Evaluation

Presentation1 as media

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Front page/Contents page/Double page spread

Double Page Spread

Contents Page

Front Cover

Images used before editing

Front Page Image

Contents Page Image

Double page spread

Double page spread Drafts

Double page spread Draft 1

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Draft 2

Contents Page Drafts

Contents page draft

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Front cover drafts

Front cover draft

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Draft 2

Preliminary assignment

Front Cover

Masthead: the name of the masthead is “Prosper’, I used this name because it’s meant to be a magazine to try and help students prosper and do well in school. I used the font colour green because it’s a fresh colour which reinforces that you can prosper in a natural way, such as revising.

For the contents page I wanted to have a image of the students to show that there is a link between the magazine as well as the students. The contents will be on the left hand side of the page as the eye reads the left hand side last which makes the page numbers memorable. I decided to umages to show what is in the magazine as I have found out that most of my target audience are interested in visual work rather than reading.

Strap line: I wrote the strap line using the name “Look inside for school of fun” the name of the font is Broadway, size 28 and bold, font colour Blue. This is a different font style from the other texts because I want it to stand out the most as it would be the first thing that the audience would see in the magazine.

Puff: I put a puff to advertise money for shopping as most teenagers enjoy free money, it catches their attention, the aqua blue fill color of the puff stands out and draws the attention of the reader to it.

Mid shot: I put a picture of someone who is slim and tall. I made the model wear something of what a model would wear however I made the model put a big bag and folders in my hand, this is because students stereotype other students with big back packs and folders clever and academic. Also I made sure that I didn’t look too old so that I would look like the age range of the Negus students. The picture is meant to link with the banner.

Texts: the more important stories are written in green so that it can match the masthead. They are all written with Times new roman and bold. The texts are all uniform with each other to make it come across as professional.

Publishers info- date: I put the date at the bottom of the magazine because its easy to visualize where it is.

Info banner: to show what the school specializes in.

Barcode: bottom right hand corner

Images: all of the images are relevant to the texts. Image number 3 and number 4 connect to the Negus students the most because the boy is from the school and the building of the school is what the Negus students are going to use. Number 1 and 2 are shadowed so that they can pop out.

Publisher info-writer: I wrote my name of the writer at the ends of the stories to show who wrote each story.

Banner: “you now need qualifications to become a model” written in green because its in contrast with the background so it stands out more, also because it is the same colour as the masthead so it shows that it has importance and significance. I put it in capital letters to reinforce the points more. I wrote exclusive because it is the top story in the magazine. The writing is the only text underlined to show that it is the main heading.

Publisher’s info- Price: the price is at the top of the magazine because the audience is more likely to remember the information at the beginning. I made sure that the price is affordable as my target audiences are students so there’s more of likeliness that they would purchase the magazine due to its affordability.

Contents page Draft

Negus Magazine Mock up page

Negus magazine mock up contents page

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Different shot types

Before I made the magazine I decided to take a range of images so that I would be able to compare pictures too each other to see which one was the best for each of the magazine pages (contents pages/double pages spread/front cover). I also put down reasons of not using particular images.

Hair is cut off

Hair is cut off

Leg is cut off

Light shinning on models face

Potential for contents page

To be used as double page spread

Image used for front cover

Wrong expression

Too dark

Poor lighting

Head cut off

Wrong expression

Has potential for front cover image

Model not ready

Has potential for front cover image

Too close

Model not ready

Too much smiling

Shadows on model face

Inappropriate background

Image used for Contents page

Good expression

Good expression, nice bakcground

Final images used

Double page spread image

Front cover image

Contents page image

Double page spread: I decided to use the stated image for the double page spread because the model in the image took up majority of the page and as my target audience enjoy looking at images more than reading, it would be easier for them to understand what is happening in the image. The tight, leather dark clothing are the conventions of a R&B artist and so I wanted to follow the conventions as it would be easier for the audience to identify with the genre of music. Also the clothing whihc were used are the type of clothing that they are likely to wear and so by using this image the audience are able to see a part of them being included in the image. The model in the image is useful and so by using a young person it shows that I am remembering my target audience as they of the same age range as the model which then makes the audience feel as though they have got something in common with the model and so it makes it more appealing for them to look at and read.

Front conver images: I decided to use the image which I used for the front cover becuase the model was looking directly into the lens of the camera which makes the magazine look like the target audience are being acknowledged as it appears as though the model is looking at the readers which makes the magazine feel more personal to the reader. I choose to use a male and this is because although my magazine is going to be unisexual it meets both genders expectations of a male in the context that the females would be drawn to read the magazine as the model on the front cover is good looking and the males would be drawn to read the magazine because the model looks cool and they aspire to be like him. The image was also chosen because the model has a friendly expression on his face which draws the target audience to want to read the magazine as he represent a person that someonne would like to be a friend with which gives the magazine a overall feel that it will be friendly and easy to approach.

Contents page images:  I chose to use the particular image on the contents page as the model carries the conventions of a R&B model, the clothing whihc he is wearing is fahsionable and matching, the brand names which he are wearing for example his blue addidas trainners are of the similar brands which my target audience are interested in which draws the readers attention as both of their styles are alike. I specifically made the model look to his right hand side and this is becuase it looks like he is trying to remember the information which was on the front cover, this then shows the readers that the front cover information is on the contents page. The image isn't very croded and there isn't too much happening which doesn't remove the readers attention from the purpose of the contents page.

My Reader profile

I created my own reader profile which represents data from my target audience. The information which is included are:
- interests
- brands
- entertainment/technology
- fashion

Hip Hop weekly reader profile

This is a existing magazine reader profile which shows that:

majority of the readers are female however there is only a 2% difference between the two genders who read it. The median age is 27 however 83% of the readers are single with over half of the readers black.