Friday, 12 December 2014

Contents Page First Draft


This is my first draft of my contents page. I have purposely used the three colour rule to make it look realistic and also for it to resemble my front cover page; this is important because my contents page has to match the front cover for the magazine to look proffesional. Also, I have laid out my contents page in a similar way to my cover page as I have inserted a yellow bar strip along the bottom. Another decision that I have made is to add a short message to my 'audience'; the reason I have done this is partly because (through my research) I have seen other magazines which do this, but also because I think it adds something a little unique to my magazine as opposed to other students. Another element of my contents page is the 'inside this week' box. I have included this as a efficient way of showing the audience what articles/cover lines are in this issue; I have made it a little more developed by making the 'exclusive' articles pink, whereas the usual articles such as 'fashion tips etc.' are in black.

Monday, 8 December 2014

Fourth Draft of Magazine

This is my fourth draft. It is a lot different to my other drafts because I have changed/added a lot of things.
Firstly, I have added a yellow circle shape in the 'centre' of the page and made the font warped so that it doubly stands out. The reason that I have done this is because I want to make my double page spread story special on the front cover; I think that when my audience see this yellow circle, they will immediately know that it is a very important part of this particular edition of the magazine.

Monday, 1 December 2014

Research and Planning: Social Networking Feedback

From this feedback I am confident that 'HOT IN POP' is a good choice of name for my pop music magazine.

Third Draft of My Magazine




I have edited the bar strip along the bottom to make it more informal and therefore more appealing to a younger audience. Also, I have took more photographs to bring a fashion element to my magazine - as you can see I have put an image of a female model in a Christmas Jumper and wrote 'WIN THIS JUMPER' above it. I think this makes my magazine look more realistic and also more Christmasy which is what I am aiming for due to the fact that my magazine is a special Christmas edition.