Evaluation

Evaluation

Before I began designing my own music magazine I researched magazines under the same genre, such as NME and RockSound. Looking over my front cover design, elements of my work are similar to the magazines I researched. For example the font and the way the masthead is written on my magazine is similar to that on the cover of Kerrang as the font is slightly , however the model on the cover image of Kerrang usually overlaps the title. I think the way I have advertised inside stories on the cover is similar to that on the cover of RockSound magazine particularly the font style and size. The way I have chosen to lay out my image on the page is also similar to that of RockSound and NME. This is not in the style of image but how it takes up the whole page and how the text is written over the image.

For my photographs that I have taken I have made sure the clothing the models are wearing are individual to them. This is because my magazine is a rock genre and generally for people who want to be individual and stand out from the majority.

As my magazine is under the rock genre I think it if it were published it would be done through a company such as IPC media which publishes NME. NME was one of the magazines that I researched before starting my own work and so some elements are similar. I think that my magazine would be sold in record shops as it is a specific genre of music that would not appeal to everybody.

The target audience for my magazine is middle to late teens. I think generally my magazine would appeal more to a male audience, but this is purely down to the style of music. The colours I have chosen to do my magazine in are fairly basic so they will appeal to both genders as I did not want to make a magazine that only appealed to a male audience. I think my magazine would appeal to Individualists. The magazines I researched before starting this project were also for the same age range as my magazine, but I think they were more leaning towards a male audience due to the images and the style of writing.

I have made my magazine for a target audience of middle to late teens and so to attract them to the magazine I have chosen a model for the front cover that it within that age range. This means the audience can immediately relate to the image and will be attracted to read what’s inside. I have also chosen to advertise things on the front that will appeal to people who like that genre of music, such as advertising a competition to win Jimmy Eat World tickets.

To begin with I found the software a bit difficult to get on with. I did have to change my ideas slightly because I couldn’t create the look I wanted using the software. However mostly my work has turned out how I had originally planned, this is evident when looking at my flat plans.

I definitely think my work has improved from the preliminary task. My design for the college magazine was very simple and didn’t really show a deep understanding of the software. I think my music magazine has very much improved from that, this is from experimenting with the software and spending more time planning my magazine.

When I asked others what they thought of my magazine they said it had a very clear layout, the choice of fonts are good because they fit well with the genre and that they thought the images portrayed the rock genre well.