The story behind the name

The story behind the name

Why i chose @V4, as the title of my music magazine?

Well it started off as a random combination of punctuation, letters and numbers.

Little did i know it have to have a meaning behind it... when i found this out, i started to panic as i didn't want to have to change my whole magazine so i frantically started looking out for something to do with music with V4 in, then i came across a website, called 'Vision 4 Music' and its a website, so the '@' can represent online. 

FINISHED!!!! DPS!!!

FINAL CUTS EVALUATION DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD!

I am pleased with the final cut of my magazine, I have made sure it appeals to the audience i was aiming for, which is both sex's but more towards girls, as it has more gossipy articles, and posters included within the magazine.

The above image shows my double page spread, i am really proud of this, i think its the best part of my magazine, I chose to theme it quite girly, as the artist 'Sophia Mariah' is very girly, and the way i have set it out is based on the artist, as a lot of double page spreads are. The interview, is very cheesy and gossipy as that's what a female audience would like in a music magazine, information, and gossip on the artist. The whole design of the page is so that the artist rubs off on the reader, and that the reader gets an idea of who the artist is, and what she's like.

FINISHED CONTENTS!!!

FINAL CUTS EVALUATION CONTENTS!

I am pleased with the final cut of my magazine, I have made sure it appeals to the audience i was aiming for, which is both sex's but more towards girls, as it has more gossipy articles, and posters included within the magazine.

The above image, shows the final cut of my contents page, it is colourful, and bright, so that the reader is drawn to it. The numbers of pages are bright and whats on them is in bold so that the attention is drawn to which ever artist and page they're looking for. The page is busy but not too busy so that the reader isn't thrown off by how much is on the page. Its not cramped, it all fits. 

FINISHED FRONT PAGE!

INAL CUTS EVALUATION DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD!

I am pleased with the final cut of my magazine, I have made sure it appeals to the audience i was aiming for, which is both sex's but more towards girls, as it has more gossipy articles, and posters included within the magazine.

I think my final hand in of my front cover is good, although i didn't realise i had left the box outlines on, so i'm going to get marks deducted and i might cry, because i was in such a stress i didn't check !!!

Picture timetable

Picture time table -

ALMOST FINISHED!

I have my feed back for my rough cuts and i am now ready to start making improvements to my music magazine. I will hopefully be done by the dead line but, i'm starting to get stressed out as I have a lot to do to my magazine including having to try and fit taking new pictures into my buys busy schedule.

Rough Cut feed back

Rough Cut Feed Back

I asked my target audience, what they would change about my rough cut. The feed back i got was very helpful as it helped me come out with a rough idea, as to how i would change my rough cut to make it look professional and so that the audience would buy it.

From asking my target audience questions on a video camera, and giving them a questionnaire, i have come up with the ideas for each page. For my front cover, to improve it they have said they would like to see the names of artists all over the front cover, big and bold so they know what is in the magazine. They've also said that i could so with having, something FREE inside, they've said that my bar code needs to look real, so i need to edit that on photo shop. Another thing they have said is that what ever my main story is needs to stand out against the rest, so i plan to put a background colour on my 'Sophia Mariah's' Story.

For my Contents page improvements, i have been told, that it needs to look full, the magazine needs to look as though it has a lot in it. The pictures need to vary, and there needs to be advertisements, to win things, or get something free, from this i plan to improve my contents by putting more, regulars and features on it, along with some advertisements, i plan to take more photos, and fill any blank space with things from example magazines, for example NME.

For my Double page spread feedback i got told to make the page look more realistic, with page numbers, and quotes, I also got told to put the name of the artist on the top of the page so people know who the story is about, and an introduction into the story to see if the reader really wants to read the whole article.