Deciding on colours

This is a screen print of what I used to design the different my fonts and give it the specific colour that I was looking for. I have tried a mixture of dark and light colours because I wasn’t sure of what colour scheme I was going to go for a point of preproduction. The way the colour wheel works you have to pull the sample colour until you are satisfied with the colour. This was useful when experimenting with different colours, techniques and typography.

After you found the colour that you was looking for, you would go to the box with the colour that you like and copy the HEX code that was underneath the five boxes, and then when you go back to Adobe illustrator, paste the code into the # box, and from that it inserts the colour that you wanted from the adobe color CC.

Masthead name for my music magazine

Tunes

The name relates to teenagers because it is what they may refer to a song if they are enjoying it. The word tune is a music term which means a melody which especially a simple and easily remembered one.  This word is a good link to music and my Genre (my genre being R&B) because tunes are memorable and impactful, when you hear a song that you particularly like you will be excited and enjoy every minute of the song.

masthead idea

Music magazine masthead 1

I have created this masthead using Adobe Fireworks with a pen tool to create the various shapes. I think this title is effective because it is unique and memorable, however, I need to make the font bolder and bigger so it will be more impactful.

Finial magazine masthead

I uploaded a image from Adobe Indesign that I have exported to turn into a JPEG in order to upload onto this blog. What you can see from that previous post is that I experimented with different fonts I could use, or if I wanted a bold font or a regular italic font. 

I have made the masthead ore bolder because it is more impactful and easier to see from a distance. I have also change the font style because the other font could be misinterpreted because of the different shapes. Yet, this masthead is still unique and memorable.

Distribution of magazines

From the magazine stand it is displayed that the masthead is always in the left hand top corner of the front cover. This could

be because we read from left to right so visually we will see the masthead straight away. Also, the mastheads are at the top so the masthead fonts and text will stand out so if you are a frequent reader it will be easy to find the magazine. The front cover layout is usually one main picture and the biggest cover line is by the person featured on the main cover, then the other cover lines will be slightly smaller. However, this can be different magazines they would style there magazines different so it will look more unique to their magazine so that people that see it, would automatically link that style of font to that magazine brand. The way that they display the magazines is at a left angle so that you can see all the magazines and that none is covering the other.

evaluation of college magaizne

Audience feedback and evaluation of college magazine

What went well the comments that I have received on my blog were mostly positive, however, I did receive positive feedback. Personally, I think that my magazine is good for a primary attempt because I tried to incorporate typical conventions of a college magazine. Also, it was well tailored to my target audience of 16+ (yr. 12 to 13).

I used Photoshop to create my college magazine because the features allow me to add and distort the images that I have used. the different fonts and colours allowed me to make my cover page look more eye-catching

The feedback I got for my cover and content page was that the layout for the contents page looks professional. In addition “I liked the way you chose different fonts, which makes it more attractive.” Another feedback I received was “I like the layout of your front covers it look really professional and colourful. However to improve you should have kept to a simple colour scheme as you used many different colours. Also you should change the colour of the purple writing as you can't really read it.” The final feedback I received was “I like you layout on your Front cover and Contents page. It's eye-catching and i love the top part of the front cover, it looks unique and professional. Using two images on the contents page and putting the page number is clever, well done.”

What went well- at first glance of my cover page it looks very professional and suitable for a college magazine. This being because the cover star is very reliable and you can tell that she goes LSC. Also the use of the black vector to polish the appearance of the magazine which ties the whole colour scheme together.

Additionally, for the content page a similar affect has been used to continue the colour scheme created on the front cover. Also the use of pictures is easily identifiable of where they have been taken in the college. I have only listed main features that will be in the magazine as in other real magazines that I have researched.

I liked that my magazine is available on social media sites that people can look at and follow when it comes the LSC Magazine. These platforms are important because teenagers are more likely to view something on their phone and also it is more convenient. Therefore, by having the social media websites on the front cover it shows that it will directly be accessible for the target audience.  

What possible improvements I could make From the feedback and for me personally, the two key points for development when producing my magazine is one, I would brighten up the content page with more pictures and fonts because it doesn’t have the same effect as the cover page.

 Two, I would change the composition of my cover page because it still looks quite armature and not like a real magazine, also change the font and colour to make it easier to read and more eye-catching.

college magazine

Using Photoshop I created my initial college magazine. i used my digital plan when creating both pages because i created it to  guide me when using Photoshop. Also, I researched other college on-line to get a better understanding what is typically featured in a college magazine.

media kit