1. 7. Looking back at your
preliminary task [the
school magazine], what
do you feel you have
learnt in the progression
from it to the full
product?

2. I think my school magazine was quite poor.
The colour scheme was boring and wouldn’t
attract anyone. The lay out of the front cover
was quite clumped together and “blocky”. I
also think I used to many types of font and if I
had used less it might of unified the look.
However I think
the photo used was good and I
learned all the skills that were
necessary to create my music
magazine.
The School Magazine

3. I think my front cover of
my music magazine was
only marginally better
than my school magazine
cover. The colour scheme
was appropriate and more
enticing and I used less
fonts and more logos. The
photo, again, I think is
quite good but the cover
could have had more on it
as it looks a tad bare.
The Music Front Cover

4. I’m quite proud of my contents
page as it uses the continued
scheme and “Rift” logo. I
separated my articles into regulars
and features by doing so making
the content page quick and easy to
understand. I added an editors note
complete with signature that I made
on the same logo site I made the
“Rift” and “South Fiction” logos on;
this give the contents page a more
personal touch. I used two photos
in my contents page to fuller
illustrate my articles and keeping
with the “Rift” theme they are both
live photos
The Music Contents Page

5. Overall I think my double paged spread
has come out really well. The colour
scheme is still used and I think is really
effective. I have again used two live
photos that capture the energy of the
band and reiterate what kind of sound
they make. I texturized one of the photos
so it would break up the background and
provide the double page spread with a
different look that can still be connected
with “Rift” magazine. I used a quote from
the band and put it in the same font as
the South fiction logo, connecting the two
and making it stand out. However I
realise my double page spread has not
come out perfectly as the fold in the
magazine would go through the main
photo of the band and some of the article;
if I were to do the magazine again I would
fix this.
The Music Double Page Spread