Feedback from class on contents page

From this feedback, i will edit the title and make it more eye catching as i agree that it doesn't stand out as much as it could.

Double page spread - How it meets the audience needs and how i designed it

My double page spread meets the audience needs as it is all very clear and understandable and set out in a professional way. I have kept the red colour scheme yet again throughout this as well. By using red text for the questions in the interview and the pull quote on the right hand side page. I also made sure to use alternative fonts to make it look interesting and worth reading. Also by having spaces between each question and answer makes it look like less to read which will intrigue more people to want to read it. Yet again, on the main image has still got that pink tint which relates to the primary audience as pink is associated with females. Also the colour red isn't associated with either particular gender, so this will work with my primary and secondary audiences. 

I created the effect of the images being a mirror image by swapping the way it is facing and matching the images up in the crease of the double pages. Also i put both the opening and ending paragraphs in lucida handwriting font, making it look posh and keeping them both relatively the same as they do the same thing but different. I alternated the fonts all over the double pages to keep it interesting all the way through and to keep the audience interested. Also i made sure to make the red pull quote the most eye catching as this is what will intrigue the audience to want to read more about the article. Keeping the logo again near the bottom of the page, indicating the magazine is unique and that is how it will be known. I filled in the space on the right hand page at the bottom, by adding ways to follow the duo through social networking sites. These logos are also known all over the world and mostly by teenagers and will surly attract attention as people will want to know what they can find out within the internet. Also as i added the black arrow with 'this week' inside of it, also will be on each page. I kept 'The gogos go for it' in more of a posh font to create a formal effect and i also made it bigger than any other text which made it eye catching. Also as its places across the width of the page as the article is set in columns also makes it stand out that bit more as it isn't the same as the rest of the page.  Also keeping the strip lines the same pattern and colour creates originality and keeps the page intact between both sides. 

Contents page - How it meets the audience needs and how i designed it

My contents page meets the audience' needs as it has enough information for the audience to clear see what is inside of the magazine. Also as i added in a few choices of images down the side to relate to the information of the page closest to it. To make it more understandable i added numbers of the pages onto the side of each image. Also the continuous use of the dark red and white text on the dark background keeps it very clear and all the text stands out. Choosing the most effective colours was important as the audience needs to be able to clearly see and read the text.

Firstly, the image i choose for the contents page involves a lot more eye contact from the models which can make it feel more personal to the audience. Also i kept the pink tint, which relates to the primary audience of teenage females. With the masthead i chose to make the shape of the text drop down in the middle of the word, as the image mainly to each side of the page. Also i made sure to  keep the issue date and the magazine logo present on the page to make it more unique. I thought by doing this will make the magazines logo and colour scheme well known and when it is seen people will know the name automatically. 
More over, i added a grey bar and changed the opacity making sure the background image was still visible through it. In this i added the page numbers and the title and information of the main article. As it being in this different coloured bar, it made it look like the most important part of information on the full page. However, underneath this i added white lines to put each section of the contents into different columns, separating the text making it a lot more clear to read.  I made to smaller boxes to put in the names of each column, making it noticeable what each one is. Another thing i chose to do was add images that related to a few of the page titles. Some of the images didn't match up correctly which made it a bit confusing, so i decided to add the specific page number of the title on the certain image, making it a lot more clear to the audience. By making the small section of the information about each page title red, created contrast against the white titles, especially against the black background. 

Improvements to double page spread

After i got more feedback from my teacher, i made some more improvements to my double page spread. Firstly i moved 'the gogos go for it' from the left hand page, up to the top of the right hand page as i thought the pull quote on the left was enough to attract the audiences attention. Moving this made the right hand page look more like it had an important title to it and looked a lot more eye catching to the article. Also instead of having a small paragraph briefly explaining the interview, i changed it into having a big paragraph over the length of the top of the page before the article starts. In the paragraph i also added more detail about the band, giving more of a clear understanding about who the article is about before it's being read. By doing this, meant i had to make the font smaller Another thing i changed was the colour of the questions being asked in the article. I changed the colour from black to a dark red which has been used throughout the other pages of the magazine. This also makes the questions stand out more and the parts of important information in the last ending paragraph to conclude  the full article. I think the changed i have made have made big improvements and is close to being my final version. 

Changes made to contents page

I made more changes to my contents page. Firstly i replaced the bullet points for lines, separating the two sections and titles. I thought this looked more eye catching and made the text not look so close together. I also added my magazine logo and the issue number in the top two corners, making it more unique. Also on the images down the side, i added which page number they relate too, making it a lot more understandable which picture goes with which piece of text. Another thing i changed was, i added more text about the 'new pop duo' to fill in the rest of the bar and give the audience more information. The changes i made are effective and add more interest to the page. 

Front page - How it meets the audience needs and how I designed it

My front page meets the audience needs as all the text differs and looks interesting. Also the use of different colours to create more emphasis on different parts of text so they stand out. Further more, the choice of sticking to red, white and black colours, which all stand out on which ever one is the background at the time. The information meets the audience' needs as the puffs are clearly understandable and entice the audience to want to buy the magazine and read the articles which are advertised on the front cover. The main image also meets the audience' needs as the poses the models are doing are more directed to females as of the fashion, make up etc. Also by having one of the models using direct eye contact with the audience, it makes it more likely for it to draw the audiences attention to read the font cover. By using different selection of text font, colour and size makes it a lot more interesting to look at meaning that it's more likely to be read. Also making the issue number, date and price big enough for the audience to clearly find and understand as this needs to be seen to inform the audience about this information. 

I designed it by taking the front cover image and placing the masthead over the top as it shows that the models in the image are a big part of the magazine. I made sure not to cover the faces of the models. I kept the puffs to each side of the image and placed a pull quote from the main article inside the magazine nearer the centre as it's the main part of information. More over, i choose the most interesting pull quote from the article, as it would make the audience want to read about what the quote is about, proving it must be important if it's the biggest puff on the page. I also placed some of the text into a box, to make it different to every other bit of text that is just placed simply onto the page. In the box i then again changed the font throughout the piece of text. I choose to make the main part bigger and more eye catching, that part being 'same love'. Also by keeping the same house style throughout, keeping it looking professional and organised, as it wouldn't appeal to people if the page looked too busy and messy so it wasn't understandable. 

Changes to contents page

The things that i changed in this version are as follows. Firstly i put the titles 'features' and 'news' into boxes instead of being underlined, making it stand out a lot more than before. Another thing i changed was the colour of the text underneath the page titles, which give a brief explanation of what that page is about, also changing it to red made it a lot more clear to read. Having this text a different colour to the page titles make it a lot more clear which part is which and is more understandable. I also added images down the right hand side, relating to the text closest to it to make it look more interesting and appealing to the target audience.                      

Changes to double page spread after feedback

After the feedback i got from my class mates i took one of the problems into consideration. I filled in the gap underneath the pull quote on the left hand side. I filled it in with two logos, one which is Facebook and the other one Twitter. I then put in text of where to follow the duo on their journey to fame. I didn't change the font of the pull quote on the right hand side as i like it being a different font to any other on the page which makes it stand out a lot more and as it's a different colour, it intrigues the audience to want to read the article. I also made the text smaller in the article and spaced it out more to get more of a gap around the pull quote to give it it's own room. I also lined up the mirror image of the background's as that was pointed out that it wasn't aligned correctly.  

Second draft of contents page

This is my second draft of my contents page. This version is a lot more packed with different pages and more information which is very helpful for the audience. I kept the font in an easy to read font and kept it white so it clearly stands out on the background. This doesn't look like the stereotypical contents page you'd usually see, as its only set in two neat columns with a more important bar above them. The representation is a lot better in this version, as the main image isn't the first thing you see, the text is which is the main point to having the page. This also appeals to my primary audience as the main image       is carrying on the pink tint from the front cover. As pink appeals more to females than males. One of the things i changed was removing the 'features' below the masthead and moved it onto the top of the features column i created. I also made another column with the title 'news' to separate the different content in the magazine so it's easier to locate specific pages. As of these changes, i think my contents page looks a lot more professional and appealing to the audience.