Evaluation

Music magazine evaluation 2

final pages

this are my final pages done and dusted.

contents review

this is a contents page from another skate/music magazine. this magazine contents is different from many others as it uses and focuses on one image that is bleeded to the edge of the page. it is quite an arty effect and i like this. i think ill uses an bleeded image on my page. however i dont like the features part at the bottom as you cant really see what the magazine about. the title at the top is good as it is large and bold. i think the editor of the peice is more focused on the picture than the articles but i want to focus on the picture but also keep a focus on the features.

contents page review

this is the contents pagge from a magazine. it is largely picture based and has a white background. it lays out pictures over the top of this background. the pictures link in to the articles and the pictures have the page numbers in the top left. it has two sections; features and regulars.i like this and will use it on my contents page. i like the layout to as ithas several pictures that are eyecatching. i would want want to incorperate this in my page. however i want to use a bleeded image in my contents page as it is different from other magazines. i also think th emast head works well as it ties in with the colour scheme.

another article

this is an article about madonna on tour. this article uses snapshot of the journalists night out with madonna. the pictures have been made to look llike photos spread across a desk by rotating them and outlining them with a white border. i really like this effect and i think i will use this in my double page spread. this article again uses callouts to attract the eye to the page. this article also uses columns giving that professional look. the page has good compostion; the pictures are laid out well and the whole thing 'fits'. i think i will base my article on this but i do need to put in a large mast head to state what the articles about. i will also use my colour scheme in the article.

double page article research

this is an article from 'Beats Magazine'. it is set up across two pages and uses columns. i like the use of columns as it is used by most magazine and newspapers and makes the article look professional and not just something thats been run up on a word document. the large bold title takes up a large percentage of the page with a funky font and spraypaint detail to add to the effect. i really like how this is done and i will use a bold title to stand out on my article. i also like the quote from the article highlighting a point of intrest that would entice readers. however i feel the article could use a few pictures and i will incorperate a few in my article just to add detail and intrest to the page. i will also add in extras like snipets of information and the website including a podcast, which is an item i have seen in other music articles. overall i like some aspects of this article and will use them myself however i think i will add some images and extras which i have seen in other articles.

sketches

this is the sketch for my front cover. i sketched out the style of intended picture i wanted onto a sheet of a4. my idea was to take a picture of a girl in the sunshine playing a guitar to give the front cover a summer tone. i decided i wanted the title to be at the top as most magazine do this. underneath i added a box for the tagline. i am not sure whether i will use the boxes when it comes to my final cover. i may use the ovals i used in my preliminary tasks. i decided from the start to put in extra images to attract the attention of readers. i will put all my hook lines on the right as i feel this looks best. i want to give the peice a calm colour scheme maybe blues and whites?when i get onto photoshop i will work on the mast head.


this is my sketch for my contents page. i will use a different picture of the same artist as the feature on the contents page to add to the cohesion. i think i will use a 'bleeded' image like on the front cover as not very many magazines do this and i want to have some orginality. i have used the same style of writing for the page head to also aid the cohesion. i will use the same calm colour scheme from the front cover as well. i also will try and put images that intergrate with my features on the page aswell.