3. Plan 1 front cover
When I made this plan, I was going for the look of a
quite poppy/rock look. I done this by choosing to have
a coloured, pink background and use black and white
as my fonts colours. I also liked the font I had my
header in as I feel it gave my magazine a grungy, hard
look, which I really liked. When making my magazine,
there are some thing I will possibly include such as the
skyline. I really like the skyline as it gives the magazine
a quite professional look and also gives more
information about the magazine which would give it
the feel of a real magazine. However, I think I would
ditch the idea of the line and box down the side
because it doesn’t look very professional and looks like
it is just taking up space for the sake of it.
4. Plan 1 contents page
When I made this contents page, I really liked the
idea of the images on the page being slightly
opaque and having the contents bold and easy to
see. Looking at it now, I’m not really liking that
idea as I feel it makes it look a little bit
unprofessional, and although it all looks neat and
tidy, it doesn’t look quite like a rock magazine. I
also feel that in my real magazine’s contents page,
I would add a lot more information and a lot more
colours onto the page, apart from just black and
white. I would also create an interesting logo for
my magazine in which I can use throughout my
magazine to put at the bottom of the page.
5. Plan 3 double page spread
When I made this magazine, I liked the
idea of having a bunch of pictures of my
model and then writing all over the
page. Now I look at it, I’ve decided I
don’t want to use this for my magazine
as it looks slightly too pop and not rock,
which is the genre I am aiming to create
in my magazine. One thing I do like
about this double page spread is the
pull quote on the side which overlays
the picture. I really like this idea
because it gives the reader more of an
idea of what the article is about and
who is it about. I think I will use this
idea in my magazine as it will give a bit
more detail to the page rather than just
a whole block of text.
6. Plan 2 front cover
In this plan, I really liked the idea of having a
close up as a central image. I liked this
because I felt it could give the message that
the model is looking straight into your eyes
when picking up the magazine. I also liked the
idea of having bright colours on my magazine
instead of just black and white as I feel it
would appeal a lot more to younger people if
there was colour on it. One thing I don’t like
however is the text font of the plugs. I think in
my real magazine, I would use a different font
to this as I don’t think it looks like a font you
would stereotypically use in a rock magazine.
7. Plan 2 contents page
I am really not impressed by this contents
page. I feel it looks way too simple and not
very creative at all. However, I really like the
message from the editors bit as I feel it gives
a warmer approach towards the audience to
make them feel like they’re actually reading
a magazine and not a couple of pieces of
paper with photographs and text on.
8. In this plan, I really like the idea of
having a full image of the artist on
one side and then text on the other.
However, in some ways, I feel it looks
too plain and not detailed enough. I
also don’t like how the magazine has
a white background and a blue
header. I feel this is slightly going
away from my genre as it doesn’t
look rock and is turning slightly pop.
Once again, I do like the quote from
the artist because it is giving a little
extra towards the article and makes
the reader want to read the story,
but overall, I don’t think I would be
using many of the ideas from this
double page spread in my magazine.
9. With this plan, I like the idea of having a
free CD at the bottom of the magazine as
well as having a logo next to the header
instead of having the header as the logo.
Once again, there aren’t many ideas in this
plan that I would definitely use in my
magazine as I feel this plan is a bit too
blocked and neat looking and is slightly
going away from my genre of the
magazine, which is rock. I don’t feel the
central image is right for a front cover
either because it is a pretty spread out
group. I feel this image could possibly be
used for a double page spread though as it
is landscape and looks more like a picture
you would show a fan of the band or
somebody looking into the band.
10. Similarly to other plans I have made, I feel
this plan looks too plain and also too simple
to be part of my magazine. There isn’t really
much in the magazine which I find could be
added and seen really effective because of
it. I like the idea of the top image, if it was
an image of something really big happening
in the magazine, but other than that, I feel
this plan looks like somebody has just put a
bunch of pictures together on paint and not
thought about the use and effect of them
that they would have on the magazine.
11. I really like this plan as it is very
similar to my first plan with the
split page effect and the
photograph of just one model
posing. However, I mentioned
previously that I did not like the
idea of having a really big photo of
a model as it doesn’t leave enough
space in order to write the story
on the double page spread.
Because of this, I feel it looks too
simple to be an idea for my
magazine’s double page spread.
