evaluation

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This is a link to my evaluation of the project.

This is my double page spread for my magazine. I decided to stick with the banners on the top and bottom of the page, and included the name of the magazine 'Infamous' and put the page numbers at the bottom. I liked the idea of having the picture take up most of the double page spread, I thought it would be interesting to see what it would look like if I added a red panel down the side and have some of the text coming out of it and surrounding the girl in the picture. I stuck to the colour scheme of black, white and red through out this issue as I think the colours work well together, I made the name white so it would contrast on the red panel and made the writing on the red panel black and the writing on the dark picture red so it would stand out and catch the readers eye when going through the magazine and contrast off of each other. I tried to add quite a bit of writing on the page which would give the readers enough information from the interview but I didn't want to put too much writing on the page and cause the readers to be bored so I had to find a good balance between the writing and picture. For the interview I used Steph Martin who was the main feature in my magazine. 

This is a double page spread I found which I thought was a good influence for what I want to do on my magazine double page spread. With this magazine they don't have the name of the magazine whereas others do, I don't think its a vital thing to include but think it would be a good idea to add as I have on the contents page and I want to keep the design consistant. With this magazine they have decided to make the image bigger than half of the page spread which doesn't leave much room for writing, what i've found with double page spreads is that they don't write an awful lot on them which is something I should keep in mind as I don't want to over do it with the text. The colour scheme for this one is very simple, the main colours are white with black text and splashes of blue, I like how they've added some of the blue shapes used in the background on the image so that all the colour isn't on one side and is evenly spread across the double page. They haven't used too many fonts on this page which is something I should think about when making my double page spread.

double page spread mood board

This is a mood board I made of double page spreads from magazines that are from the same genre of my magazine. From these I can see that the pages are mainly taken up by a big picture which can sometimes be bigger than half of the double page. Most of these have quotes above the title in big font which is sometimes even bigger than the name of the main feature. This is then followed by the name of the feature and a brief introduction underneath of what will be talked about in the interview or the story about the main feature. The main colour schemes of these magazines aren mainly black and white with splashes of colour. The font on the pages dont usually need alot of colour on them because the pictures are usually covering must of the pages so they dont need loads of colour. The double page spreads don't usually have alot of writing in them, its usually just a small interveiw or a brief story coverinfg news about the bands in the studios or touring ect. The main idea's I get from these are that I should make sure I shouldn'y make the interview otr story too long as too much writing could bore the reader. I should keep to the same colour scheme I have followed for the cover and my contents page. Not all of these have  the names of the magazine on them but I think I might continue to use the banners I have throught the magazine and include the name on the top.

contents page- my magazine

This is the contents page of my music magazine, I used the same idea of the heades on the top and bottom of the page with writing inside. I used two have my own pictures on this and one of Motionless In White as I had mentioned them on the cover and on the contents. I used the same colour scheme of black, red and white which are the colours I used on the cover, I did this by having the banners on top and bottom of the page red as well as the little boxes around the pictures and also red page numbers, I used black writing and black banners for the subheadings and white for the background, and the writing in the banners on the page. Just like Kerrang! I decided to put the picture of main feature as the biggest one on the page so readers can see that the person in the picture is quite important in this issue. I used the idea of having shapes over the pictures with the page numbers in them because I thought it would make finding things easier for the readers. I liked the idea of not having too much writing on the page and filling up alot of it with pictures as I thought it would bore the readers if they had to read loads just to find out where something was in the magazine. I decided not to write where everything in the magazine was but just having things that were big in the issue because I didn't want the page to be too cluttered with writing that wasn't very important. 

contents page annotation

This is a contents page from the magazine Kerrang! The biggest picture on the page is the girl that is on the cover of the magazine and is on of the main features, having the biggest picture shows the reader that she will be feauted frequently in the magazine, Kerrang! uses the stars on the pictures to show what page they are so the reader doesn't have to search through the magazine or contents page if they wanted to go straight to the main feature. They have a section on the bottom of the page for the editor which not alot of magzines have, he talks briefly about things that are featured in the magazine and some of his favourite things in the issue. They have all the contact information on the contents page aswell as the cover just in case people didn't notice it on the cover, this is used for fans of the magazine or bands mentioned in the issue to send in fan art or letters ect. They use subheadings in the contents so everything is under categories making it easier for the readers to find things.
I like the idea of using the stars on the pictures and think it could be good to use in my contents page, this cntents uses the same colour scheme that is used on the cover, I think sticking to the same to the same colours will help show its from the same issue of the magazine if the pages were seperated. Using catergories in the contents makes it easier for the reader to find certain things without having to search through the magazine of the contents.

contents page mood board

These are some contents pages from music magazines from the same genre of my music magazine. Each contents page has the name of the magazine usually at the top and will have a big picture of the main feautre of the magazine which is usually the person on the cover. These magazines don't list everything in the contents page just things that are mentioned on the cover or things that seem important to the issue. The pages are mainly covered by pictures and follow the similar colour scheme of black, white and either red or yellow depending on the magazine. There isn't alot of colour on these pages and aren't as visually interesting as the cover or double page spread but do include splashes of colour which do brighten up the pages. For my contents page I should follow the idea of not listening everything that will be included but instead jus things that are important to the issue and things that the readers will find most interesting. I should try sticking to the same colour scheme thats used on my cover and have the name of the magazine included somewhere on the page so people will be able to tell its the same magazine if the pages were seperated and the colour scheme will be able to show that its from the same issue.