Evaluation.

Final finished piece.

This is my finished front cover. I have still used the skyline, main image, triangular sell line and cover mount as I'd planned. However, the layout has changed a bit from my original idea. The cover mount is on the right of the magazine instead of the left, which is unusual but I tried it on the left and it looked wrong as the legs of the models couldn't be seen. I have also created a vertical masthead as opposed to a horizontal one. I believe that this will make the magazine stand out and if magazines are stacked on top of each other in a news agent's, the left side will be all that is visible. In this case, my magazine would prove easy to locate. I have used a colour scheme of blues, white, green and red. This is also carried on inside the magazine which I like. Also the font I have used is 'Gill Sans Ultra Bold' which I chose because it stands out and is easy to read. I also used green arrows to separate the sell lines. I really like this feature as it looks quite effective and points to the main image. I decided to use a photoshopped image for the cover mount only. This will be beneath the free album, and shows what the album cover would look like. I chose to photoshop it because real music album covers are photoshopped, and it makes it stand out as it is very bright. I haven't used photoshop on any other images because I found in the samples I tried that it didn't look very effective and changed the look of my simple magazine to something much more complicated and untruthful. 

This is my finished contents page. The colour scheme and font are the same as the front cover which shows continuity. I like that. In my plan I used arrows to house the text, however I decided against this method  for the real thing as it didn't leave much room for images and although it is original in its design, it is not the norm for a music magazine and I thought it looked a bit out of place. I used three of my images at the bottom of the page to show the main subject of the issue. In hindsight, it would have been good to take pictures of other articles relevant to the magazine to show what else would be inside it. If I were to make this magazine again then this is what I would do. 

This is my final double page spread. I have carried on the font and red and white colours of the previous pages. However I decided to add black in this page and I think that the result is very effective. I have used two quotes in the text as I wanted to in my plan. They are bigger than the rest of the text and stand out to draw in the reader's attention. I decided to write in white for the questions, although to make it clear which band member said which answer I wrote them in blue and lilac, stereotypical boy/girl colours. I like this idea because it is very easy to pick out what each person said and means questions can be picked out and read one at a time if the reader wishes. I used nine images on this page even though it was only necessary to use four throughout my magazine. I really liked the images I took and I didn't want the page to be mostly text as this would appear dull. The images on the left page look more professional, but for the right side I wanted to use images which look far less formal to stick to my simplistic and realistic design. These show the band members in a real life situation which is not often done in magazines and proves mine to be exclusive.

I really like the magazine I have created and I think it turned out very well and professional-looking. 

Interview with the band.

This is the interview with my band for the double page spread of my magazine.

Dream Kids.

1) What inspires your music?

You know, life experiences.

Various other artists inspire me to create my music.

2)Do you have a big fanbase?

Yeah, it's pretty big.

3)You're quite big in Britain, would you like to take your music to America?

Yes! By far! 

Yeah, I think it would be really cool to play over there.

4)How did you two meet?

At college in Wales.

He actually lent me a pen on the first day which was pretty nice.

5)So who writes the songs out of you two?

Well I'm the creative one so mainly me, but we work together on some.

6)Who has the worst habits on the tour bus?

Paige does, she sucks her thumb!

He's always playing pranks on me, like hiding my stuff when we're about to go on stage!

7)How long have you wanted to be a musician?

Forever and always, since I got my first CD! (Atomic Kitten)

Since I could talk all I wanted to do was sing.

8)What's your favourite thing to do in your time out?

Eat Ben n Jerry's ice cream!

Um...I really like going swimming, it's my hobby. When I get time that is!

9)Is your life stressful and busy?

Yeah, but I cope with it 'cos I've got Paige to keep me company.

Aaaww!

10)Are you two in a relationship?

No, she's like my sister.

Both of us are single but we like it.

11)Would you ever consider adding more members to your band?

No. We don't need anyone else.

Maybe if we had the opportunity, but I think we work pretty well as we are.

12)Where would you most like to play around the world?

I think Australia would be a groovy place to go.
I'd really like to tour Japan.

13)Do you ever get lonely on tour?

We get fanmail and stuff and I'm on the phone a lot to my friends back home in Wales.
Not really because we have all the technicians to chat to and we're busy organising the shows a lot with them. There's not really time to be lonely.

14)Do you ever argue?
All the time.

She just attacks me over silly stuff.
No I don't!

See?

15)Who would you love to collaborate with?

Ed Sheeran definitely.
The In Crowd.