My music magazine, 2nd draft

The second draft I have created has been significantly improved to a higher level of proffesionalism than the last one. Firstly, I have changed the things that I said I would change in order to have a more attractive cover. The words now compliment eachother in colour and font and the most important things now stand out as they should do, The masthead grabs attention, then the splash 'appears' making you look at the picture and then the other text around the page, lastly the album covers at the bottom are looked at, by this point the reader won't have even seen the price or issue number etc because they aren't made to stand out.

My music magazine, 1st Draft

This is the first draft of my music magazine. It's negative points are that it looks a little bit too plain, This will mean the audience won't pay much attention to it. So I must make it more attractive without ruining the front cover. Additionally, the font which I have used for the splash and crossheads isnt particularly appealing, making the cover seem dull. So I therefore must change it to look more aesthetically pleasing. Lastly, the appropiate information like price, issue number and date aren't included on the cover so these are matters I must address.

Starting my Music magazine

The next time I post, I will be posting the first drafts for my music magazine. I will take into account the things i've learnt from creating a school magazine and I will incorporate them into my drafts and final covers of my front cover, contents page and double page spread.

Deciding my magazine font

I have created this page to decide which masthead font I should use, I printed a copy and classmates then noted which they liked best. I have used 8 different fonts so they would have enough choice. The font which has the most votes by it is the font I will use, additionally this is the font I like most and I would have used it regardless of what my classmates thought. I think it has been voted for most because it looks like a very recognsiable font, making it easier to spot, and it looks exciting. Some of the other fonts are appealing but some are boring and the audience don't remember dull things.

Deciding my magazine name

Here is a table of names I passsed around my class in order to see which name they thought was best. the majority vote was for ''indie-pendant'', but I personally prefer ''record'', the reason for this is because ''indie-pendant'' is a large masthead and it would be difficult to prduce a good front cover with such as large name, whereas ''record'' is smaller and easier to fit in, additionally I have thought of my logo for the magazine for ''record''

Contents page- Final

My Final contents page is now simple but effective, for example the pictures didnt look particularly interesting on the page whereas now, they stand off the page more because of a simple border. Additionally I have added a smaller title which attracts the readers eye to the list of what is in the magazine. My aim was to make the contents page simple but attractive at the same time. It also provides the right amount of information and therefore the page isnt overloaded.

Contents page- 2nd Draft

My second draft has been changed from my first one according to peoples opinions. it now has a better colour scheme making it look more appealing.Besides this, I have also reduced the width of the lines on the page because on the first draft, people thought they stood out too much and they are too noticable rather than just an aesthetically pleasing feature.

Contents page- 1st draft

This is my 1st draft of my contents page, I have attempted to keep it similar to my front cover so that they don't contrast so much if I make it different. I will now however give a copy to classmates and I will ask opinions on what is either good or bad and ask for what they think should be improved.

Here is my final copy of my school magazine cover, I have used peoples opinions and comments and edited it accordingly. I now have a very effective cover that an audience will like. The feedback got was very simple things that can be easily changed to make the cover look better. For example, somebody suggested I shouldnt use animated food on the bottom of the page, so I changed it to photos of food. Another piece of feedback I got was to make the price smaller than the issue number and date, this is so the price won't attract attention until later on when the reader would like to buy the magazine.