1. Evaluation of music magazine By Jessica Leece

3. On the front cover, I instinctively knew that a large masthead should occur prominently, and decided to put it in the middle of the page. I also put the image in front of the title as the image is the main focus.

4. I have found whilst looking at magazine covers, that there is some prize or competition which makes the magazines more appealing to the audience.

5. My magazine has one main image on the front cover. Usually on a typical music magazine, they have one large image.

6. I included the barcode, date and price of the magazine as this is crucial in order the magazine to be sold.

7. I kept to a limited amount of fonts to make my magazine look neat and professional as i noticed that a typical music magazine would not use more than 2/3 fonts.

9. I have included the magazine name at the top of the page to show which magazine it is. This is a typical convention that other magazines stick to.

10. I have different headings for each article and a short summary of what each are going about as this is what is common in other music magazines.

11. On the contents page there is usually a date shown on the page. I decided to have mine on the top right hand side of my page so it is easily viewable to the audience.

12. I have used a white background as this is the colour that other magazines mainly use to make it look more professional and not look too complicated. I have also included the articles in boxes so it is clearer to read.

13. There is always a few images that are shown which are usually of the artist being interviewed and other artist appearing in the magazine to make the audience want to read the articles.

14. I included a subscribe box as this is usually in other music magazines. It also makes the reader want to buy the magazine more often as they will be getting monthly deliveries.

16. I have put a large quote at the side of my picture so it stands out and tells you a bit of what the article is going to be about.

17. I have set out my interview in a question and answer format. It is easy to distinguish which are the questions as they are in bold and the answers are in a normal font.

18. I had a large image covering one page and then the interview on the other and this is the conventions on what other music magazines have.

19. I included a bold heading at the top of the page which has the artists name clearly shown. This is to show the reader who the article is about and to make them want to read on.

20. I included 2 larger quotes throughout the interview to give the reader a feel of what the interview is about and to interest them in reading it.

23. The colour scheme of my magazine is suited to the social group that is my target audience as it uses black and red which are well-known colours for a rock magazine but uses white to make it more suited to the indie genre.

25. Who would be the audience for your media product? The target audience for my product is 16-24 year old as the genre of music is most popular in this age group.It would be aimed at people interested in the modern world and the influence of music and technology. My article on the double page spread was informal and the type of language used throughout my magazine shows that the it will be aimed at a my chosen target audience. I have also attracted a male and female target audience as the colours red, black and white are not generalised to a specific type of gender. This is also done by using both male and female photos on my contents page. I have also used similar aged models and included information that they would want to know about.

27. A natural attraction for a wide audience is a free gift. I have added free gifts and fun stories to get them interested in my magazine over others.

28. The models are a similar age and this will interest the audience more as it allows them to relate to the models.

29. The model is making eye contact which connects the model to the audience and makes the audience want to read more about her which influences them to buy the magazine.

30. I have varied the size and type of font to make it look more exciting and attractive. I have also used a colour scheme of 3 colours so it looks more professional and can attract either boys or girls.

31. I have made the price £1.95 which is affordable to my target audience as if it was more it would add up to be too much money each week and might prevent them from buying it.

33. The large, lively image and catches the attention of the audience as the model is making eye contact with the audience.

34. It has an editors letter to give them a summary of what the magazine has in it.

35. It has lots of writing to show that the magazine is worth the money.

36. The quotes are big and eye catching and will show what the interview is going to be about. This will make them want to read on as it will be about the type of thing my audience want to read about.

37. I have used both male and female models so this will attract a larger audience. I have also chosen models who have the indie look which makes the audience want to read more about them.

39. I also learnt how to put the text behind and image. I had to duplicate the image layer. I then had to use the rubber tool and rub out the title from the normal layer 5 as the other layer was behind it. This made my magazine more professional as the image was the main focus and it was the same as existing magazines. I did this editing on my masthead and front cover image:

41. The image on the front cover should be the main focus and that the model is mainly in front of the masthead. Also i have learnt from my preliminary task to not have any empty space on the front cover or it wont look very appealing.

42. I have also learnt to make the text stand out more by varying the font size/type/colour to make it more appealing to my target audience.Preliminary Final cover

44. I have learnt that the page should have no empty space and be full with writing or images so that it more worth the money to the target audience.

45. I have learnt where the main conventions should be situated for example, the band index is mainly on the left hand side and the articles are usually on the right side.I feel that i have learnt a lot through making my media project and i feel i have improved from making my preliminary piece to my final piece.