Thursday, March 1, 2012

EVALUATION - 1

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?


I suppose my magazine is the first one to have a mix of fashion and music in it. However they are closely connected in the contents as the rock bands and musicians talk about their fashion styles etc. I believe there is a gap in the market as there is no magazines like mine so far, maybe except Dazed&Confused magazine, which is published by Waddell Limited and is more focused on the fashion, however quite often it talks about music and the singers/bands.

A company would want to distribute my music magazine because it offers a wide choice of articles, it covers several aspects e.g. photograpy, fashion, music, it provides readers with the useful information about the concerts, exclusive interviews, and stylish modern high-level design. The quality of the magazine is very important as well, people would want to collect the issues.
The reasons why the company would want to distribute my magazine are very simple. First of all, it would be something new on the market, something people haven't seen and read before. Also, it will attract a wide range of advertisers and investors.
Secondly, although the price is quite high, the particular target audience is present, therefore L'Esprit might have it own readers and therefore the company will still be making profit. As I mentioned earlier, collecting the issues is still fashionable, therefore people would be buying every issue of the magazine and that will guarantee a profit.
The investors might be interested also if they will see that my magazine might be helping to sell tickets or advertise big music events and that would be profitable too, as they will be getting the percentage of all the sales.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Final finished pages.

FRONT COVER:
CONTENTS PAGE:

DOUBLE-PAGE SPREAD:

Audience Feedback

I used Instagram to gain quick feedback from my target audience. Instagram is a very popular app and young people who own an iphone and android phone have the app.
There I uploaded my final pages to see how many likes I get.








Monday, February 27, 2012

Final changes of the double-page spreads



I've looked at the previous designs of my double-page spreads and I saw some disadvantages there, therefore I decided to modify some of the things.

First of all, I've lined up the columns on the first double-page, I think this way it looks more completed and structured. Also it feels the page more, therefore no empty spaces are left. I also made the heading bigger, I want it to stand out and attract attention because this is the cover story.

On the second double-page I put the translucent boxes behind the text, to make it easier to read. I also changed the colour of the font, I think black looks better and also I used black on the first page of the article.

However I did the last line of the article bigger and I also used a different font. I chose white for the colour of it, because this is the finishing line of the article that's why I wanted it to be different and maybe even look a little bit dramatic because of the contents of it.





Finishing the double-page spreads


So far this are the two finished double-pages for my music magazine L'Esprit. Overall, I am very pleased with the pages, however I am planning to have another look at them and maybe bring some changes into them.

Friday, February 24, 2012

Creation of the second double-page spread





Creation of the double-page spread

I've started the creation of the double-page spread, however I realised that one double-spread wouldn't be enough to fit in the whole German's interview. Therefore I decided to make two double-spreads.

So far I am nearly finished with the first double-spread: