link to evaluation questions

just another link too my evaulation questions, and some research on my slideshare account http://www.slideshare.net/jacksierbien

just another example band my audience would listen to

spector-Chevy thunder

this is my final contents page product for my music magazine. i have finished filling in what's inside the magazine a nd have written more for the editors column as well as using effects on my image. i have still kept the page rather simple i did this because when looking at the The fly it layout was simply split between a image and the page numbers and my magzine has followed some of the conventions i found in the fly as i thought they would work better in my magazine then the way the contents was set out in Clash and NME.

this is my finished music mgazine front cover and quite a bit has changed i used some effects on the image to improve its outcome and i also added some more articles and rearranged them to make it seem more realisitic and help attract the audience by having a number articles advertised on the front. and changed the main article and put the word "ready" in a different colour to put emphasis on it and the main article. overall i believe this a greatly improved final front cover then it was before.

Flat plans

http://www.slideshare.net/jacksierbien this link is to my slideshare account where my Flat plans for my magazine is located

a typical song that my audience will listen to Photoshop Handsome by Everything Everything.

Media evaluation questions

http://www.slideshare.net/jacksierbien
this is the link to my slideshare account that will include all my media evaluation questions done on powerpoint.

this is an update of my contents page quite a lot has changed since before the layout has been edited with only the part displaying the page numbers remaining the same i have increased the size of the picture section to bring more focus to it and chaged the editors note into a column but i do not think there is enough writing in it currently as it looks quite rushed with such a big font in it. i have removed the gradient and removed many of the black lines as they were unneeded and were only there to mark sections. other changes i intend to make are reducing the thickness of the remaining black lines and writing more for the editors note.

front cover

the front cover has had the picture added and so it is much closer to the final product the the rest of the design has largly remained the same from before other then a small test in a diferent but this will be back to the OCR A std. i still need to change some things on the page i believe some more writing is needed detailing about articles inside and also some effects on the picture to improve its look.

this is my finished DPS with only a few more tweaks such as the title being slightly wider and also the pictures only being slightly edited and the text checked for mistakes. This DPS has gne very well and i am pleased with the end result.

this is my DPS and is now virtually finished i have inserted the final picture and have used a number of effects on each picture to give it a unique look. i think this helped the poloroid style of the overlapping pictures. the pictures were also before quite bland and gray and by giving them a range of effects it has really improved each picture. some of the effects including  i used include changing the saturation, the curves and the levels. this has given me a good range of effects. i have also inserted the quote and re-arranged the writing slightly making the title the original font and streching taller as well as putting it in line with the text. i have also made more space so it seems less squashed then before.

This is an update on my progress so far with my DPS. the layout has not changed much but a lot more has been added to it. i have almost finished adding the pictures to the DPS and i am happy with the way it looks. the article has been added to the product on the right.i have removed the yellow borders and the black background which i think has greatly improved the quality of my DPS. i have also changed the font slightly but i may change it back to the origianl i also gave a progressivly brighter blue colour in each letter. I have added my article but i still need to pull out a quote i have also changed where i will place my quote as were it was impractical in the place before. i will probably move the the text and the pictures again slightly to see what looks best.

DPS so far

This is my Double page spread so far, Overall i have followed the same layout as one of my flat plans but i decided swap a single picture on left hand side of the page with multiple overlapping pictures. I have also given borders for each photo so it will have an effect that they have been taken by a poloroid camera. i think several overlapping pictures will add a unique effect to my magazine. i am not sure about tyhe black background and the yellow borders around where i will put the text. i will change the background to a plain white and then get rid of the yellow borders all together. i have yet to insert the text into the design put i have chosen an area for a quote to be put. the layout is too close together so i will try to add some extra space for the text area and give the title and pictures more room by making them smaller. so far i am pleased with the structure of my DPS but I am keen to remove the colours i have used.

contents page update

this is an update of my contents page i have tweaked a few features of it and have added the majority of the text. i still need to put in a few  more of the page deatails and to insert some information of 2011 in the editors note and maybe change what is in the text. i added a gradient of yellow to the page but i think i will remove as it does not go with the theme of the magazine. although the yellow is on my style sheet to be used i have not used it that much as i dont think it was the best colour to use as part of my magazine so it has been largly excluded. i also decided to add a small puzzle piece but i will likely change it to a photo of a real one or remove it all together. overall i think there is still alot of changes i want to make mainly with the colours i have used and probably remove some of the lines. i still have to add the picture but i will change it to look a lot better when finished. 

contents page so far

this is my intial design of my contents page it is quite different to my flat plans but does have some structure that i kept such as the set out for the page numbers but but the top half has largly changed. I added in a section to right an editors note giving an over view of whats in the magazine. i also plan to put a picture to the right of the editors note and will make up a large porion of the page. i will add some more colours to the page and maybe have the mast head "contents" fade.

this is my front cover so far including cover stories. I used the idea of a gig guide as all the magazines i evaluated included it. it is currently without a picture as the ones i took were of to low quality to use. The design is similair to my flat plans other then the Masthead postion being changed

preliminary contents page

This is my preliminary magazine contents page.

preliminary magazine cover

this is my preliminary magazine cover.