Question 7

What I think stands out the most on my final magazine when compared to my preliminary tasks is how there is so much more going on, on the page of my final design. Whereas on my first draft it looked very boring and didn't give enough information about was was inside the magazine itself. Secondly I think the final design is more eye catching than the first draft as there is a good variety of colours, on the first draft there wasn't enough however on the final design the amount was just right, not so much that the page looks like there's too much going on but also not so little that it doesn't stand out. I have learnt how to layout a magazine cover, contents and double page spread effectively, firstly my front cover has largely improved as I tooklargely into account the different types of layouts for example the E plan, Z plan and F plan. I decided to use a Z plan for my first draft because I felt that this was the most effective for my genre also a lot of NME magazine covers use this plan which is the magazine that I have been mostly influenced by. On my final draft I decided that there was not enough information on the front cover and it didn't stand out therefore I added a pull quote, band lists and a competition to win Kasabian tickets (a band that my target audience would listen to), another thing I have learned is that all the bands must be related to the same genre as your target audience because no one would like to buy a magazine that has one article on a band they like e.g. Stone Roses however the rest of it is about Jay Z, Jessie J and pop music which is completely different to Stone Roses.