Double Page Spread

Magazine Front Cover

Evaluation: Addressing an audience

Production Schedule

The first thing I did for my magazine was look at other magazines that were aimed at similar target audiences because I wanted to get an idea about what they were like and what the design of them was like. 
Then I drew drafts of what I wanted my magazine to look like, I tried to make it different from all the others I had looked at because I didn't want it to be exactly the same as all the others.

After planning them I started making them, I used photoshop for my front cover and contents page and I used indesign for my double page spread. 

I started with my front cover and made a plan of where everything was going to go on photoshop so then when I had my photos and knew what I was going to write I could just add that in. 
Whilst designing my pages I also started taking the photos for my magazine. I took a lot of the photos used on my first photoshoot for the magazine but some of them didn't look write when they were actually on the magazine so I had to take some more, which also helped add more variety to the magazine because before all the photos were very similar and you could tell they were all taken at the same time.

The pages of my magazine changed a lot as I was making them just because I either didn't like the way things looked or I changed my mind about them, I ended up starting again quite a few times.
The front cover was the page that took the most time because it would be the first thing people saw of the magazine and obviously it had to look right, it had to be eye catching and able to grab peoples attention. 

I based the contents page off of other music magazines contents pages but I also tried to make it different because I didn't want it to be an exact copy.

My double page spread also took a while to get right because it was important it looked like a double page spread and all went well together, rather than just two separate pages that were just put next to each other. 

Location, Props and Costumes

I decided to take the photos for my magazine at Priory Gardens, which is a park because I thought it would look nice in the magazine, also I thought taking them outside somewhere would be more interesting than just in a studio. All my photos were taken at the same place, except some of the photos, like the one on the cover, have been changed so you can't see the background because they needed to stand out more. 

I didn't use any props in my photos because I didn't think they were needed, I wanted my photos to be quite simple so I just had one person on the cover.

I chose to have the person who I was taking photos of wearing her normal clothes because then she would be dressed similarly to how the target audience dress and this may help show who the target audience is. Also, I wanted the photos to be quite natural, so if she was wearing something that wasn't as casual as she is, then they wouldn't look as natural or simple.

I think having the person in the magazine dress casually can help connect with the target audience because often people in magazines are all dressed up and can be quite aspirational people which the readers will want to be like but might not necessarily be able to whereas in my photos they are just normal clothes, so the reader might look at the photo and realise that they don't need to be all dressed up.

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