Here is an audio recording of my letter;
What’s new from draft 2
-changed layout of contents page article
-changed appearance of subtitles
-filled in lower half of contents page
-changed layout and appearance of text behind cover stars
-changed colour and position of cover line in top right corner
-Bigger Masthead, needs to take control
-Change Coverline in top right, make it straight and higher up
-Edition number and Price
-Size down coverline
-Change photos contents
-Range of page numbers
-Page numbers next to lower half of page
-Change and to symbol
-Tilt titles so straight
-Page numbers in bottom corners, page 3
-Change article to fit where the page will fold, two smaller columns
-Who article is by
-page numbers bottom corners
-standfirst, first two or the sentences in a bolder font
-paragraphs
For the purposes of presentation, I have chosen two adverts to include in my magazine as having extra pages in my magazine will make the Flipstack platform work better.
By doing this, I am reaffirming that I know my target audience.
While looking at the information and personal interests of my target audience, a main hobby was playing instruments. I have included a magazine advert created by Fender, as a lot of the audience I am aiming my magazine towards will be a consumer or interested in their products and equipment.
As well as this, I have included an advert for Spotify, which is a free and well-known music platform mostly popular by the younger generation, but also used by some millennials. By including this in my magazine it will advertise the platform to readers who may not be already using it. As a lot of my target audience live in big cities, it is important to have a reliable and personalized social network to ensure news, interviews and information about favorited artists, while also recommending artists, songs and personalized playlists already made for the listener.
What’s New
-Changed the font and appearance of title
-Slightly changed layout to make room for article
-Added standfirst
-Added in article
What’s next
-look into different layouts and experiment with appearances for the article
-Change duplicates of title in the background to fit in with the title
What’s new
-Changed the layouts, fonts and colours of captions to the images to fit the overall theme of the magazine more
-Changed the font, shadows and appearance of the title
-Changed the appearance of the background text
Whats next
-Include photos from my new shoot to give the page more variety
-Fill in space below with more text and photos
-Change layout of the lower half of the page to be more conventional
-Change variety of page numbers to make the magazine seem longer
What’s new
-Changed Magazine logo from bold letters with an offset blue overlay to just the outline with motion blurred shadows behind following the colour theme
-Changed the name of the band to fit the genre more, and changed the font
-Used light leaks behind the cover stars to make the background more interesting and not plain
-Given cover lines motion blurred shadows to make it stand out
-Changed the layout of the plug to make it more interesting
What I will change
-Need to change the layout of the text behind the cover stars to look more put together and organised
-Change colour or position of the cover line in the top right corner to make it fit in with the rest of the page more.
Due to the impact of Covid, I didn’t manage to produce a second shoot. Luckily, I had taken plenty of shots on my first shoot that I could include in my magazine too empty, and still made sense. However if I was to redo this project, I would make sure to do multiple shoots to give more variety to my magazine, making the stories and articles look more realistic and tied in together.