Evaluation- Question 2

Question2 - slideshow

Creation of Front Page

I have placed an image of Selena Gomez, where I will be putting my real images in later to organize my tag-lines and advertisements. I have used a large pink font for the mast head to make it eye-catching, and it is pink to attract the correct target audience.

Here you can see that I have inserted an image of a bubble and changed the colour slightly to make it seem more girly.

Next I tried changing the font again to make it stand out a bit more because it wasn't bright enough in my opinion.

Next, I changed the masthead once again this time making it appear more 'cartoony' and hopefully attracting the younger part of my  audience.














Here you can see I have made the background a lilac colour that I will be continuing throughout the magazine I have also changed it by importing the image I will be using for my final cover. It was cropped around so that the head partly covered the masthead as I said before. Where it had been cropped it wasn't very neat so I outlined it with white to make it look more stylish and purposeful. Finally, I added in a banner to the bottom and linked the colour with what the model was wearing and the masthead.










Next you can clearly see that I have added in more images and added a title of 'amazeballs posters' advertising posters inside the magazine using colloquial language that the readers will hopefully relate to and be enticed to read it. I also added an advertisement for a free makeup bag to attract attention to the magazine. The banner at the bottom is now blue and had a bar code in the bottom right hand corner.










Next I have changed some of the colours so that they are brighter and stand out more. I have also added more taglines to the left third and introduced a banner which is advertising the double page spread. This is in bright pinks, blues and yellows to attract the attention of my target audience.

My final cover before my review has changed the blue banner at the bottom to yellow so that it can highlight the issue number, price and date that it was published.
















Once my review had been completed, I needed to change a lot on this page. The colours were too bright and it was difficult to read the mast head because of how I had edited the photograph onto it. In response to this I made all of the colours lighter into pastel colours, and I changed the layout so that the font just slightly covered the top of the models head, this meant that it was easy to read and you could still see the models face and eyes clearly. I made the top banner smaller so that I had more room to show off the mast head and the model.

The difference between this cover and the previous one is that I added A small 1pt outlineto the taglines in the left third in attempt to make them stand out more.

This is my final front cover. I have made a few drastic changes to my cover including the font of the text in the left third. I did this to help it appeal to my target audience better. Next, I removed some of thje bars from the bottom of thr page and made the strip of purple stretch out across the bottom of the cover, in which I editted the word 'GOSSIP!' for the word 'LIVE!' to make itclear that it is a music magazine rather than a gossip magazine which it seemed like previously. Finally, I changed the main cover line to make it more snappy and give the audience just enough information to want to read on. I mafr the font match the rest of the page and alternated the colours to make thr words stand out more. I then made a deep outline around the words so that they appear in bubbles, making it look fun and linking really well with the masthead and the target audience.

Possible Front Page Images

I completed a photo shoot in attempt to get some good shots for my front cover. After looking through my final images I decided to go for the one that is jus to the left here. I chose this one above the other ones because it had all the characteristics of a traditional pop magazine front cover. The subject has made eye contact with camera and is not entirely face on. She is faced slightly to the left with head pointed towards the camera. The lighting used is lighting  up her face and just behind her, the light has caught her hair and created a good effect.










 

I didn't like this photo because it isn't close enough and the subject isn't looking into the camera. Also, the background has a dark shadow on and so doesn't look as good as it could have.

In this photo, the girl is looking up and there is a dark shadow on the background. I would prefer for there to be eye contact  so I will  not be using this picture.

 This picture is positioned correctly, but the girl doesnt look happy. This is not a good picture because i would prefer for her to be smiling a little  at least.

I  like this picture but the composition isnt right and the subject looks more worried than happy. This is why I will not be using this picture.

This picture is good as the composition is correct and she looks happy, but unfortunately it was taken in black and white so i will not be using it. This is because I want the image to be bright t attract attention.

Flat Plans

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