Category Archives: Component 1
CCR3- How did your production skills develop throughout this process?
CCR2- How does your product engage with audiences and how would it be distributed as a real media text?
CCR1- So… how does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
Complete Final Magazine
So… How is it going?
During the process of making my music magazines I have learnt many lessons and transferable skills, I really enjoyed the designing although I did get rather stressed when certain things wouldn’t work.I learnt to take a deep breath and relax and not put so much pressure on myself. The other transferable skills I have learnt are patience, you have to be patient with designing and not rush things, time management is also something which I can take from designing my music magazine. I struggle a lot with time management but getting used to the applications and exploring them has helped a lot with my time management issue. One thing which could of gone better is if I stepped completely out my comfort zone, this would encourage more creativity in my magazine.
Adverts
Shown below are two adverts which I believe are appropriate for my magazine and I would therefore like to include. I have based my decision of choosing two adverts on artists/ brands which are appropriate to my magazine on indie-pop. Whilst also keeping in mind the demographics of my audience,including their interests (clothing,brands,artists). The first advert is of a popular indie pop band named Peach Pit, they are well known among my genre and target audience. The second advert is a clothing brand, champion which is also well known to my target audience and appeals to the demographic.
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A New Improved Complete Magazine Draft
Shown above is my complete magazine draft with below a screen cast which my teacher has made assessing my complete draft.
The feedback from my teacher overall included many targets and ideas of how I can make my magazine bolder, my targets for improvement are as follows:
Front cover
- Pull down plug,also only chose one plug as there are two.
- Masthead needs capital corrections
- Make main cover line bigger
- Add price and edition
- Photo adjusting: up contrast and twist image
Contents page
- Un strech pictures
- Break up the coverlines
- Fill up space at bottom
- Page number
- Suggestions: use plainer font, better photo for Louis, description underneath
Double page spread
- Photo is stretched, unstretch it
- Standfirst needs to be moved to article
- Add a drop capital at start
- Suggestions: Space out lines on quote, page umber higher
- Correct hyphens
Overall from my feedback I have a lot of tweaking to do in order for my magazine to be the best it can be.