Problems which occurred later in the process.

When I was nearly finished my magazine, I tried to open files many times however they would not open as an error message continually appeared. Thankfully, I had finished all of my last improvements so this did not cause a great problem.

Actual Front Cover (Final) (not in order)

This is my front cover with my final touches made. I am very pleased with the outcome of the overall design.

Questionnaire Results (not in order)

Questionnaire

Do you buy magazines?  (Circle one)      YES      NO

What price are you willing to pay for a magazine?  …………………………………

What music genre do you like? ……………………………………………………………….

What is your favourite colour? ……………………………………………………………….

What features of a magazine do you like (e.g. free items etc.)? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Are there any other specific things you look for in a music magazine? (If yes list below) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

RESULTS...

Question 1: 17 out of 20 people circled YES

Question 2: Most people answered from £1 to £2.50

Question 3: 8 people said Pop, 6 people said Indie, 3 people said RnB, 3 people said Rock

Question 4: Many people said red or blue

Question 5: Everyone said free items

Question 6: No one answered anything.

Flat plans for double page spread and contents page (not in order)

I have created very simple flat plans so that I can be creative without sticking to a certain plan. I will use the colour scheme of red, black and white throughout because after doing my front cover, the colour green did not work well. I will focus on using medium close up shots to show the artists in detail. I will also focus on finding a bold font type to use throughout the pages so that all text is clear and easy to read. I am hoping to create a bold design that will stand out to my audience well by the use of different effects that will appeal to my reader as well as looking good too.



Animoto presentation

I have created a presentation to Indie Rock music to show all the possible images of Chloe Rudkin that I had taken to possibly use in my magazine...

http://animoto.com/play/1VWeIWg8L1J9wOgoLTt1YA

What have I learnt since my preliminary task?

When I first designed my preliminary task, I used publisher as I did not feel confident to use photoshop for a small task that should be done quickly. I had no knowledge of photoshop as I had never used it before. I feel that I have made lots of progress since then by learning how to use many effects and techniques in photoshop. This led me to creating a very effective magazine with a bold design that looks quite professional.

Throughout creating my front cover, I was given lots of feedback from my lecturer as to how I could improve it significantly, by improving the clarity and changing my colour scheme. This is evident in the before and after images of my front cover:

As shown, a great improvement has been made when I had recieved feedback from my lecturer.

Evaluation question 6: What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructung this product?

Throughout the process of making my magazine, I have used many technologies such as Photoshop, Blogger and Facebook.


PHOTOSHOP...

I have grown in confidence to use photoshop and I have learnt many different techniques to improve my images and pages. I have learnt how to import images, how to manipulate them using the styles available and also how to neaten edges with the brush tool. I was unaware of how to use any forms of photoshop before I began this process as I had never used the software before. 


FACEBOOK...

During this process, I have often downloaded pictures from Facebook in order to include a range of photographs throughout the magazine. Without the use of this social networking, I would not have had the range of people (artists) on the different images that I used.

BLOGGER...

I had bever used this technology before starting this process. In order to present my work, I have created myself a blog. This enables me to upload images and text/annotation to my blog which can then be displayed online. This then shows that I have used new and advanced technology to present work.