Evaluation

I am very happy with the outcome of my finished products as i feel i have created a magazine that not only looks professional but also has a unique spin and individual qualities. My Media product uses and develops forms and conventions of real media products in many ways, one of which being the use of sensational language to keep the readers attention and also quotes from Mike Minor to make it seem more realistic. I have used alternative and eye catching colour schemes combined with interesting layouts to create an individual look for my magazine, like all music magazines do. All these things are conventions of music magazines.
My media product appeals to an alternative teen audience as it features unique images with an iconic figure which alternative teens can relate and look up to. The layouts and colour schemes used throughout my project are also quite modern and stylish to keep the audience reading the magazine. The text is very informal and understanding towards its target audience which again attracts its target alternative social group.
I have asked a series of questions on my blog to gather some audience research regarding my magazine and the choices i have made for it. I asked three questions overall and four people voted on each. The first question was, Does the mast head reflect the alternative ideology? and 100% voted yes, that it did. This has shown me that i do not need to improve my mast head as all the people who voted thought that it emphasised the alternative ideology very well.
I feel that IPC would be the perfect media institution to distribute my media product as Raw Fusion is unique and alternative much like NME and i would like IPC to distribute my magazine as they have experience and knowledge in successful alternate magazine publishing.
I have learnt many things about technologies when progressing and developing throughout my project such as how to edit photos to a professional level within photo shop. I have also learnt a lot of things about text layout, colour contrasts and image development through different website information.
From my preliminary task to the completion of the whole project i feel i have learnt a lot about the different elements that come together to make a professional, successful, and eye catching magazine. The image quality of the piece makes a huge difference to the magazine when used in context with the right composition as it draws the audience in straight away and keeps them hooked on the article. The colours should not be to over powering and make the page look to busy, simplicity is key when choosing colours for a magazine i feel you should stick with two powerful colours which work well together. The font i used within the preliminary task seemed to lack a certain depth and attraction compared to my fonts used on my raw fusion magazine as in my main magazine the fonts are powerful, fluorescent and unique to reinforce and emphasise the alternative young audience of my magazine. Overall i found this magazine project very challenging yet fun as i learned a lot about magazines and photography and editing. The only thing i would change if i were to do this again would to possibly draft out some more layouts and play around with some different colour schemes but other then that i am very happy with the final product.

Double page spread

This is my favourite bit of the project as it allowed me to express my writing ability aswell as my creative and photography ability. I really love how the colours contrast on this double page spread to create a magnificent display of excitement and passion. The Photographs work extremely well in creating the perfect composition of the double page spread as they give a central feel to the text and the name of the artist.The font of ''Mike Minor'' emphasises that he is unique and individual again appealing to an alternative audience. The way the text raps around the red design also is an interesting feature used within this spread that gives it the ''raw'' and alternative look i was aiming for.

This is my final contents page for my new music magazine. I feel that i have combined elements of colour and imagery together well in a way that makes the page look intersting without being too over crouded.

Final magazine cover

This is my Final front cover which i am extremely happy with as it combines a range of texts, colours and layouts to create a professional and conventional new music magazine. The text used for the title is very bold and eye catching as it uses an interesting font type and powerful colours which add to the theme of my magazine. I decided to revert back to colour for my picture on the magazine front cover as it gives the magazine a sense of togetherness between the colourful front page, contents page and the double page spread.

front cover drafts

This is my second draft were i have added text, information and a mast head. I really like the outcome as it incorporates an alternative look which is the intended genre of my music magazine.

This is my front cover draft of my new music magazine, raw fusion. I like the contrasting black, white and orange photo as it really catches your eye and enforces the magazines ideology of being modern and raw, hence raw fusion. I edited the image in photo shop using various different techniques to acquire this unique outcome. The composition of the items featured on the front cover work very well together however on my final front cover i will add more texts with different composition layout. The thing i like most about this draft is the individual fonts i have used which again come together to give the whole outcome a feeling of individuality and raw fusion!

Final edited photos

My photos

This image is my favourite which i will be using for my front cover after i have edited it using photo shop. I like the composition of the guitar as it is unique and conventional to my modern magazine and its alternative music style.
I will use this image in my double page spread as it will fit perfectly into the corner of the page. Also there is a nice colour contrast between the dark clothes and the orange sunburst of the guitar.

I feel that i will not neccisaerily use this image in my final outcomes as it seems a little bit unproffesional and to staged. However i really like the central positioning of the peace using a high angle shot for variation from standard medium shots.

I am extremely happy with each of these photos and i would really like to feature every single one of them within my music magazine however i am not sure weather i can fit them all into it.

This is one of my possible photos to be published in my magazine 'Raw Fusion' as it posseses a certain factor which reflects the ideologyof my magazine. The unedited version of my photo seems to be missing something as it dosn't look proffesional although i think it is a good picture. After i edited this in photoshop i found it looked a lot better and more proffesional.

Title

Title!

I have decided to name the title of my new music rock magazine - Raw Fusion! This because '' raw '' represents raw talent from new bands featured within the magazine and also '' Fusion '' represents the fusion of different rock genres featured in the magazine. I like the name as it is catchy and memorable.

These are my logo ideas for the magazine as they are powerful eye catching and forceful. Also the layouts of the logos make it seem creative and full of life. The font i have chosen really reflects the genre of my magazine as it is 'raw' and bold. The logo i have chosen will be modified into more rock themed however the tiger also reflects the power of the magazine and its bands. It is eye catching.

Future Publishing - Future publishing was created in 1985 by an unemployed computer journalist, Chris Anderson. It is a special-interest media company based in London and Bath. Future publishing have produced games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography magazines. publishing just over 100 magazines since its existence. Future Publishing have produced such music magazines as Total Guitar and Guitar World. These are two magazines which possess similar elements to my idea as i have taken those magazines as my inspiration.

IPC Media - IPC Media is one of the UK's leading magazine Publishers producing such big names as NME, Nuts and Loaded. The NME music magazine is also another large inspiration into the ideas of my new music magazine as it is full of creative layouts and a unique twist on the world of music.

liiar

Once again i will be applying liiar to my work as sort of a guide line which will remind me of my targets and also give me some more information about the overall foundations of the magazine.

language - The print layout, formal or informal language, font, text colour, logo creation, images and proportion are all things which will be taken into high consideration and research as i expand through my task of creating my new music magazine. These factors are all deadly important as they are what build up the expected conventions.



ideology - The main purpose of my magazine is to inform, publicise and advertise advertise new bands and band events which are up and coming. Also as i am basing my magazine on more of a rock theme. More things such as the instruments used by the bands will be featured to attract a bigger music loving audience.



institution - We control the production process. We can choose the content inside the magazine (layouts logos etc) The Storys come from different bands, music genres etc.



audience - For a music/guitar magazine the audience i would be appealing to would obviously be guitar players. However in the bands featured in these magazines are of the modern era therefore interesting more teen readers.



representation - As i am representing a certain age group represented through new modern bands I will need to think about layout, font and pictures to represent my genre correctly. My aim is to give the magazine a sense of ergency with the use of powerful layouts and bold fonts. This is to make sure the magazine is the number one seller