Practicing on illustrator for out Masthead

Today in class we practice skills on illustrator for out masthead we learnt how to add shapes and add effects to it, this is going to be very important when we start making our real magazine.  

Initial Ideas for my Magazine proposal

Magazine Proposal

Title: Fusion, The Collective, Diverse,  

Genre: Rock, Indie and sometimes going into R&B and Pop.

Artists: Lana Del Rey, Florence and the machine, new order.

Today in class i started my magazine proposal thinking of names of my music magazine and the genre i related it to one of my case studies called Q Magazine and realised that they explore different genres and don't stick top just to one. I thought of artist that i can relate it to and involve. 

Ideas from my Case studies

Front Cover

• One main image which will be the background of the image. Maybe a cover-line with an attached image.
• The masthead has to be big and really stand out to the target audience. has to be short and memorable like for example 'Q magazine'. 
• The cover lines would appear at the bottom have a bright colour to stand out over the main image maybe two pictures relating to the article.
• The barcode, date and price would show at the side 
• Maybe another image at the top not top big decent size explaining another article

Contents Page

• Have a heading for the contents page for example 'Q contents' i like the way they have used the date on the contents page and it stands out this would be an idea for my music magazine. 
• Is over two pages and four columns and has an image for each article.
• 'The Q review has its own separate box and has its own columns mainly
• Each article has a page number on the contents page and it's almost like a puff and i like that because it stands out a lot.

Double Page Spread

• I like the way this double page spread has one main image and opens the piece with a short story.
• Has 2 columns and drop cap doesn't have too much colour they kept is simple the only colour is read and the links to the Q magazine logo that stands out a lot because there is a link and because it was the main article as well.
• On the image it has a little interview with Bono from the band U2 this can help audience get more info from the band and i think that i will add that to my music magazine       

College Magazine Evaluation

Process
For the cover page of college magazine I made it on Photoshop with this I wanted to achieve a good example of a front cover of a college magazine by doing this I had to look at other college magazines looking at their layout and conventions that they have used and I try to add that to my own college magazine. For the front cover I had to add the masthead and the cover lines, I learnt that the main story in the magazine has to relate to the image and needs to be the biggest out of all the other cover lines. but not as big as the masthead. I made the contents page on In Design I wanted to achieve a good contents page by giving it a main image and a smaller image making it have two columns, the picture of the sports hall was not that great and i know what i need to improve on when it comes to the music magazine.
Self evaluate
Good

• The layout: the use of cover lines, the way I have made some cover lines bigger and some smaller this is good because the main story stands out more. The masthead stands out very well and is very clear.
• The colour scheme: The colour of the text stands out very well on the image. The background is green.

Peer evaluation

Front cover

Usman : date and issue not clear
               "talking about" not clear
                change 80p to £0.80
Aron: Good: I liked the layout of the front cover and also the colours that have been used as well
           Bad:   The only thing i don't like is that some of the words it not clear

Contents page 

Hafsa : Good: I like the colour scheme i think it works well for a student magazine.

              Bad: you have a bit too much white and looks a bit boring.

I am going to take these comments on board and apply it to my final outcome which will be the music magazine. I will choose a better colour scheme because that was one of my main feed backs that i got that was negative. and also to change the pricing so it looks more prfessional. 

     

College Contents Page Completed

Today in class i finished my contents page of the college magazine i added images as well and separated it into 2 columns.

College Front Cover Complete

Today i finished the college magazine, i corrected my grammar on the front cover and changed the layout slightly so it wasn't going over the sides.
I also increased the sizes of the text so that the main cover line and the masthead stands out more.

College Magazine

In today's lesson i started to make a college magazine, i have worked with the colour scheme and the layout of the magazine. I have not finished yet because i still have some spell checks and grammar checks i need to fix on the cover lines, Overall it has come out good and i am pleased with it.