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.

Questionnaire Proof

QUESTIONNAIRE

 I am creating a music magazine, for my AS level, could you answer a few simple question specifying what, you like and would want in a music magazine if you were to buy one.

1.        Do you read music magazines?                                Yes                                         No

2.       How old are you?            Under 15                              16-18                                     19+

3.  Which genre of music is your favourite?     

                         

Rnb                Country                Rock                 Indie                 Dub step               Other  

4.        If you chose other on the above question, what genre is it? 

5.       What do you expect in a magazine?

6.       Describe your perfect magazine cover...

 7.       What draws your attention to one magazine over another?

8.       Do you expect established stars in the magazine or new music?

The above is just a few of the questions i asked in my questionnaire towards my target audience. 

Below shows a scan of the filled out versions of my questionnaires, they helped me come up with the conclusions for what my final version of my magazine would look like.

Rough Cut front cover

Rough Cut Front Cover

The above picture shows my rough cut of my magazine, the layout is appalling at the moment, I intend to re-arrange everything, and change the front cover picture as its too far towards the left. The triangles on the right hand side do nothing for the magazine. My bar code isn't finished, and needs to be changed. I like the title, and am keeping that, and the 'independent voice, independent music'. I intend to have a picture of 'Sophie' in the middle of my page, and what is in the magazine either side of the photo to make the front cover more full. I'm not changing my model, as my double page spread is of her, but the colour scheme will defiantly be changed, as i don't think it fits together very well.

Rough Cut double page spread

Rough Cut Double Page Spread

The above picture shows my double page spread rough cut, I have a lot of things missing; for example, there's no title, or introduction into the article, and there's no page number on the pages, there's also no quote on my picture page. I like the colour scheme and will keep this, as i think it compliments the picture page well. I have edited two pictures together to make it as though Sophie (my model) is looking at herself; i think this works well as its unusual and different, and no one else will have thought to do this. It goes with the usual style of the magazine, very individual. 

Rough cut contents

Rough Cut Contents

This is my rough cut of my contents page, nothing on it is very clear, and nothing stand out, i don't like the picture on the top right corner of Sophie, i think i have too much of her on my magazine. The colour choice, it too girly, and the purple doesn't sit right on the pink. I haven't got anything on the bottom, for example page numbers, or websites, or advertising for the magazine. There also isn't enough on the contents page, there's far too much white space.