Contents Page

Print Brief

Key Features of a Magazine Cover

Music Magazine Deconstructions

Inspirational Texts

Preliminary Task Flat Plans

Contents Page Deconstructions

Photoshop Skills Development

Preliminary Task - Front Cover and Contents

Analysing Previous Student Work

Coursework Stage 1 - Proposal

Coursework Stage 2 - Proposal

Double Page Deconstructions

Institutional Research

Audience Research

Main Task Flat Plan and Written Rationale

Photoshoot Planning

Risk Assessment

The Conventions, Producer and Target Audience

Photo Choice

Font Choices

Colour Palette


Progression of my Magazine:
> Front Cover 1
> Front Cover 2
> Front Cover 3
> Front Cover 4
> Front Cover 5


> Contents Page 1
> Contents Page 2
> Contents Page 3
> Contents Page 4
> Contents Page 5
> Contents Page 6
> Contents Page 7


> Double Page 1
> Double Page 2
> Double Page 3
> Double Page 4
> Double Page 5

Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 2
Evaluation Question 3
Evaluation Question 4
Evaluation Question 5
Evaluation Question 6
Evaluation Question 7

Final Magazine Pages

Question 4

Who would be the audience for my magazine?

The audience for my magazine would be young teenagers, preferably aged around 11-15. I chose this age for my magazine as I made my magazine about boy bands and their hot new music. I developed my magazine into this theme by adding bright colours into my pages and using simplistic headlines such as ‘NEW single released!’ to keep the reader’s attention. The reason that I am using simple sentences is that I know that at that age young teenagers don’t want to read on forever, they want to see many pictures of their favourite celebrities and bright colours, making the pages look as colourful and fulfilled with information they will actually want to know and read.

Final Magazine Pages

These are the final front cover, contents and double page spread that I have chosen for my magazine;

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 5

Here in my improvements I have addressed all the improvements I wanted to change in my last update. I have changed the pull quotes font so that it matches the font ion the front page, I have also changed the font of my story to match the same font on the contents page and also added in the page number on the right side of the double page with a light yellow box in the background so you can easily read the page number. I have also changed the first half of my story by changing it so that the first word of the actual story is in big bold text and so that the opening of the story is above, in different font so it's separated from the story. I have also smudged the green background across, behind the logo and added in 'Interview' beside it. I really like the layout now and I don't think I will do any more improvements on this page.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 4

Im my improvements I have added in another single band member image and also put the border around him so they all stand out. I have also added a shadow around the border to make them stand off the page more. I think for further imporvements I will possibly change the story's font to the same font used on the contents page, and maybe change the font of the pull quote to the same font as the front cover's headline, making the fonts on the magazine link together. I think I will also add in the page number to the magaine so then the audience will see where abouts in my magazine the main story is placed.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 3

In this update, I have added two of the images I wanted to put into the background to help make it look more busy, but now I think I would like to put a boarder around the images to make them stand out a bit more. I have also added more text and lightended up the start of the story so it's easier to see and so it also links to the theme and colours.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 2

Im my update, I have changed the colour of the font in the story and added more of the story into the text. I think for further updates I would still like to add more images into the background to fill up the page, but not too much.

Progression of my Magazine Double Page 1

Here I've started my double page and for my improvements, I think I would change the colour of the font in the story to make it stand out more and also add in some more images of the band so that the page looks busy, but not too busy, so it looks like the teenage magazines I saw in my research.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 7

In my improvements i have made the back yellow box even lighter to, changed the circle around the singer to a much more smoother surface and also bolden the text on my contents page so the text stands out further. I have also added the extra bit of information on the top half on my contents page and played around with the text in the 'Poster Pagez' section so that the text its on an angle, which I am happy with. I am really happy with the outcome of my contents page, I don't think it needs any more imporvements, however I'm not 100%.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 6

Here in my improvements I have lightened the background yellow box to make it easier to read the text. I still have to make a few more chnages including the circle around the singer and also add extra information to the top of the contents page.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 5

Here I have addressed the improvement I wished to make by changing the layout of the text on the bottom half, and also changing the font and size of the page numbers to make the text easier to read. I think for my next improvements I would like to make the background yellow box lighter, again helping the audience to read better and maybe also change the circle around the singer, as it is not as circular as I would like.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 4

Here in my improvements I have added a 'Busted Jr' title to let the audience know who the band is, and also added in a yellow box in the background to make the text stand out more. I think for future improvements I would like to change the layout of my context's text and maybe change the font or colour to make it stand out more.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 3

In this update, I have made the fonts bolder. I think that if I am to improve this any further, I would change the colour of the inside of the bubble featuring the guitar singer, but only if I have enough time at the end of the magazine.

 

 

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 2

 

 

Here I have added extra sub headings to my contents page. I think for improvements i would like to bolden the fonts to make it more eye catching.

Progression of my Magazine Contents Page 1

This is my Progress on my Contents Page so far:

 

 

 

 

 

Here I have started the Contents Page for my magazine and I have put an image in the background and placed my Masthead's on the Contents page and also put in a yellow box for the background. I still have to put the Contents information on the page and insert some more images.

 

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 5

Here I have changed the background and font, and also added in more text to the side headlines to make the cover look a bit more crowded and more like a teenagers pop magazine.
I am very happy with it's final outcome and I don't feel like I would like to make any other improvements to this front cover.

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 4

Here I have taken away my background as I am going to put in a new green background to make the pages lighter. I think I am also going to change the font of my headline so that I am showing a variety of fonts.

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 3

 My Progression So Far:

 

 

 

 

Here I have added the price of my magazine and the essential detail on top of the Barcode to help finalise my magazine front page. I don't plan to make any more updates until i've completed the full magazine. 

 

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 2

This is my progression so far;

 

 

 

Here I have improved on the masthead and coverlines and also moved the head from behind the masthead to on top. I still have to add a price and other essential info to the page.

 

Progression of my Magazine Front Cover 1

 This is my progress so far on my magaznie cover:

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I still would like to move the head that is currently behind the masthead, in front of it and make the masthead bigger. I would also add drop shadow to the back of the texts on the coverlines and possibly the masthead to add more depth and make it look better.