Main Task: Double Page Spread Photoshoot shortlisted

 

These are the photos i have took so that I can chose one to use for my double page spread before editing them. I have told my model to wear black to emphasise 'the darkest days' so that it all links in.

 

Main Task: Double Page Spread Without Image

Main Task: Proof of Album Covers

 

Both of these albums are what I have, this is to prove that I have taken photos of the cover of the album so that I can use it on my Contents Page.

Main Task: Contents Page Drafts and Final

 

This is my first draft for my Contents Page. I used typical conventions of a existing magazine by separating each section into categories so that it looks professional and is known to the audience as a music magazine. I have used more than one image which is also conventional, however I have moved away from conventions by making the images small, and on one side, rather than making the audience focus to the pictures only.

 

 

This is my second draft for my Contents Page. I changed the background colour so that it looked like it was all together whereas it was misleading with the white background. Also I made the banner at the side one colour so that it looked more professional. I think i have made my contents page look better with the numbers the same colour as the font as it looks more professional and follows conventions.

 

 

 

For making my final draft, I have put text at the top above the 'contents' title so that it fills space and looks better. Also, to make the 'On The Cover' section stand out and for the double page spread article to stand out, I put all of the text in white but left that in the brown colour. This draws the attention to there and intrigues the audience. Also to make my magazine look better, I put a black background for the banner on the right hand side because I think it stands out more and looks more professional. Another thing I have changed is the numbers of my articles so that they aren't in order because when I looked at existing magazines I noticed it was unconventional.

Main Task: Forte Cover Photo Drafts and Final product

 

This is my first draft of my cover page.

 

This is a better draft where I have made the kicker easier to see and changed the banner on the bottom so that it is easier and more fomal. Also I have put an outline around the main cover story so that it stands out. I have changed the colour of the text about Chris Brown and new singer so that it looks more professional and appeals to my target audience more.

 

To get my final cover photo, I made changes to make it look better and more professional by changing the background as I feel this doesn't look formal or professional and doesn't attract the target audience as well as it could. Also one of the cover stories mentions Biddulph, and with peer feedback, I was told that it shouldn't inlcude local areas as it wouold be distributed further than this. I took away the outline and made the cover story all one colour so that it stands out more, also it didn't follow any conventions of real music magazines.

Main Task: Photos I have used

 

These are the photos I have used on my final products because they fit with the genre as the type of images are used in Vibe and Q magazines so that the magazine looks professional.

The clothing fits in with the double page spread story with her darkest days growing up so it all links in together and looks professional.

Main Task: Photoshoot shortlist

 

 

These are the images that I had shortlisted from my photoshoot of my model, I had chose these because they fit with my genre with Sasha wearing a colourful top but then to fit in with the cover story of the 'darkest days' I got my model to wear black clothing.

I followed conventions from real existing magazines such as Vibe, Q and Billboard so that i could be inspired by these to make my magazine look real and look professional so that my target audience would be attracted to these.  

Main Task: STEAM --> FORTE

I changed the title of my magazine from 'STEAM' to 'FORTE' because Forte is more relevant to music. This will allow the audeince to know it is a music magazine.
Also the font has been changed because it looks more sophisticated and looks more formal as a music magazine font.
There is no meaning of Steam so it doesn't relate to music as much as I could of made it, as I haven't linked anything to the title. So to make my magazine better, I have used a word which means a loud passage in music, so as my genre is RnB it has a lot of upbeat music so it will relate to the magazine more.