Music magazine Evaluation 1

Music Magazine EvaluationDarius Azadeh

Looking back at the Preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression

from it to the final product?

School Magazine

I chose appropriate typography for the school magazine genre, from the ‘Dafont’ website entitled ‘Collage’.

I decided to use bold colours for the background of the masthead, as I thought this would make it stand out and appeal to students.

Masthead

I included a picture of a set of pens going from the masthead to the main section of the cover, as it is appropriate to the genre of the magazine.

Middle SectionThe cover story for this issue was a ‘New Era’ for the school, put in place by Mr Koryl, the Head of Sixth Form. That’s why I got this medium shot of him looking directly into the camera and slightly smiling. This addresses the reader that he is the main person of this new development, and is positive as he is slightly smiling.

The photo was taken in quite a busy background, so I had to crop him out. However, the cropping is not the best, as sharp cutting edges are visible where I’ve cropped.

I chose to do the price puff on the cover in the colours red and grey, as the grey stands out over the red, and red is one of the school’s colours.I have used the same font as the masthead for the anchorage text, as I felt it fit the magazines purpose. The phrase ‘A New Era’ makes the article stand out and more dramatic.

Also, the background in a mix between of light blue and white, as they are the school colours.

Bottom Section

I have included the school badge in the anchorage text, as so to confirm that the story is about Bishop Walsh.

I put a ‘plus shape just above the bottom sell line, as it shows the issue includes the main article plus the other stories, so the reader doesn't miss them.

Although it is only a small photo, I did a photo shoot with Dom and Erin helping each other do work, showing a caring and learning community, which is what is preferably portrayed in school magazines.

for the text in the bottom sell line, I included exclamation marks to make the sub stories stand out, as if they're shouting out to the reader.

Music Magazine

Masthead

I decided to go for a retro style font for the main logo of the magazine, as it’s genre is blues/indie, which commonly features this style.

I have also included the tag line, ‘What’s the buzz?’. This appropriate to the title as a hive is where bees are, and bees buzz.

For the top sell line I have used the colours yellow and red. These have become the house style colours of the magazine. It stands out and people who are fans of the bands mentioned here will want read about them, so it attracts them.

Middle Section

The person in this main image defiantly fits the genre of the magazine, due things such as leather jackets and shaggy hair being commonly associated with Blues/Indie musicians and sub-cultures.

I have included original photos of bands that are part of the genre as puffs. Although there is no writing around them, they should appeal to their fans.

Bottom Section

I have, like in the school magazine, added a bottom sell line, with more features that are likely to attract audiences. For example, the ‘Reading/Leeds Announcement’ is news that many music fans are very eager to hear.

I have included a price and issue number, which are common conventions in any music magazine.

Comparisons

From the school magazine, I feel I have come quite far, in making the magazine look more professional. Just from looking at the

cover, the music magazine has more things on it that make you want to buy. It makes the school magazine looks very plain. There are no puffs on the school magazine, whereas on The

Hive there as 3. Also, the cover photo is much better. The cover one on the school magazine had to be cropped, but there was nothing I could put over it to cover it. This made it look very unprofessional. That’s why on the music magazine I had the

photo cover the whole page, and things were layered over it, so it looked more professional. Also, the puff for the price on the school magazine is written in standard WordArt text, making it obvious that it was produced unprofessionally. There are a lot of blank spaces on the school magazine, which I have learnt to

fill with features and titles.