A4 Advert Selecting

Advert #1

I chose this Amazon Alexa advert because it is a great modern speaker mixed with robotic assistant which is very marketable. The Amazon Alexa is great for listening to music on. I know this because I have one at home and as I am part of my own demographic, I feel it will work extremely well as an advert in my magazine.

Considering my audience as youthful 15-25 year-olds this advert will be a fitting addition. It’s slick minimal style and the fact that it’s well finished and not to busy is the  exact balance my magazine needed.

Advert #2

This festival has very recently been announced and I am predicting that it will be raved about massively. Marketing this festival poster will prove that this magazine has the right contents.  Furthermore, it will directly attract my particular demographic because it has all the big names, it’s new and involves popping and eccentric colours.

Despite this task not being assessed, I still extracted some ‘worth knowing information whilst completing it. This is that magazine producer’s have to consider at length even their chosen adverts for their media. Now knowing such sought-after information, I can go forward  confident that I know how to select a conventional advert for whatever media I continue to produce.

Draft three of all all three

FC3:

What’s new, front page edition for draft 3:

• I included a red boarder, this is as I felt all of the features of my magazine were just floating in open space. I needed some sort of constrictions. I want a cohesive colour through each the front page, contents page and double page spread and I chose red. Currently the pages do not work well with each other and I need to do some heavy rethinking.
• I moved the oval ad which says use #FDTOPCHARTS on Instagram. This is because over on the left it felt cluttered and covered some of my cover image.
• Some of my cover lines covered the image too much. this being somewhat unconventional I had a play with how far the creep in to the middle of the image.
• I overlapped the 2 of 2 million as well as upsizing it. This was to complement my earlier uses of overlapping of the $ of CHAIN$ and the rising up through the charts of FD ON THE SCENE.
• I cut out the image of my cover model, however the non cut out looked better so I kept that. But having a play could have produced a better version so I’m glad I did that.

CP3:

What’s new, contents page edition for draft 3:

• Entire colour scheme alteration in order for my contents page 3rd draft to be innkeeping with the style of the other pages in that it incorporates red somewhere.
• I cut out the image again because it had some imperfections
• I used drop shadow for the “CONTENTS” wording to give an increasingly expert and polished feel to my updated draft 3 contents page.
• I included the page number for FD’s article because if I hadn’t the reader would of been clueless as to who FD was and why he was on both the front cover and contents page.
• I had a play with the page numbering to make it stand out from the block black text.

DPS3:

What’s new, double page spread edition for draft 3:

• I altered H20Slicky’s quote on the left. This is because I felt while reflecting on draft 2, I thought I could take this personal article to a further extent with a ‘real’ quote of his about his kind of manifestation to success.
• I changed the colouring of all wording on the left. This was to ensure again, that the reader wasn’t taken to a completely different style of page each time they turned over and that my magazine had a level of coherency.
• I brought the heading on the left hand page down so my layout would seem less blocky and more flowy.

My teacher’s screencastify for all draft 3:

My instructions FP3:

• £ sign for price.
• CHAN$ masthead to be taller.
• Boxing in cover lines wording to fit in box + play around with sizing.
• Different font for cover lines.

My instructions for CP3:

• Font under main cover line used too much.
• More colour.
• Page numbers bigger.
• Be careful with alignment.

My instructions for DPS3:

• Move quote.
• Add a quote.
• Make “H2O SLICKY’S” bigger
• Article writing give space to edge of page.

Entering the second draft of my Double Page Spread

What’s new:

• To make my double page spread seem more conventional I added different colours across the pages unlike before when it was just one solid gradient.
• I added a new gradient in an egg shape to draw the eyes of the reader in for my main image.
• I added a new image where I chose to play with it’s appearance so it looks less real and more like a comic which I love the effect of.
• I added a quote and a drop capitol to further conventionalize my double page spread.
• I had a play with my colour scheming.

What’s next:

• I absolutely need to rethink the left hand side of the double page spread because I feel like it looks like a poster more of a page in a magazine.
• I could look at taking more images as I feel I could take some mugshots of my model to spark controversy.
• I need to come up with a more personal quote to boost emotion in my story.
• I need more colour to my text and effects. I might try 3d looking text and colours other than white.
• I’m not sure the blues and the greens of my backgrounds match- I think I need to rethink it and have a play for draft 3.

Contents page second drafted

What’s new:

• I have made the  text boxes fit around my image which definitely causes my contents page to seem expertly produced and professional.
• I changed my image and did a better cut out because the last one was cut out at the head and didn’t sit right on the page.
• I have made the page numbering, headlines and text sizing far more conventional for a contents page.
• I have added outlines to some of my wording in order for it to pop out, catching the readers eye.
• I rethought and added some headlines extending the maximum page number to 28.

What’s next:

• The cutout needs to be redone as there is white spots around the hand and the gun.
• The repeated images need to be lined up, the pdf shows them to be out of line and unprofessional.
• The gap at the bottom needs to be filled with either some images some catchy text or a cool graphic.
• I need to rethink the image or my choice of colour as the brown on my models coat doesn’t look that great.
• I would like to adjust my image possibly changing it to black and white to show that I can do it and to help my colour scheme appear more flowy.

Second drafting, computer designing and crafting

Below is the second draft of the front page of my magazine that I feel is a major improvement. As my skills on the software I am using are advancing so are my drafts.

What’s new:

• The Masthead is standalone. Before it has a rectangle around it. without the rectangle the masthead fits on the page better. Although less apparent it looks more thought out
• I played with the composition of the cover lines. They now come across less bulky more spread out and easier to read.
• I outlined the stars names in a bright yellow to bring in the reader to the rappers and celebrities who will be involved in the magazine.
• I tried to use more overlapping because, if done well overlapping text can be very enticing giving the feel of modernity and expertise.
• I flipped the image of my cover model so he would be looking at the main cover lines on the left.

What’s next:

• Spacing between the cover lines, especially the 2 of 2 million.
• The oval needs to be moved as it doesn’t sit right where it currently is positioned.
• I need to look at cutting out my image and toying more with a background colour as I feel the inverted image can really pop out and be placed over the masthead to gain myself more marks.
• I might need to make use of another font or two. I have already used the same font more than I really shot have and more than is conventional to the front page of a magazine.
• Font sizes need another look at.

Double page spread creating

Below is a first draft of my double page spread containing my article for my magazine

Likes:

• I like the colour scheme, my colours are flowy and modern, especially the night vision effect on the image of my model.
• The overlapping of the “LIFE IZ PRESHIOUS” wording.
• The font, I think the font for the Album name is enticing and striking.
• I really enjoy how the paragraphs morph around the image, it looks professional and has appeal.
• The overall composition I feel is very flowy. All that needs to be changed is the more intricate details.

Dislikes:

• My paragraphing is off, for my 2nd draft I will ensure it is both grammatically correct and looking polished.
• My image needs to be retaken, the shoulders are cut off on the cut out because I wasn’t further enough back from my model.
• The cut out itself of the image needs to be done again as it is rough and there is white spots.
• I need to incorporate more fonts as well as more font cover in order for the text to exceedingly pop out against the gradient background.
• The cut out needs adjusting in that the green doesn’t match the green of my background I need to rethink my editing.