Evolution of Front Image

 

The front image on my preliminary task was meant to display a mid-shot of a student in a positive pose for the school magazine. This was one fo the criteria for the task so there wasn't any creative leeway.



 

For my rough cut I again used a mid shot however this was more zoomed out than on the preliminary task. The main criticisms for this were that it left too much blank space

 

 

To counter this i turned the image of a solo artist into a band, I also improved the pose they had by making them look more edgy and more interesting to the target audience.



Evolution of Plugs

Plugs are features that appear on the front cover. They advertise features in the magazine that stand out enough to entice the reader.

I first started using plugs on my Preliminary Task. These matched my house colour style and used simple fonts. As the school magazine is meant to be a small magazine, there were only four featured.

 

There were a lot more plugs featured on my Rough cut music magazine. There were 7 and all were unique in style and colour, however this was negatively recieved, so I tried to make them more house style for my final cut

 

 

While they were still different, they all revolved around the same colour scheme, also using more relevant fonts made them look more professional.

 





Evolution of Colour Scheme

 

For the Rough Cut of my magazine, I went with a Red, Orange and Yellow colour scheme. The main complaints from this were that the Yellow was too muddy and the orange wasn't bright enough.

 

 

For the final cut I removed the yellow and orange and replaced with a dark blue colour. The only other colours are part of some bands original logos.

 

 

This colour scheme was originally used on my Preliminary magazine, however I have made the colours fit more in the plugs and shades



Evolution of DPS Images

The image on my Double page spread was used in GreyScale. The main criticism was that it was out of focus and did not fit my target audience.

As I changed it into a band it gave me more inspiration creatively, as the focus of the article is on the lead singer, I have portrayed that in the image by having the Guitarist and Drummer behind the lead singer slightly blurry and out of focus

Evolution of Article

The article on my Rough Cut double page spread was written in red text. The main article is about the artist finally making a return to music after taking a three month hiatus and a small review of his return EP. Despite not getting any criticism about the text, I decided to completely re-do it as the artist changed. I did however get criticism over the colour of the text.

The article on my Final cut is again in red, however it is highlighted in light blue and I have used a more formal font, Century Gothic. The topic has changed to a story of a band that recently lost their lead singer and have found a new one

Evolution of the Name and Banner

 

The moment I chose the name "Bright" I knew I needed to pair the name with a relevant logo. Add a tagline (THE UK'S NUMBER 1 HIT POP MAGAZINE) to that mix, and we had enough for a decent sized border with our colour scheme Red, Orange and Yellow.

The influence for the banner came from the banner I did for my Preliminary School Magazine. I felt like I could improve this in my Full Music Magazine with a broader use of Fonts.



 

Finally for my final cut I decided to remove the banner, splitting the three elemants into different sections. I've combined the name and the star together, Moved the slogan to the right and placed an additional section at the very top for extra artists

 

 

We can now compare this to what "We Love Pop" have made industry standard on their magazine.

 

 

One final thing I have taken from their logo is the Heart symbol, they've used this to symbolise the word 'Love'. I have used this to add a more childish sense to my name, by dotting the i in 'Bright' as a heart. 



 

 

Final Cut Contents

 

This is the final cut for my Magazine Contents page. Overall this is the page that has seen the most dramatic change since my Rough cut. These changes include, the images, the layout and the extra features such as the Editor's notes and the background shape. I plan to go through these changes in detail in a series of "Evolution" posts following these changes from the Preliminary task to the final cut.