Music Magazine Evaluation

My finished Double Page Spread

This is my finished double page spread for my music magazine.  I decided not to change the length of the introduction because I felt that it sat nicely in the space available and removing it meant that their would be even more white space, which my target audience said they didn't like.  I also didn't change the amount of colour on the page because I didn't want the page to be too over crowded with different colours as I already had different colours on the image on the page.  The reason that I didn't want to change the colours of the clothes was because I liked how they stood out from the other colours and it would also mean having to do another photoshoot which would take too long to do.

Double Page Spread - Audience Opinion

After completing my front cover, contents page and double page spread I printed them off and asked my target audience their opinion on my work.
The things that my target audience said they liked were:

• the signatures on the article
• the alternating colours on the title and the rest of the text on the page
• and the positioning and the size of the image.

The things that my target audience said they disliked/ would change were:

• the introduction for the article is too long
• could add more colour onto the page
• and the clothing doesn't fit the colour scheme.

As these are things that my target audience would change I will try to make my double page spread suit my target audience better.

My finished Contents Page

This is the finished design for my Contents page.  I changed the background for the top image so that it fits in with the colour scheme better.  However, I decided not to change the image backgrounds so that they were all the same because I wanted the image for the main article to stand out against the others and i didn't want to have too much of the smae colour. 

Contents Page - Audience Opinion

After completing my front cover, contents page and double page spread I printed them off and asked my target audience their opinion on my work.
The things that my target audience said they liked were:

• the different sizes I used for the numbers
• the simpleness of the design
• and the black line dividing up the writing plus the consistant colour scheme.

The things that my target audience said they disliked/ would change were:

• the backgrounds of the images should be more consistant and bright
• the bottom image looks warped
• the images could have the same coloured background.

As these are things that my target audience would change I will try to make my contents page suit my target audience better.

My finished Front Cover

This is my final design for my front cover of the magazine.  I have made changes to the front cover by adding a red line around the bottom sell line so that it can be seen and I also changed the colour of the price and the issue number from black to white and added a shadow. 

Front cover - audience opinion

After completing my front cover, contents page and double page spread I printed them off and asked my target audience their opinion on my work. 
The things that my target audience said they liked were:

• the images and how they overlap the text
• the colour scheme
• and the simpleness of the overall design.

The things that my target audience said they disliked/ would change were:

• the bottom sell line disappears into the image
• the bottom looks slightly cluttered
• and the price and the issue blend into her hair.

As these are things that my target audience would change I will try to make my front cover suit my target audience better.