Magazine design evaluation

Magazine design evaluation

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  MAGAZINE DESIGN EVALUATION BY CHARLOTTEBRACKEN
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  Initial research For theinita research I dida questionnaire and magazine page analysis’s. Having done the questionnaire helped me know what sort of magazine people go for and certain age groups. It gave me an idea on whether I would do my magazine monthly or weekly and how much they are willing to pay for the magazine. 25% 35% 40% 0% What age Are You? 16 17 18 19+ 5% 25% 35% 35% How Often Do You Buy The Magazine? Daily Weekly Monthly Rarley
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  Product Research By analysing magazinefront pages, contents pages and double page spreads gave me an idea on what goes where and what I need to do to pull my magazine together. Having compare them to other magazines gave me an idea on what I want to do and what would work well for the type of audience I would like to do my magazine for. Having compared the target audience in different magazines gave me a fine definition on what I would need to do to grab the readers attention
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  Logo design The logois big and I feel goes well. Its different from what other magazines may have and I have specifically edited it make it this way. At first I wasn’t sure about the logo but while I was looking at other logo designs and trying them on the front cover of my magazine, they didn’t seem right or seem to fit with the style of the front cover like this specific oen from
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  Image editing These arethe original images that I edited. I have chosen these images because they are clear and each photograph is different from the other. Having a different composition in each photograph has given each image an element of their own.
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  Magazine cover Having onemain image on the front cover helps the audience know that there is a special within the magazine and it has one main focused story as well as its been jam packed with other great stories. Having it laid out so each part is readable helps the audience know what's within the magazine. The main image itself wasn’t really going to be used for the front cover until I thought oh how the idea I had in my head would plan
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  Contents Page I feelthe contents page specifically works well because it isn’t too in your face and there isn’t much on the page to make you confused and it is simple and easy to follow. Having subtle colours with one main bright colour directs your eye to the red bits. I added the smoke within the background to make it seem like there was some element within the contents page as without it it seemed bare. It was very easy to put together as I already edited the image as it was going to go on one of the other pages but I changed my mind as I got editing
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  Double Page Spread Ifeel that the double page spread has works exceedingly well because its simple. The images aren’t too in your face and they blend into the back ground yet you still know they are their. Having selected text in the title and making it different from the article helps it stand out that little bit more. Having the kiss placed behind the title was simply because I thought it seemed a little bare for a double page spread as others seem to have a little more going on so I started to experiment with different things. I started off on just putting the models eyes above the text but that didn’t work.
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  Peer Group Feedback Idid a small questionnaire to ask students what they thought about my magazine and here are just 2 of the questions I asked and it gave me a sense of how well I have accomplished to reach the target audience for the assignment. I asked personally on what page that people preferred that I have produced and the contents page is what I expected, I didn’t feel it was my strongest part of the whole magazine. And the style of the magazine worked well as well. Even though a few people didn’t like it as much I still would not change it as I feel it 85% 15% Do You Like The Style Of My Magazine? Yes No 62% 29% 9% Which Page Did You Like Most? Front Contents Double Page Spread
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  Strengths of theProject On a level I feel that the whole magazine process and final out come has gone well and I personally feel like the double page spread is my strongest page which I have done. Its simple yet has a lot of stuff going on with the page, the article itself is not being over powered by too many images and there isn’t pieces of text placed or dotted all around the page. I also feel that my Front Cover has worked well as I had an idea already set within my head on what I wanted to do.
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  Weaknesses of theProject For a weakness in my opinion is the contents page. I wasn’t sure what to nput on it or the stories as well as the lay out so If I had the chance to do this project all over again then the only thing I would possibly change is the contents page. I feel that more could have been added to it and the fact I started my project later than I hoped is another downfall in why this may have happened. I only ever had a clear head and a steady idea for the Front Page and Double Page Spread and those seem to be my stronger out comes.