Final Production Front Cover

Final Production Contents Page

Final Production Double Page Spread

Preliminary task- School Magazine Front Cover

Preliminary Task- School Magazine Contents Page

Evaluation

Audience Feedback

For my audience feedback, I asked a variety of different people a series of 15 questions.

1.       Does the magazine appeal to you?

2.       What are you likes and dislikes about the magazine?

3.       What are your thoughts on the contents, does it interest you?

4.       Does the magazine reflect its genre?

5.       Is the colour scheme consistent throughout?

6.       Does the magazine offer a good variety of content?

7.       Do you feel the layout of the product is professional?

8.       How does it compete with other products?

9.       Are you happy with the central image on the cover?

10.   Do you feel the price is acceptable based on its quality and contents?

11.   Is the colour scheme effective?

12.   What magazines do you feel it is similar to?

13.   Are you happy with the appearance of the article?

14.   What other magazines do you think we be its biggest competition?

15.   Would you buy the next issue?

Screenshots of Double Page Spread

Throughout the production of my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread I have taken screen shots to show how I added things and the different ways I edited the product. The images below show the progress of my contents page. These images show a step-by-step structure to how I created and developed my double page spread article.

This shows the very beginning of my double page spread after I imported columns and guide lines for me to follow throughout the process.

This image shows my background layer or 'paint splats' which is used as Coldplay have used something similar for one of their album covers.

This screenshot shows my the process of my product after I inserted the title of my article. 

This screen-grab shows my double page spread after I stared to import my text and stand-first.

The image above shows my article after I imported my text and images and drop quote.

The image above shows my finished double page spread after I added more columns, stand-first, page numbers and changed the image, title and layout.

Production - Contents Page

Throughout the production of my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread I have taken screen shots to show how I added things and the different ways I edited the product. The images below show the progress of my contents page. These images show a step-by-step structure to how I created my contents page.

This screenshot shows the finished product of my contents page.

To start with, I added some of my 

Production

Throughout the production of my magazine front cover, contents page and double page spread I have taken screen shots to show how I added things and the different ways I edited the product. The images below show the progress of my front cover.

This screenshot shows my image as I cut out the original background and imported it onto another layer.

This image shows my central image and the start of me importing my cover stories and the Q magazine on the left hand side is the magazine which I am basing my front cover on.

This screen shot shows my tile just after it was imported, I chose to put a black box behind the text to make it stand out and to make it similar to the cover I was basing it on.

This image shows my cover after I imported coverlines and the barcode.

This screen shot shows my product after I imported extra images in the bottom left corner.

This screen shot shows my product after I have finished importing extra images, detailed cover stories, background colours, titles, barcodes, changed the colours and title and edited some of the images.