AS Media Magazine cover

Production Task 13) Audience Profile Research //draft//

For my inhitial research I wanted to find out what the most popular music genres were, as this would point to what genre of magazine my audience were most likely to buy. I designed a questionaire which would give me abase understanding of the likes and dislikes of my audience. I asked various questions to find the likes and dislikes of my audience, as well as their favourite components of any music magazine.

Production Task 9) Front Cover Analysis //draft//

 

 I really liked this magazine cover for the interesting use of colour. The cover is almost wholly made up of white and red. The only image is a close-up which looks directly into the camera, this would grab the readers attention as they will feel like the model is making direct eye contact with them  

Production Task 8) Music Magazine Analysis

The Lead Image on the front cover is very striking, the pose of the subject is very extreme in order to grab the viewrs attention. The meduim close up lets us see all of the subjects facial features, whilst other stories cover his body.The house style gives the impression of a very vintage magazine, possibly aimed at an older reader. The main colours used are white and red with a touch of yellow. The main image is in black and white which makes the text stand out very clearly and easily.

I really liked the design and layout of the contents page. It is simple and easy to navigate, but still 
looks good, and gives the reader an easy way to pilot efficiently through the magazine. The style of the photography on the contents page is old to fit in with the magazines vintage house style. The Photos are mainly close-ups and medium close-ups to engage to viewer

For the double page spread, again we see the house style colours: red, and white. All of the major headings are written in red, and the main element in the photograph is too, red, the guitar (also the model is wearing a red top and red shoes, sitting on a white sofa). White space is used well to draw attention to a quote and make it stand out more. The model is looking directly at the camera to give a stronger effect on the reader as they feel as though she is looking directly at them

Very colourful. Big title, easy to read. No empty spaces on pages, all areas are covered by picture. text is in white and quite small. The font is clear and easy to read. The articles are written in a posotive and upbeat tone.

 

This cover has alot of whitespace which gives the cover a clean clear layout. The Title is easy to read on a white background and the font is clean cut.

 

The majority of this cover is occupied by the lead image. Above this, the masthead of the cover and magazine details such as issue date

Production Task 7) College Magazine Cover & Contents Page

 This is my final design for my colleg Magazine's front cover
















 
This is my final contents page for my college magazine

AS CD Cover Analysis

My CD cover was for the Band Electric Toaster. The album was entitled Definig Electric and was in the electric/rap style genre. The Album featured 10 songs.

I think that the overall finnish on the CD was very good, although maybe some things could of been improved. The genre of the music was electric/rap and so the target audience was teenagers and young adulds. I wanted my CD cover design to cover common interests of young people, so the main focus of the cover was the graffitti. To illustrate the colour and tone of the music (which is fun and bright) I altered the grade of the image to look more colourful and eye-catching.I also added a foreground image of a danger sign which ties in with the electric being dangerous and wild.

I think my CD could be improved by changing the font of the text. The text does not fit in with the general theme of the rest of the CD cover and could be improved. I think a bolder, more striking text would fit better and would make the CD appeal more to Teenagers. 

If I had a bigger budget and more time I would consider changing the graffitti used on the CD cover. I would make the subject of the graffitti more to do with music and Electricity, rather than generic old-school graffitti.I might also change the colouring of it to give a bigger impact upon viewing, to grab the attention of the reader more.