First draft of my double page spread

Here is my flat plan and first layout draft of my double page spread. As you can see there is alot going on and the main focus is on festivals and my music artist. By having this plan i can rely on it and look back on it and it will help with the build of my article. I want my double page spread to be informative but interesting at the same time and to help festival newbies with the basic of what to do at festivals. I also believe my article is relevant due to the fact that festival season is approaching quickly and most people would have already booked there tickets. By creating this double page spread now it will be appealing to more people and sticks to the music magazine theme by including my music artist consistently throughout.

Here is my first draft in creating my double page spread, i will be creating it on photoshop and my title is clear and big at the top of the page. I have experimented with what colours i should have the background but also sticking to my colour scheme and i asked some people within my target audience and put the information in a bar chart.

This is the bar chart i have created showing audience feedback on what colours they would prefer to see on my double page spread. I asked 10 people and from my chart you can see that a huge 80 per cent preferred White font with a Black background in comparsion to the other way round. My original idea was to use this but i then changed my mind, but now after recieving audience feedback i have decided to go back to my original idea and stick to the White font, with a black background.

This is the next stage of my double page spread, I have followed my flat plan and placed all the text and the image according to my original plan. I need to include Leon Connellys passage at the bottom and gain some audience feedback to improve and make the double page spread more professional and suitable for my target audience.

This is my finished double page spread before feedback, all the text is revelant and relates back to the festival topic but has an input from my artist, the heading is bold and big and the text is detailed with a quote from himself which is shown in many music magazines that i am inspired by and they have helped me to create my magazine.

This is a double page spread from NME and indie band Arctic Monkeys are featuring, which are similar to my artist Leon Connelly so looking at what there articles look like will help me to improve my double page spread and make it more realistic and professional. The color scheme is similar to mine and a quote has also been used with 'Alex Turner's' name underneath, which is what i have done on my double page spread with Leon Connellys name underneath aswell.

Here is some feedback from a girl in my class, she had a look at my double page spread and has suggested some improvements for my article her age also fits the 'stereotypical target audience member' so her response will help me greatly. Also what will make the layout better and what is already good about it. Getting feedback will make a huge impact on the outcome of my finished media products.

This is my final draft of my double page spread, I have taken into consideration feedback and the overall appearance of the article and have made the following changes.

Added page numbers to make the article look more realistic and professional along with the title of my music magazine next to them. This was changed due to feedback I received and changes a group of target audience members requested and I believe it has improved my double page spread. I have also included another photograph of my music artist as I was inspired by my research and how similar music magazines to mine include 2 or more images of the featuring music artist. I also changed the font, and made certain text larger as i wanted the quote in particular to stand out as thats a common convention that many double page spreads include.

First draft of my contents page

 

 

This is my flat plan for my contents page, i have though about where to put each feature and when i produce and make my first draft it will hopefully come out how i want it to. By doing a flat plan it makes it easier when making my contents page because i will know what im doing and where i need to place everything. I now have to create and make the real thing.

 

 

 

This my first draft of my Contents page, the next thing i will need to do is to gain audience feedback in order to improve my contents page further.

First draft of front cover

This is my flat plan for my front cover, it gives me an idea of how to create my music magazine cover and where everything needs to go. Instead of thinking on the stop i have a plan that i can keep looking back to, i will follow the flat plan and if im not happy or i get bad feedback i will then make the apprioriate changes.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is my first draft of my music magazine front cover, i will get audience feedback in order to improve my cover and make it look more professional, i also want to know what my target consumers want to see.  

Automatically i can personally already see changes that i need to make. The title ' Intact' is too small and i havent included a price which is a vital element so i can sell my magazine! I want to change the size and font of some of the text and will experiment with placing it differently around my artist.

After getting some feedback from class mates and my nextdoor neighbour i made some vital changes that im hoping has improved my magazine for the better. I made the Title 'Intact' much bigger so it really stands out at the top and is clear and easy to see. I included a price at the bottom of the magazine as i previously didnt put one in. I moved the sub headings around and made a new one to fill up the space a bit more and draw more consumers in and removed the image of my 2nd music artist as i decided to include that on the contents page rather then the front cover like many other indie magazines do.

I asked some girls in the year below for some feedback on my front cover, ' It looks very professional' ' The image stands out and is a very good shot' ' The colour scheme looks slick and makes the cover look more like a real music magazine' and ' Experiment with the text and move it around to see if it creates a different