4. Post-Production

    

Front Cover 

This is my final front cover for my music magazine product, i used meany elements that you would usually see in a front cover. With this i did research into real media products to make mine look realistic as it could. By doing this i included a main image, a masthead, cover lines and realistic components you would usually see like a bar code, date and price. 

Strengths of my Front Cover

• The masthead that i chose to use is similar to other mastheads on realistic magazine products. I used big bold font with a pop of color to attract the audience to 'buying my magazine'. With this it is also being the main image to make it look even more realistic because it is all about the artists on the front cover also the first thing the audience notices. 
• Using bold, bright colors for the cover lines on the magazine to attract the audience by reading the 'information' and making the magazine front cover exciting for the audience to read. 
• The main image s in front of the masthead to make it look more realistic because most front cover i looked at had the masthead behind the artists cause they are the main focus. 
• When making the magazine product i used colors that all linked together to make it look professional but changed my mind by the end with using bright colors to attract the audience to make them want to read more. 

Weaknesses of my Front Cover

• For my main image i was self conscious because i used my self and didn't think it looked very good. 
• By using so many different bright colors i think it made my front cover look tacky and unprofessional even though i thought it would attract the audience more. 
• The web link that i used should of been bigger so the audience could see it more clearer. 
• The color of the cover lines on the left hand side cashed with the main artists top so it wasn't very clear for the audience to read. 
• The color scheme wasn't linked together at all which makes it look unfinished and it needed improving. 

Contents Page

This is my final product for a contents page for a music magazine

product. I used many elements that a real contents page would use to make it look professional and unique. Even though i wanted to make it look realistic i wanted to put my own twist on it  to make it look original and like no other. 

Strengths of my Contents Page 

• I followed most of the typical conventions of a contents page due to the fact that it made it look realistic, but also putting my own twist on it made it unique and like no other 'products'. 
• For my contents page i used more information then images because of the audience needing to read what is on each page, this is beneficial because the only thing the audience should focus on is the main artists featured on the contents page. 
• Changing the layout of the word 'contents' to make it look more funky and unique even though most real products use this technique. 
• The color scheme i used was all very similar to make it look professional for the audience. 
• Using the masthead and the web link to the 'website' to benefit the audience with information even more. 

Weaknesses of my Contents Page 

•  The two images in the middle have the background erased, i don't think this benefits my contents page because i think it looks messy and tacky, i would have rather had it with the background still on so its neat and clean. 
• The images are all in black and white purely to suit the color scheme more because of it looking more professional but i think it would have brightened up the contents page more by having the images in color. 
• The spaces between the writing make it look empty and UN-interesting to look at, if i wrote more and used less space it would look more busy and excitable. 
• Should have used more colors to make it look more exciting. 

Double Page Spread 

This is my double page spread, I think this is the one i struggled with the most due to the columns and making it look realistic and different also from other media products. Even though i completed it and made it look the best i could i still think it had a lot to improve to make it look better. 

Strengths 

• The image that I used was very 'playful' which i believed show the audience the funny side of the artists which made my magazine more fun and unique, another reason as well was because a double page spread is an article about the artists and what they're like and i believe that the picture did it justice. 
• I used a quote from the artists on the image to make the audience want to read the whole article. 
• I used a banner saying 'EXCLUSIVE' so the audience would want to read the article as well as the quote i used. 
• I kept the colour scheme the same as the double page spread so it look professional, using the colours purple to pinks. 
• The title i used on the top of the article (The decks, the tunes and the making of DL) where i faded the colours going from dark to light and i think it was unique from any other magazine as they only use single bold colours other than a fading technique. 

Weaknesses

• I used the main image on the double page spread as myself and i didn't think it looked good due to me being self conscious. 
• I think i put to much information on the double page spread and it got to the point where it looked a bit tacky with the different colours, font sizes and layouts. 
• On the other half of the page i think that the different font and 'boldness' made it look unprofessional to the reader/audience. 
• I think it would have look better if i did the questions in the article a different colour so the audience could see the difference between the question and the answer.