Evaluation

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Completed draft

 this is my finished work for my AS media course work.

Overall I am happy with the way that my magazine turned out. I think that I have used all of the conventions i could in the making of my music magazine “Hurt”. I have created a Rock magazine with a appearance that stands out due to the use of bold fonts and eye catching colors. I think my strongest part of my product is the content page due to what is my favorite image and the layout of the content information
i am happy with the way they turned out as the colors i chose complement each other. i think that all of my work looks like a kerrang magazine because the layout is similar and looks just as good. i have also included the basic conventions such as
coverlines, pugs etc.
I kept to my house style of red, black and white throughout my magazine as this was quite important as all of the rock magazines never break the house style they always keep to it on every page. By doing the same I believe that it made my magazine look more professional.

Drafting and Planning (double page spread)

this is my finished double page spread. the font in the top right corner inst actually that font. i couldn't get the font i wanted in the common room.i used the red and black color scheme as they are both strong colors that work well together to give the text a strong background and good visibility. i used a bold font for the pull quote so it will stand out even more. i think this gave it a better look as well as making it readable. i also used a red bold font to show the questions. i did this as it separates the questions so the reader knows what question they are reading. it also allows the reader to read the questions that have been asked clearly.

Drafting and planning

the content page to the left is the content page that i based my content page on. i attempted to make it look similar but i don't think it is. i used a similar layout and tried to make it resemble kerrang as much as i could. when i make my final magazine i will use a similar layout but use a different house style. i like the red white and black house style but it is very hard to make the pictures that i use look good with it. when i make another content page i will have my picture taking the up the top half of the page. because when i made this content page it was very difficult to space my text because i didn't have alot of room for the content list.

Drafting and Planning (comparison)

this is the magazine that i based my cover on. it has similar features as i wanted to recreate the cover in my own way. i used this cover to make sure i wasn't making my bar code, mast head and other features too big or too small. this was a huge help to me as i am new to creating magazines of this quality. i used the same layout to the kerrang cover as i think that it was one of the best looking covers that kerrang has produced. i also used the same font for the white text at the bottom of the cover as i couldn't find another font that suited the style and look of the magazine.

Drafting and planning (content page)

this is my improved version of my content page.
i added in the bands that i included on the front cover to my content page. by doing this my magazine is consistent as i am including the bands that are suppose to be included in the magazine.  
i added a pug in the bottom right of the content page to fill in the empty space as it was too big an empty space to leave. i think that the improvements i made have made my content page look better.  

Drafting and planning (front cover)

this is my improved version of my front cover.
i added another cover line so the empty space in at the bottom of the page was filled. i think this has made my magazine look better as i was unsure about what i could do to fill in the empty space.
i added a pug in the top right of the cover to entice the readers to buy the magazine. i looked at how kerrang use pugs and they always use a shape to put behind it. i used a saw blade as it has the sharp edges which is usually the type of shape kerrang tend to use.