evaluation Q1 for my AS blog

1. Evaluation Question 1
By Sasha Blore

2. Front Cover
This is the final, edited front
cover. It has taken in all of the
constructive criticism that I
have received and has been
revamped to take it all into
consideration. It now looks
much more like a professional
music magazine and is like
something one might see in a
shop.

3. Use
The poses- The poses of the models really show the indie genre as on many indie music magazines the artists
are usually deadpan with blank or smug expressions. They tend to have their arms crossed or are slouched in a
natural pose.
The Features- The bands featured and the headlines themselves are very indie music themed as the bands
make indie music.
The Layout- The layout of the magazine is much like how a professional magazine would look as it has the side
bar, picture, main feature, masthead and slogan as well as banners at the top and bottom and a bar code. This
is much like the layout of NME and makes my magazine professional.
The Tagline- Most music magazines have some sort of tagline to help promote their magazine such as the one
that I used, “ the real sound of indie music”.
More than on font- Magazines tend to have at least two fonts on the front cover, mine does have two fonts.

4. Develop
The Colour Scheme- The colour scheme uses the idea of a dark background with lighter features (the writing)
on top. This style is used on professional magazines but I have used an uncommon colour of burgundy to fit in
with what my audience research has said.
The Banners- Most magazines have banners at the top and bottom of the front cover but I have changed it a
little bit by using the banners to put the names of indie artists in them.
The Main Headline- The main headline is usually more exaggerated on the front cover of professional
magazines but I have completely gone against the colour scheme to make it stand out, it does work though!
The Theme- Professional magazines tend to have a theme of certain coloured lines or specific shapes running
throughout I have used this and changed it up to leaves that run throughout the mag as this represents the
outdoorsy nature of the indie genre.

5. Challenge
The Bottom Headline- Having part of the headline under another headline is generally frowned upon but here,
you can still see that the word says “upcoming”.

6. Contents Page
This is the final product of my contents
page, once again with all of the
constructive criticism taken into
account. I have changed a few things
since my last version of the contents
page to link it more to the mark scheme
and make it generally look better to the
eye.

7. Use
Quotes- Most magazine contents pages have quotes to go with the article and what the article is about, I have
decided to use the quote “ You’re as orange as a cheese puff!”
The Numbers- I have put the numbers in order and made them go from 1 to 42. this is small for a magazine but
it works for the amount of things that I have on the contents page.
Photo Credits- All magazines give credit to the people who took the pictures.
The logo- In most magazines, the logo is plastered all over the magazine so I took this and used it on my
magazine, it is used at the bottom of each page, next to the page number and it is at the top of the contents
page much like Q magazine.
Grid- I have aligned the whole of the contents page so that it is straight and looks appealing to the eye.

8. Develop
QR Code- Magazines usually have a bit on the contents page telling people to sign up so I have taken this and
put a QR code on it.
The use of shapes- Most magazines have more than one shape in them so I took this and made it a little bit
better by adding circles into the mix as well as the rectangles that make up the main part of the contents page.

9. Challenge
Colour- Most magazines tend to have colour on their pictures, especially the ones on the contents page but I
have decided to use black and white as I think that it looks better.

10. Double Page Spread
This is my
Final Product
of the Double
Page Spread.
I have kept it
minimalistic
as most indie
magazine
Double Page
Spreads are.

11. Use
Columns- The columns are used in most, if not all magazines to make it easy to read and look nice to the eye.
Font- All magazines use a serif font of size 12 as It is the easiest to read and take in.
Colour Scheme- All magazines have a colour scheme of some sort and I used this in my magazine with the
white and red colours mainly.
Photo Credit- All magazines show the photo credits on their covers and all throughout their magazines, so I did
this too.

12. Develop
Layout- The layout of the double page spread is similar to some music magazines which I have used the grid
and alignment. But the lines and simplicity of the layout is a little different.
Quotes- There are usually quotes on a double page spread but the places that they are in and the way that I
have added noise so they’re stylised is also different.

13. Challenge
Writing- No magazines have their writing in boxes, they’re usually on the background so I have gone against
the codes and conventions of a magazine here but I think that it looks nice and very neat and enhances the
minimalistic theme of the page.