Final Double Page Spread

This is my final double page spread.

As you can see I have made many improvements such as making the font size more conventional of music magazines, and making a hook on the start of the article to draw reader attention.

I have also kept the ideology of the magazine by having the logo on the footer, and also the font of the text "Who Ever Said Insanity Was Easy" is the font used on the cover lines of the front cover.

The main image slightly overlaps onto the other page, meaning that the fold goes down the model's arm.

This is okay as it doesn't ruin the main focus of the image (the upper part of the photograph,) and as I found in my textual analysis, it is also used in existing media texts.

Final Contents Page

This is my final contents page.

As you can see, i have kept the middle banner, which I believe is a very dynamic and unconventional part of my contents page.

I have however, for ease of consumer use, placed the page numbers at the left side of the write hand columns.

This makes the page less symmetrical, and also easier to read as the page numbers are at the left hand side, where a person normally starts to read.

I also like the masthead of the page, and the way the 'Contents' headline laps over the small logo in the top left hand corner. I think that this aspect of the page looks very pleasing.

Most of the page sticks to the Black/Red/White conventional colour scheme, however, there is some blue to compliment the ideology of 'Blue Dawn' (their colour, as seen on the logo is blue). This is similar to how there are parts of purple on the front cover to bring together the red and blue which is used a lot on the page.

Final Front Cover

This is the final draft of my front cover

As you can see, i have moved the skull candy image down, as this makes the magazine look better aesthetically.

I then ended up with a large empty space in the top left of the magazine, which I filled in with another cover line.

To accommodate this change I will add the 'WarCry' article to the features section of the contents page.

I have also added a sell line under the front cover, (Freakiest.Fastest.Loudest.Heaviest) which in a way hints at the ideology of the magazine, as it could be seen as a description of some of the music within the genres featured.

Being part of the masthead, the sell line is conventionally covered by part of the main image.

The background is a dark grey colour, with darker grey faded patterns, making it look damaged and cracked. This represents the ideology of the magazine, as it gives the front cover a very rough and un-conventional look, yet still is aesthetically pleasing and stylistic to an extent.

Double Page Spread Draft 03

I have made the aformentioned improvements (see: "Double Page Spread Draft 02") and I will proceed to make more improvements to the media text.

I will change the article font to something more conventional and legible

I will remove hyphenations for ease of reading

I will change the page numbers on each side, as I mixed up the even and odd numbers

Contents Page Draft 02

This is the second draught of my contents page, (the first I.T. Draught).

I have abandoned the vertically orientated layout shown in my draught, for what I believe is a more dynamic, aesthetically pleasing and less conventional one.

I am also awaiting feedback for the contents page as well

Front Cover Draft 04

Here is the 4th draft of my front cover.

I have made the changes I said i will make in the "Front Cover Draught 03" post, and several more.

I am currently awaiting feedback to learn what else I can change on the front cover to improve it

Double Page Spread Draft 02

This is the first I.T. Draft of my Double Page Spread.
I will now hand it to my tutor for feedback, and make necessary changed.

I will make the following changes to the Double Page Spread:

• I will change the position of the headline and sub-heading ("Enter Oblivion" and "Who ever said insanity was easy") as their current position would cause them to be disrupted by the fold of the pages.

• I will change the text size in the article to something smaller, and more conventional of articles in magazines (the current text is too large).

• I may make the picture larger so that the image is more noticeable and striking.