Completed Magazine with Example Advert from Vice Magzine

This completed magazine includes an advert from Vice magazine (page 2), which I did not make. 

Focus Group

DPS First Draft

Second Draft of Contents

With my first draft I had problems with the readability and distinguishing between the two columns of text. To overcome this I used the images as a banner down the page to separate the columns. I think this layout works much better for the readability of the page and also makes it a bit more unique, fitting in with the experimental theme of the magazine

Second Draft of Cover

Contents First Draft

I wanted to keep my house style very minimal, continuing from my cover, and the magazines I looked at during research. I did this by using a fair amount of white space to separate my images, articles and title; making it easy to view. However I feel that because of this generous white space, this has caused the two columns to merge, as it isn't very clear where the columns finish and end. To amend this I'll look at changing the layout of the page, or alternatively using a line/box in between the columns. I used the images I have to give a good colour continuation, so the images work well together. Furthermore to continue with the house style I've used the same font for the articles as I have on the cover page, to give a cohesive feel to the magazine as a whole.

Critical Evaluation of First Draft of Front cover

I wanted to create a minimal easy to read cover that doesn't use clashing colours. I have achieved this by keeping the colours to black white or grey, along with this the cover image uses soft colouring. Also using a sans serif font keeps with the modern styling of the magazine, along with its content and genre. Furthermore the sans serif font makes it more readable, in the large font.

With the cover image I followed the convention of having a model from a mid-shot facing down the camera, however the image is quite stylised as I wanted the magazine to be fairly sophisticated and art involved; so I chose interesting lighting and a minimalistic background. Although when I printed the image for displaying, the cover image was quite dark and hard to distinguish the models features, so in the second version of my front cover I will need to change the brightness of the image. Furthermore if the image was brighter I think it would make the masthead stand out even better; along with this i will need to add a price and date to the magazine, I'll do this on the banner of the masthead.

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About Me

Hello, I'm James. I'm currently at City College studying my A-levels. This blog in particular is for my Media course. I'm interested in magazine and website design, and also photography.

Hope you some what enjoy my blog, 

James.