My Final Product - Front Cover, Contents and Double-Page Spread

This is my final, completed media product, I am really satisfied with the magazine compared to all of the previous drafts. I love the colour scheme, images and variety of different texts, it looks much more interesting than the previous drafts. I think it is definitely clear as to who my target audience is due to the images and colour.

My Final Product

Evaluation Question 6: Looking back at your preliminary task, what have you learned in the progression to your final product?

Evaluation Question 5: How does your media product represent social groups?

Evaluation Question 4: My Perfect Reader

Evaluation Question 3: What have you learnt about technologies from constructing your product?

Evaluation Question 2: What kind of companies distribute your product and why?

Evaluation Question 1: In what ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Responses to my final product

Final Draft Double Page Spread

This is the final draft, double page spread. I think this double page spread looks professional and like a real magazine, due to the layout, images and colour. I slightly changed the left hand side of the double page spread by making a bigger article and moving the image to the bottom right of the page. Again, I added the same background colour as I felt that this makes the pink and blue colour stand out a lot more.

Final Draft Contents Page

This is the final draft, contents page for my music magazine. I have changed this quite a lot, by adding more images and taking away one image. I felt that by adding things such as 'iPhone Giveaway' makes the magazines seem more real and professional as you would often find competitions like this in real magazines. I also added the background from the front cover to the contents page as it looked very boring with white space. I have also stuck with the same colour scheme which makes the magazine seem much more professional and consistent.

Final Draft Front Cover

This is the final draft front cover for my music magazine. As you are able to identify, I have slightly changed the front cover by using two main colours: bright pink and black. The reason for this is because I wanted the audience to recognise my magazine through knowing it uses the colour scheme of pink and black. I think these colours really make the magazine seem appealing to the eye because the pink is bright and this colour is clear who my target audience is. I also added a background to the magazine to make it look a lot more funky and a lot less boring, as it looked quite dull with a white background, however I feel that the green background makes the front cover look a lot more interesting and takes your attention away from where there was once white space.

Second Draft

This is the second draft of my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread. As you can see from the first draft, the front cover especially has been altered a lot. I decided to use the long shot image of Molly because it looked more like a magazine cover. I also made the LOUD text larger so it is obvious that this is the name of the magazine. I used yellow text for the most important parts of the magazine to stand out the most.















The contents page has also been altered slightly but still contains white space which I know can be filled so that the page looks more busy and interesting to the audience.













The double-page spread has been altered a lot too, I think it looks more professional because it contains a large article on the right side and a smaller article on the left. I used the original cover photo for the double-page spread because I felt that it did not look like much of a cover photo.

Second Draft

I will be uploading images of my second draft that is almost completed as my first draft needed alterations to make it look slightly more professional.

First Draft Double Page Spread

This is the magazine's double page spread that I designed and created using the Indesign Software. The left hand side is of course and interview with bright colours of pink and some green. The questions of the article have been put in pink to show that the questions are important and want to stand out. The answers are in black otherwise too much pink may look slightly unprofessional and too 'busy' on the page. At the top of the page, a quote from the interview with a pop artist has been put in bold italic to stand out and look important so the audience will be interested in knowing what the quote is about and what it is referring to in the interview. On the right column of the interview there is a quote from one of the answers which may intrigue the audience and the text and quote sounds interesting and seems like 'gossip' females especially would be attracted to this. Also, to take away the fact that lots of pink is used I also added in green which is also bright and looks important so the audience know what the interview is about. Pictures often capture the audiences' eye so I added in a picture on the top right so the audience know who the interview is with.

On the right hand side of the double page spread, it is much more simpler as it is one long-shot image of a girl looking quite 'rock/chick' by holding an electric guitar at a slant. The image has been photoshopped to make the background smooth and whiter and make the dark clothing stand out. so that the background does not look too empty I added in text of quotes and eye catching information that is also in the magazine about the girl in the image. The name of the girl in the image has been added in funky, green text on the top left so people know who she is.

First Draft Contents

This is the contents page of my LOUD! music coursework magazine. I have added in an image of just one girl to make her look like a solo artist and the image is large so it stands out to the audience. Vertically down the side of the image is text reading 'HALEY'S INTERVIEW PAGE 5' which will make the audience understand that the article may be something quite interesting and will therefore continue to read.

For the contents, I added the most important articles and information that the audience would be most interested in... Starting with 'HUGE NEWS' 'ALSO THIS WEEK' AND 'IN EVERY ISSUE' this breaks it down for the audience so they can see what is most important and what is also in every issue of the magazine.

As you can the logo is also used twice more on the contents page so the audience begin to recognise it as the magazine's logo. The colour pink (fuchsia) is also used a lot in the magazine so can be known as the magazine's distinctive look and colour.

First Draft Front cover

Here is the front cover of my coursework magazine. I chose the picture of the 3 girls to be on the front cover because I felt that the 3 girls look like they would draw people's attention and they look like a young, pop girl band. The image has been photoshopped by blemishing their skin and taking away items that would have made the image look unprofessional. I also brightened the background so that it doesn't look too dark and it draws attention. 

I also added a bright yellow caption diagonal across the image to show that their is an important message as yellow is bright and will often draw attention which would make the target audience read the caption and be intrigued to look inside.

The words 'LOUD!' is the name of my music magazine and is used a few more times throughout the magazine so people begin to see it as the logo. There is also a small article at the bottom of the magazine so the potential target audience will read the article and want to purchase it to carry on reading inside.

LOUD! Draft Cover

This is a draft of my 'LOUD!' magazine front cover. 

I used lots of bright colours to stand out to the target audience and added plenty of images to catch peoples' attention.

Photos for my magazine and why I will use them

This is one of the photos I will use in my magazine. I like the style of this shot and how they have quite a serious look on their face which should intrigue my target audience as to why they are styled in this way. They look like quite a close-together girl band as they have a similar sense of style and their makeup makes them look like a young teenage girl group. This is a long-shot because I wanted to get in their whole outfit to show the audience as girls especially are often interested in what the celebrities are wearing and will often imitate their style.

 This photo was taken in the photo shoot too, they are wearing the same clothes as the previous shot, but this time are three of them. The shot type is a close-up but not an extreme close-up, this is to show their facial expressions and hair/makeup style. I will use this for an article of a girl band who have recently lost a member of their band, and will write an article below this picture.

 I really like this photo, because it shows the whole length of the model used in the photo shoot I carried out for my magazine. The shot type shows off her sense of style and long hair, with a happy facial expression. This will be used on my contents page because I feel that this image will capture the audiences' attention to continue reading the magazine. I will of course edit the photo so that her hair isn't 'flyaway' and to take away any marks on her skin. I will also edit the background colour to a lighter white, which should make her stand out more.

I especially like this photo because it portrays a 'rock/pop chick' look. I really like the style of the shot and how her is blowing and the way in which she is stood with the electric guitar at a small slant to show her outfit. I will edit the background of this photo because you are able to see the creases in the white backdrop on the floor which does not look professional.

3 of 4 photos for music magazine

Here are some of the possible images I may include in my media product.

These are just 3 of my 4 photos I took myself that I will be using for my music magazine 'LOUD'.

I will be editing these 3 photos on Adobe Photoshop to get erase flyaway hair, lines on the forehead, and to slightly blemish the girls skin. I want to make the photos look as professional as possible just like a real magazine.

I will use this photo on my front cover in small or on the contents page. However, I will get rid of the blowing bits of had and make the photo slightly lighter.


















I will most probably be using this photo for my front cover as it really stands out and shows that it is a music magazine because of the guitar as it comes across to the audience as a 'rebel-ish' photo.

I think the hair blowing looks quite effective, however the clothing is quite dark therefore I will edit the photo so that it is slightly lighter and I will also get rid of the creases on the white backdrop floor.

I will upload a few more photos to my blog that I will also possibly be using in my magazine.