This is the evaluation *updated version that I did for my media magazine

1. Evaluation Of My Music Magazine
‘Volume’ By Jessica Nelson

3. Masthead
Flash box
Main Image

4. Skyline
Lead line
Cover lines
Date, issue
number and
Barcode
Banner

7. I choose the black background from
the Kerrang! magazine as I thought it
would give my magazine a rock edge.
Also the black goes well with the
pinks and purples in my magazine and
makes the writing and images stand
out well.

8. I decided to add a skyline (at the top) and a banner (at the
bottom) like this Kerrang! Magazine front cover because, it
makes the writing stand out more and it brings more colour into
my magazine. Also I think it makes my front cover look more
professional.

9. I liked the idea of the main image being in front of the
masthead as it makes the main image stand out well
and gives a little bit of a 3D effect.

10. I chose to do the colour scheme of pinks
and purples like this Bliss magazine as
they contrast beautifully with the black
and seem to stand out well. In addition to
that the pink adds the pop genre to my
magazine.

12. Pull-quote
Title and
skyline
Banner
Colum'sIntroduction

13. I decided to put a little
introduction into my
contents page like the
one in the sugar
magazine's contents
page. I decided to do
this because it gives
my magazine a more
intimate and more
personal feel.

14. I choose to do my images
and page numbers like this
because, I liked the layout
and it makes the page
numbers stand out.

15. I did my contents columns similar to NME magazine
because, the layout is quite clear to read. And the
backgrounds for the sub titles make the them stand
out well.

16. I added a skyline like this NME one because it adds colour and
makes the title stronger than it would on its own.

17. I included this in my contents page because, it allows you to add more
pictures to the page which means less writing which could get
confusing. Also I think it makes the page look more attractive and fun.

18. Originally I wanted to put a V
in the background of my
contents page for ‘Volume’
as it would carry on the
house style. However, it
didn’t look right so instead I
coloured the skyline behind
the title purple as well as the
introduction and the banner
at the bottom behind the
subscription box. I decided to
this because it added colour
and also as it is purple added
a house style to my contents
page. Moreover, the purple
makes a C shape for contents
so adds a bit of quirkiness.

20. Drop cap
Pull quote in
a flash boxTitle
Main
image
Page
number

21. Colum's
Banner
introduction

22. I decided to highlight the interviewers
questions like on this Kerrang! magazine
because, then all the writing doesn't all flow
into one and also this way you can make the
double page spread a lot more colourful and
consequently a lot more eye catching.

23. I done my drop cap quite similar to the Kerrang!
magazine one as I didn’t want mine to be too big so
that it would take up too much space and distract the
reader from looking at the writing.

25. I think it represents teenage girls as being individual and complex
as this music magazine includes artists from both pop and rock
backgrounds. Moreover, ‘Volume’ also shows that teenage girls are
not straightforward pop or rock lovers and do not belong to a
stereotype.

27. After doing some research I have decided that the media
institution that might sell my magazine would be the publishes
Bauer. I think this because, they publish Kerrang! magazine
which is one of the magazines that mine is based on. Bauer also
publish magazines such as heat as well as publishing 4music.

29. The audience or readership of my magazine would be Teenage Girls
who are interested in buying monthly magazines who would
perhaps have a part time job are in voluntary jobs or who are
unemployed/ students as my music magazine doesn’t cost much as
it is only £2. My audience would also be interested in both POP and
Rock and indie music genres. And see music as very important to
them. They would also be people who enjoy going to Gigs and
festivals. In addition to that they would also be people who are
maybe fashion conscious or enjoy clothe shopping. They may also
be facing common teenage problems and may not feel very
confident in themselves. In addition to that my audience would be
people who enjoy finding out new and young up and coming artists.

32. From this question result I decided that my target gender for my
magazine would be Females. Due to this I decided my colour
scheme as well as articles.

33. Most people who done my survey were in their teens with the
highest percentage being in the 16-20 category. Due to this I
decided that my target audience’s age would be middle teens
and up.

34. From looking at this survey respondents answers I decided that my
target audience would be interested in a range of music genres and
styles. Which is what I originally wanted my magazine to include
anyhow but these answers showed that my target audience would be
manly interested in POP Rock and Indie music.

35. Although most people said that they never read music magazines
the second highest answer was monthly .

36. When I asked people to comment how much they would expect
to pay for a music magazine most people commented around
the £2 bracket. And when I quizzed people about whether the
price was right most said it was just right.

37. When I asked this question I was hoping that the majority of
responses that I would receive would say yes. But these results
confirmed that you can have a magazine which is not clean cut pop
or rock etc. Also due to this question I decided that the magazines I
would look at would be ‘Top Of The Pops’ ‘Kerrang!’ And ‘NME’.

38. Due to this I put the an article about top 10 festivals you do not want
to miss as well as gig reviews.

39. From these responses I decided that my music magazine
would manly be about music and would contain not much,
but still some usually magazine articles such as astronomy .
And Trend or Tragic.

42. I have learnt how to use Photoshop correctly and efficiently . As
well as, the fact that when taking photos you need to have a
professional camera and usually proper lighting as well otherwise
the photos may come out blurry or dark.

44. I used dafont to create my masthead for my
magazine as well as the titles on my contents
page and double page spread.
I used survey monkey to create my surveys for
people to fill in about my magazine pages.

45. I used both of these network sites to
distribute my surveys for my magazine.

46. I used photo shop to do all the construction work for
my magazine pages.

48. Looking back at my college magazine and my first try at my music
magazine I think I have learnt a lot about the importance of the layout
in the magazine. As well as, the colour scheme used.

51. 1st try. I changed this idea because
there was too much blue, and the
articles didn’t stand out enough.

52. There seemed
to be a bit of
confusion as to
what genre of
music my
magazine was.

53. Even though most said they did notice a particular style it was
almost 50 50. So I decided that I would have to change the colour
scheme because of this.

54. I then decided from this question that the masthead
needed to change as it is supposed to be one of the most
important if not the most important parts to the magazine
front cover as it is the part that when people are flicking
through the magazines they can identify and find the
one/ones they are looking for.

55. 2nd I changed the image
completely as before the
image was blurred and I now
decided to not do a Christmas
edition of my magazine. I have
also changed my masthead as
the other one didn’t stand out
very well, and my cover lines
slightly. Moreover I have now
added a banner at the bottom
of the page. And have changed
the colour scheme so that
there is a better house style
running through this page.

56. Most of the
responses I got here
was about the articles
and the lack of colour.

57. 3rd try I then decided that I
needed to add some more colour
to my magazine to make it stand
out better. I also added a few
more cover lines. And moved the
text of ‘With our step by step
guide!’ Down and to the right a
little as well as increasing the
font size.

58. 4th version of my music magazine.
I have coloured my masthead and
lead line in to make the front
cover more colourful and eye
catching to the readership of my
magazine. I have also added a
flash box also to bring more
colour into my magazine.

59. 5th and Final edition of My Music
Magazine ‘Volume’ Front cover.
After having some last minute
feedback from my media teacher I
got rid of one of my cover lines as it
looked too much and I also moved
the interviews down so that it didn’t
look a part of the main cover line.

61. 1st try I ended up changing this
page as the title needed to
stand out more as it blended in
with the skyline. Also the fonts
were not all the same colour
and need to stand out more so I
made them more bolder. I also
ended up changing one of the
photos as it was too dark.

64. 2nd version of my music
magazine contents page.
Here I had to change the
front cover picture as I had
changed my front cover. I also
changed the bottom right
picture to a different one as
the last one was too dark. I
have also darkened the edges
of the title slightly as before it
was hard to read. Another
thing I have done is that I
duplicated the text layers so
that the text would be bolder.
Moreover, I darkened the
background slightly as it was
too bright.

65. 3rd and final version of my contents
page. After some final feedback
from my media teacher I put the
page numbers in front of the text
rather than behind because it was
hard to read the page numbers. I
have also moved the introduction
over as I realised that it would
have been where the staples in the
magazine would have gone.

67. 1st try. Due to the responses on
survey monkey I added a few
things to my double page spread.

69. 2nd edition of my double page
spread. Here I have gave my
flash box a outer lining to make
it look more creative and stand
out more. I also change the
introduction colour to pink and
wrote less. In addition to that, I
added another photo in the
bottom left corner as this was
suggested. Moreover, In the
banner at the bottom of the
page I added a where you can
follow Taylor Ann on. I added
this in because, when I did my
reader profile I found out that
all the people who did my
survey said they listened to
music on YouTube.

70. 3rd edition of my double
page spread. I have now
got rid of the pull quote at
the bottom of the page
because, it didn’t fit or
look right.

71. 4th and final
version of my
Double Page
Spread. Yet again
after some final
feedback I made
the smaller image
bigger and the text
smaller. I also
added a title and a
10 facts box as well
as the page
number. I have also
added more colour
into this page.