3. Cover Pages
When constructing the cover pages a big
difference before hand was research into existing
products, when making the cover for my prelim I
had only researched other existing magazines
briefly while my other task included a lot of
research into existing magazines. This is reflected
by the amplified use of magazine conventions on
my second cover compared to the first.
4. Cover Pages
Another factor different on my covers was the
research into audience. While both had an
intended audience I only researched the musical
audience of the second magazine and then, in
depth. This has allowed me to appeal to that
target audience even more and gives my
magazine a clear style again tied to this target
audience. My first cover only appeals to the target
audience with the photograph which is
representing that audience while the second
cover not only caters to my target audience with
it’s photo but also with it’s masthead style, font
choices, colour scheme, price etc
6. Contents Pages
My contents pages differ greatly in their final
result. The main reason for this is my knowledge
of the software used to produce it, Quark. Since
my preliminary task I have gone from never using
Quark before to being able to do a wide variety of
tasks within it. This is reflected through my 2
pages as the second is a lot more stylised and
professional than the first.
7. Contents Pages
My contents pages are also effected by my
research into existing magazines. My first shares
little of the existing codes and conventions of
magazines nor challenges any as it is pretty basic
with an extremely boring layout. My second
contents page incorporates my magazine’s colour
scheme, has a more interesting and logical layout
dependant on the importance of articles and also
includes conventions from existing magazines
such as an Editor’s note.
