Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. I included a fact file on my  double page spread, to create a relationship with the reader, I wanted to put it there to fill up space too. I didn't want my magazine to have many plain patches as it starts to look unprofessional. 

2.The Kerrang magazine uses a border around the double page spread, I liked this idea but decided against it because I think my page looked better without it. 

3. I didn't do a box at the top of the page like Kerrang, as my heading went across the two pages. 

4. The models in my magazine, didn't have tattoo's like the model in Kerrang, so I made them wear long sleeve shirts, so there arms didn't look bare.

5. The first letter of the Kerrang interview has been enlarged, I decided not to do this, because I thought it made my magazine look more like a normal magazine, not a rock magazine. 

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. On the Kerrang double page spread, there isn't a heading saying who it is, but I decided on mine to write the band name at the top as well as the quote. I think it lets readers who aren't great fans of the artist or band to know who it is and let them in, instead of just assuming the reader knows. 

2. I've set my text out in questions and answers but I haven't used two different colours for the interviewer and the band. I used white for both speakers, but I used bold for the interviewer and italic for the answers. I used red text for little quotes, this is in hope of it standing out to the audience. 

3.  I haven't shown the middle of my page in my magazine, so it doesn't look as realistic as the actual Kerrang magazine, but I would if there was an actual copy. 

4. Like Kerrang, I have one main photo, but my picture is on the opposite side, and it isn't actually cut out, it is the original background. 

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. I like how Kerrang used the quote at the top of the page, because it gives the reader a quick insight to the sorts of things they will be reading about. I decided to use this idea in my double page spread. 

2.The question and answers interview made the page look good, and it's easy to read for the audience. I decided to do this so that all 3 band members could speak, so the audience can relate with each of them, rather than just hearing a one sided story.

3. I wanted to add something to make my double page spread look realistic and professional, so when I looked at the Kerrang magazine, I noticed the box in the corner, saying who took the photos. I used this idea in my double page spread.

4. I have one main picture in my double page spread, like the Kerrang picture. I decided to do this because one big picture is more eye catching than little pictures, in my opinion.

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. One of the models in Kerrang has no hair, I defiantly didn't want a model with no hair, so chose 3 models with longer hair than the 3 models in Kerrang. I think this targets the audience that I'm thinking of, and who the audience would like to look like. 

2. The background in Kerrang is plain white, and I didn't want to use a white background as I think it looks unprofessional and makes empty parts of the magazine more visible. I decided to use the natural background of the picture, as its quite dark anyway, which I wanted, but It's not just plain black. You can see there's a tree in the background between the center model and the model on the left. 

3. The costumes in Kerrang are all the same and again quite plain, it makes the magazine look boring and it doesn't have much detail. I decided that my models would wear similar clothes, but different colours, so there's a theme, and you can tell there is a relationship between the band members. 

4. On my front cover, there is a mix of girls and boys, this was done to target both genders, which makes it a wider target audience, this evidently brings in more money on sales which makes it more effective. 

5. In Kerrang, there was a big banner going through it, making it a main section of the page. I decided not to make a feature story on the page, so that I had more room for different text and pictures. I think the thick banner looked quite unprofessional as it didn't contain much text. This is one of the reasons I decided not to use this idea. 

6. I used a banner at the top of my page, like Kerrang, but unlike Kerrang, I used another one at the bottom, I think this brings the magazine together, and makes it clear that there's a 'beginning and end' to the front page.

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

1. I have used a picture of myself at the top of the page, as an 'editors photo', I think it looks good, and it uses up black space, Kerrang haven't done this.

2. Kerrang have used all male models in there magazine. In my magazine, I have decided to use girls and boys to make it more uni-sex. It also gives variety, instead of having repetitive photos.

3. Kerrang has used lines to section the pages, I decided not to do this, as my magazine looks better without them. I don't have any free space in my magazine to do this anyway.

4. I have used Twitter and Facebook icons at the bottom, to make my magazine look more professional. Kerrang don't need to do this though, as Kerrang is a well known magazine already. I think the icons at the bottom look good, and they break up the red box.

5. I have also used a Subscription box, unlike Kerrang. This makes my magazine look more realistic, and stops the pictures at the bottom looking boring and repetitive, I have done this by covering part of the bottom left photograph.

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. In the Kerrang magazine, all 3 band members are in front of the masthead, but in mine, just the main model is in front of the masthead. I did this because I wanted there to be a clear main band member to the audience, and by blocking the head of the boys on the outside, the boy in the middle gains more authority and importance, and that is what I wanted to create.

2. When I saw the cracked effect on the masthead on the Kerrang magazine, I decided that I wanted to use elements of this, and have an effect rather than just a plain font. My masthead has a smudge effect on it to show it's 'rough around the edges', I think this relates to my audience, because the stereotypical rock magazine reader, is rough around the edges and rouged. 

3. In the Kerrang magazine, when I saw the list, I thought it looked like a really good idea. I decided to do the same, but unlike the one in Kerrang, I didn't write 'PLUS:' at the top, and I didn't use bullet points. I just did a simple list but made it longer than the one in Kerrang. The one on Kerrang was on a plain black background, so I think it needed the extra bits like the bullet points and the 'PLUS:', but because mine was on a checked shirt, I think it is unnecessary and looked better without it. 

4. Like Kerrang, I used 3 other images along with the main picture, but in my other 3, i cut them out to make them look like they were coming off the page instead of just a simple image. I also spread them out by putting 2 on the left and 1 on the right, I think this was more effective than the Kerrang magazine, as it split the page up and give it more than one focus point, making the product look more appealing.  

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. I have copied the idea of printing the front page onto the context page, but instead of putting it with my editors box, I put it with my subscription box. I think this is a more effective place to put it. 

2. I decided that the pictures in box's looked really good, so I decided to use the idea but instead of using 5 photo's, I used 4, and I also put them in different places. 

3. I have used the idea of the list down the side from Kerrang, but in my magazine, I placed it on the opposite side and I didn't use all the different headings that Kerrang did. I think the Kerrang magazine's list looks more professional, and I can tell out of the two that it is the professional one.

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

 

1. I have used the same heading as Kerrang. I have also, like Kerrang, placed my heading in the corner of the page. 

2.When I saw the Kerrang magazine's contents page, the editors message stood out to me, and to get the professional look that I wanted to achieve, I copied the idea. 

3. I have used the same quote as Kerrang magazine, Its a good way of breaking up the page and adding realism. 

4. I think the main photo on the Kerrang  magazine looks good, and it shows a clear main story, I decided to use this idea in my magazine. 

5. Both magazines have columns with the page numbers on it, I liked that they were all in one big list down the side, so used this in my contents page.

Evaluation Question 1: Use, Develop, Challenge Double Page Spread.

1. In the Kerrang magazine, they use a banner at the top, above the masthead, I liked the idea of this, so decided to use it in my magazine, I think it makes it look more professional, and gives me a chance to add more text to my front cover.

2. My slugline is inspired by the one off the Kerrang magazine. I like how it goes over the masthead, it makes it look like a stamp. This is why I have decided to do it to my magazine too.

3.I have brought my main person in the picture to the front, so that the masthead is behind him. Kerrang have also done this.

4. The main picture on the Kerrang magazine, is of 3 men. I decided to use this when it come to my main picture too. I have made my models stand the same as the picture on Kerrang's magazine.

5. I have used white text in the middle of the page to break the picture up, this is what I copied from Kerrang, because I think its effective, as it stands out to the audience.

6. To make my magazine look realistic, I had to put a barcode at the bottom, I copied the placing of where to put it from the Kerrang magazine, and used a box at the bottom for the price and date.

7. I used the paintbrush to make a splodge on the page, Kerrang also did this. I made the colour red to go with the rest of my magazine, but because its red it also resembles blood, which makes the magazine look more 'rock and roll'.

8. When I got feedback off the examiner, they said that I could do with adding more text to my front cover, by making a lift of different bands that include in the band, it adds more text to my page and it also is for the audience, because it will target the audience, and make them want to read about there favourite bands. Kerrand have done this also, but in a different part of the page.

Research and Planning: Tweaked Final front cover

I've added more text to the front cover, as directed. I have made a few other changes also.

Final contents page