour, the size of the font, the pictures, puffs and cover lines- Developed many influences and ideas from my analysis of different genres of magazine and learnt about codes and conventions magazines used to communicate with their audience- Discovered the most successful techniques to communicate with my audience; superlatives, hyperboles, floating quotes, register etc.- Can now manipulate images and text with a whole lot more skill.