2. For my Initial Research I created and
handed out a Questionnaire on
Fashion magazines. More people
answered Yes for Reading interviews
so I thought it would be good for me
to include an interview in my
Magazine. I also found out that a lot
of people Research Fashion on the
internet, in Seeing the popularity of
this I decided to make my magazine
a Special Fashion issue and focus
mostly on that for the front Cover
and Interview.
3. For my product Research I contrasted
and compared two Front covers from
the magazines Vanity Fair And Harper’s
Bazaar. And then I compared and
contrasted Two contents pages from
Vogue And Vibe Magazine. From my
Research I decided it was best to use a
Certain type of alluring Cover line, one
that gives just the right amount of
information to Draw the reader in, and I
Chose a simple and Striking Contents
page much similar to the Vibe magazine
one that I compared.
4. For my Logo Design I used a mixture of
Text and wingdings, I thought it looked
great for a fashion magazine because
it is it as though the Scissors are going
along a cutting line for cloth. The
Name Vague is a pun on Vogue (the
magazine and Phrase) and also a jab
at the magazine itself, The contents
page for my magazine is Rather Vague
and gives little to no information so I
feel that this name fits well and I
believe the little information is
justified by this.
5. The Final images I chose for the Front cover
and Double page spread are these. I believe
they work well together as they are both
contrasting but still as striking. The Article
is called Removing the mask which I
created from seeing the image of Emily
pulling off her mask. The actual photograph
for this was accidental as Emily was pulling
off a mask that was uncomfortable I was
able to capture This unusual and Natural
pose and then I Added some colour and
posterized the image to Create this pop art
sort of look. The double page Spread is Very
Vogue sort of material with a black feather
fan and Gold opera mask I felt that the
double of this worked well and created a
very sort of Artistic image in black and
white that I believe would not look out of
place on a Fancy advertisement for a
designer clothes range.
6. The magazine cover is mostly a pure
white with the splash of colour from
the picture. As you Can tell from the
other picture when placed onto the
magazine it lost some of its lustrous
colour and was stretched slightly. The
Cover lines are a Facetious joke aimed
at the Snobby people who would read
such a ‘’high class’’ Fashion Magazine.
The bits of French thrown in help to
create the Fancy sort of look as
French is often perceived to be a
Sophisticated language.
7. As Explained earlier The
Contents page is a reflection on
the name Vague and also Takes a
Further jab at pretention just
like the cover lines. I Chose this
Striking image because I believe
the Shining Red lips over black
and white Really stand out and
the multiple different depths of
field create a strange and varies
look. The Feathers on top look
close up but other parts seem
slightly blurred. I used the
Inspiration from Vibe magazine
For the Actual CONTENTS and
used the rest of the text in
white to make it readable
because of the dark background.
8. For my double page spread The Crisp
Darkness of black and white and grey
stand out very well I think. After
some of the Questions I placed a
quote in Bold italic so people would
be able to distinguish them from
questions and answers just like a real
magazine would. I ran out of space
towards the end so I decided I would
place the Two edits of the front
cover picture along with the title of
the article itself. While this blocks
out some of the background picture I
believe it works well. I also managed
to shape the Text around the logo on
the picture to make it stand out and
to also keep the text readable and
distinguishable.
9. For my Peer Group Feedback I
Created a Questionnaire and handed
it out to people I did not know to
keep the results unbiased and True.
My Results Were mostly positive but
some people saw some room for
improvement, but I believe there is
always room to do better because
nothing can be perfect. I offered also
a Few lines to write their thoughts on
how to improve and I have Typed up a
Written answer Below
‘’Overall I think its good But the Double page
Spread needs bit more and the Contents page
has barely anything on it.’’
10. I Think that The photo-shoot for the magazine
went extremely Well and I was able to Get every
picture I wanted with no mishaps whatsoever. I
Thoroughly Enjoyed editing the images and I
believe I have created a wide range of striking
images using both colour and Darkness and
Varied Styles. The Cover lines Were really fun to
make and I think that they Remain somewhat
subtle and not too insulting at the same time
which can often be a hard thing to balance.
11. The most obvious Weakness I can think of is
that I ran out of Space In the Article at the
end, I think this is due to the fact that I
Answered the Questions for the Article with
no detail or depth at first leaving only a
small paragraph where as later Questions had
larger paragraphs. The colour loss and
Stretch on the Front cover annoyed me, I'm
not sure what happened about the colour but
the Stretch was necessary because the
original image wouldn’t fit comfortable
among the text and would have looked too
awkward and thick
