Evaluation

My final Double Page Spread and Evaluation

This is my final double page spread. I've included the masthead and the white/grey strap line underneath which I've taken from the front cover and placed onto the contents page and also this double page spread. Personally I think this double page spread goes well with the rest of the magazine, the three main colors are still being presented and shown clearly on both of the pages. The puff in the top right hand side on the right page has been used to grab the readers attention and inform them on more information about the musician, with the background being black and white I chose the puff to have the body a white color and the text to be red and black. The big R which has been placed on the left hand side of the double page spread is in the bold red which reflects on the bold masthead on the front page, which is why I chose to do the musicians first initial in. The text I included onto the right hand side is placed in a white box which covers the R, which I wanted to happen, and made sure that the question was in red and the answer was in black. This final double page spread of the magazine shows that I have been consistent with my design and brought all the techniques I used on the front page and the contents page and put them all into this final double page.

My final Contents Page and my own Evaluation

This is my final contents page that I have created. I personally think that it goes well with the theme of the magazine and fits well into the target audience, as I've continued to use the three main colors with the numbers of the pages being red and the text being white. Also the background is white which allows all the text and photographs stand out better and grasp the viewers attention. I have made to include the masthead of the magazine onto this page as I think it makes it look a lot more professional than to not have it, not only the masthead but I've also made sure to carry on the white strap line at the top of the page, underneath the masthead to keep the professional and presentable look.

My evaluation of my front cover

This is my final front cover and as you can see I have included a lot of the conventions seen on most real magazines around the world. The masthead is one thing which stands out a lot for me as it's big and bold which will automatically catch the audiences attention, also the fact that it's a striking color such as red, it will grasp the attention of people much easier than if the color were to have been a dull grey or black. Keeping to the red color I have included red text to go with the cover lines. I also chose white the cover lines as my three main colors I chose for my magazine were red, black and white. As the background is black I chose to do my text in white and red which I personally think makes the magazine look effective. Furthermore I wanted to include some text within separate white boxes to add more emphasis to the front cover as it makes the page look a lot more modern, and by also making them slanted it allows the audience to go from one block to another. I've included twitter and facebook logos to inform the audience that they are able to find 'Trash Magazine' on social networking sites, due to them being popular with my target audience. Not only that, I've also included a blackberry bbm scanning code to allow Trash readers to add us on the one of the most popular social chat rooms available all around the world, it will allow more people to get an inside look even quicker than logging onto Facebook and Twitter.

My Final Front Cover

Questions I asked friends and family

''What type of colors would you expect/like on a pop/punk music magazine?''

Ella: The type of colors I would see on this genre magazine are mostly blacks and reds, because most pop punky magazines I have read contain a lot of dark colors but they brighten it up with the use of the red's and also white's

Mum: Well when I was your age I read punk magazines which did contain mostly dark colors such as blacks, dark blues and also purples. However they did also contain some bright colors just to make it not so much a 'goth' magazine.

''How much would you expect a weekly/monthly magazine to be?''

Katy: Well when I look at weekly magazines they tend to have about 20-30 pages in them which are around the price of £1.50 and I think that is personally a respectable amount to pay for a weekly magazine. And for a monthly magazine which are usually about 50-60 pages long they're normally around the price of £2.50-£4, I think £4 is a little bit too high but anything under that is alright.

Dad: I don't tend to purchase music magazines anymore, only the newspaper, however when I was around your age I purchased a monthly magazine which was around the price of £3.

Start of my Contents Page

This image shows my contents page, it's not finished just yet as I need to add more pages and pictures which will be put onto it soon. I think at the moment the page itself looks rather professional and well laid out as it's not all cramped like some music magazines are.