Close up of My Double Page Spread

Clearer Images of My Music Magazine Double Page Spread

Media Studies AS Evaluation

Contents page, finished article

This is my music magazine contents page, this page is what I would regard as the best out of the three pieces.
The colour scheme is in keeping with the three other pages as the pink used, relates to the overall speciality of the magazine as it is used in support for breast cancer. The style of the text used makes the main titles stand out, as the main pages are written in bright pink while the sub text and very brief intro is written in white. The text used is similar to that of the double page spread in that its like a handwriting style, but the titles used are almost goth-like, which can be linked to music in the form of Rock and Roll in a way.

The images used are very subtle as they do not give much away to the audience as to what the pages are about which could cause the audience to purchase the magazine to gain a further interest into what the magazine offers. The  background of the magazine, gives a type of olden feel to it, like the way you do with a teabag to make a piece of paper look older, the same has been replicated here, the images make the contents page look older also as they are from an old camera and have been taped onto the page in a 3d effect also. The bottom photos also make the effect of old style as it shows a film reel which is barely used nowadays.

I have researched many contents pages in order to be able to recreate this at first it was the most troubling as I did not understand the layout and had to restart over and over again before I came up with this final design which I think compliments each of the elements very well in terms of not making anything stand out too much or too little.

double page spread finished article

The magazine is created in the style of a chalkboard, the text used throughout is in the style of handwriting for the main interview and in a chalkboard style for the other text used. The main image used is of James Stevens (played by Scott Jenkinson) the main image is in relation to the main feature presented on the front page, main image shows the character in an aggressive manner pretending to be about to hit someone with a guitar, the main image overlaps all the text and also overlaps the border to make it seen 3d as if the person James is going to hit is you the audience.
The text located behind the main image is of chalkboard text with the words all symbolising the problems and bad stuff in James' life and how he is putting all that behind him and that is why its located behind him.

The main Title reads James Stevens, which has been rubbed out slightly due it being written on a chalkboard, this represents James' star status which was originally full and perfect writing but due to him taking a break because of problems, is slowly starting to wear away, the subtitle which is an extract from what James states in the article, the writing is done in a child like handwriting style as another representation of the overall theme of the article which is the chalkboard. The pull text located in yellow  gives another insight into what is going to be in the article and gives the audience more insight into the main important things about the article.the other pictures are typical of what would be drawn on a chalkboard

Front page, finished article

This is my finished music magazine, the main image used is a Close up of Scott Jenkinson who is playing a character I have created called James Stevens, the close up shows all the features of his face as well as showing the seriousness and emotion within his eyes. The background was originally just plan black but I edited it out on photoshop using the magic wand tool and replaced it with a brick wall that was changed to black and white to make the main image stand out more.

The colour scheme used was hard to make it stand out as many music magazines use a dark font on a light background, to make the text stand out but I had to use the opposite as I used a dark background so I had to use light coloured text in order to make them readable and to stand out on the magazine.

The Masthead was set in pink, as support for breast cancer, which is what other magazines have done in support of breast cancer as the sales from the magazines go towards the cause. Also when people ask why the magazine was made in this colour people will read and explain which makes more people aware and raises awareness of Breast Cancer.

The Magazine slogan is in fitting with the music magazine as it reads, "Discover your love for music again" the writing is easy to read and is located in smaller writing just below the masthead to not draw any attention any from the main images and text. The text is also in fitting with the colour scheme, so it again does not draw any attention away from the main objects on the page. The banner on the bottom is to let people know why the colour scheme has been used, the banner includes the pink banner that represents breast cancer, banner are often used for special one off issues to explain why it is a special magazine.

The main title is used to show to who the main feature of the magazine, is based on the main title is used within another colour to make it stand out amongst the other writing, the writing above the main title gives an extract of whats going to be included in the main feature and acts a selling point to the audience as they will want to understand why this has been used and what it means. The puff gives another reason for the audience as to why the magazine should be bought as this is a special feature that you will receive if  you purchase this music magazine rather than another one

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