Thursday, 10 March 2011

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Feedback for my products

 " The front page fits in with the music genre"
"Font fit well with the princess theme"
"Think the image fits in with the princess theme"
" I like the way the writing glows"
"I like how the masthead follows the line of the image"

"I like the outline around the text"
"I like the quote on the page"
"I like the quote and the front page shown on the contents page"
"Nice font"
"good idea using the front cover on the contents page"

"I like the background as it fades into the picture"
"I like the image used"
"I like how you have pulled the quote out"
"I like the angle of the image"
"I like how you have used the font in one of the question section"

Evaluation

This lesson I have been working on my evaluation adding images to the slides and checking I have used correct spellings and that everything that is needed is on my evaluation, I will upload my evaluation the my blogger when it is finished.

Monday, 7 March 2011

final products

My three final products are shown below, I have followed feedback to improve my magazine products, I will now get more feedback on my pages to see what can be improved further on my magazine.

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Changes


I got feedback of my teacher on how to improve my front cover, the first thing I had to do was make sure my masthead stands out more so I decided to add a glow around the title, I think it is now more bolder and looks more professional. I also added a glow around the 'Jasmine Day' section, I think this then shows she is the main focus within the magazine and makes the front cover visually more appealing.





The feedback I had on my contents page was to get rid of the block colour on the background as this doesn't look professional, so I added an effect that gives a shadow on the background. I think this now looks more appealing. Also, I added a page number on the image to show were the picture is in the magazine, this then follows conventions of a music magazine. Also, like on my front cover I have added a glow effect around the 'contents' so it is more eye-catching. Lastly, I changed the page numbers on the list and made it up to 70 as this is more conventional for a music magazine as there are regularly more than 50 pages.


I have changed the block colour from my double page spread, I think this now looks more eye catching.

Changes

This lesson I have been working on fireworks, working on my background and changing the block colours so my products look more professional.

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Changes to my front cover


I have changed the bar code from the top to the bottom right of the page, I thought this then followed conventions of a real music magazine, or just magazines in general. I also changed the layout of some of the writing, this was mainly as I thought the LOOP now stands out more. While analysing my front cover I found that the bra strap was down her arm, I thought this was quite quirky and rebellious, I think it relates to my target audience, 15-20 and shows how she is just growing up and as a celebrity POP princess is pushing her luck a little and experimenting with her unique dress sense, such as the jewellery and her messy hair.

Changing the page numbers.


I have changed the page number for my double page spread, I found that double page spreads are found in the middle of the magazine so it can be easily found. This then has followed conventions of other music magazines.

Changes to my contents page


I decided that my contents page wasn't what I wanted it to look like, I thought the page was overall to simple so I decided to add borders around my list to make them more bolder, I thought this then made the page more eye-catching. I knew I liked my double page spread so I thought I should take element from this and add them to my contents page, I decided to use the bigger speech marks from the double page spread and added them to the contents page, I think this will entice the reader more. I also made the images of my front cover bigger, this was so it could be seen more clearly. Also, changing the general layout, moving the writing around and the image so that everything could be seen more clearly and I think the page is not more visually appealing.

Adding to my contents page

Added Page Numbers




When looking through the magazine products, I remembered that I hadn't added page numbers to the pages, so I have just made the border around the page number purple block so it can be seen easily and fits within my colour scheme.