Evaluation of the finished magazine

This blog contains my finished four pages, i have uploaded the using google docs. I created my final designs by following my flat plans and looking at magazines that are in the same genre. For my dance magazine i used a title font that is sharp and bold as it suggests loud and upbeat music.
My magazine uses similar conventions and design of real media products in the way that the master head is at the top of the page and there is a main image o my most important article takes up most of the page and is of a person making eye contact. My magazine sticks out from others in newsagents because of the bright red colour i have used for my title. No other magazines have a title this bright and therefore my magazine will stand out. The language i have used in my magazine appeals to my audience because i have used clear and moderate grammar. I know this is what my readers what because of researching the social group in my target audience by looking at already published magazine media packs. also i can easily relate to these people because this is the group that i fit in. the images and language that i have used in my magazine shows allot about the young adults who read and live this lifestyle. It shows that youths of today love to read about events that they may have attended or would have liked to have visited. Also showing the emotions and main objectives of this type of social network, which is that there main priority is to have fun and not worry to much about later life and what the consequences to their actions are. My magazine would be stocked in all main magazine distributors as it relates to allot of the public, and can stand a chance against leading magazines in this genre because there is not a huge amount of dance magazines on the market compared to other music genres.
During the course of making my magazine i have developed allot of technological techniques from using Adobe inDesign and Photoshop. These two applications helped me greatly when it came too creating my design and putting it together. InDesign allowed me too cut out backgrounds and blend my photo's in to each other and in to my background. Photoshop allowed me to sharpen up my photos and make them look clearer.
Looking back to my preliminary task i have noticed that i have learnt allot of skills from carrying out this task. I have learnt how to relate to my target audience by using language and grammar that they can easily and want to relate too. I have also learnt how to use the software i have to make my magazine look more professional, by learning how to use InDesign and photoshop. For My preliminary task i used my basic applications such as paint and word, which do not look professional and do not look attractive.











front cover




https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7hZWTkEhQ07OTVkYjdkNGUtZWM3MC00Y2ZjLWJmNjAtMjA1NTA3MTZiMmIw&hl=en






contents page
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7hZWTkEhQ07YWQxY2I3N2EtNDNjYS00NzZmLTgzODItYWY4Mzg5MGI3YTNh&hl=en







double-page spread

https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B7hZWTkEhQ07NTAyODhmNjgtNmEzOC00YzZlLWIwNWMtNWMxYWQ5OTY0MjY3&hl=en