Final Overview of Magazine

What went well:

• One thing that went well with my magazine pages is the colour scheme throughout it. The colours i chose really contrasted well together and made my magazine look effective and professional.

• Another thing that I have done well throughout my magazine pages is kept the brand identify going. I have put the brand identify of every page I did to link the magazine pages together and so that it looks professional.

• My cover lines and my splash I have on my front cover are good stores that are suitable or my target audience and would bring people into reading my magazine therefore making my magazine successful. 

• Another thing i did well is the photos I uploaded on all my pages. they all related well to my stories and looked really effective and professional

Improvements:

• I thing that didn't wok well is the stars and music notes on my front cover made my magazine look immature and tacky and would put people off buying it. Therefore my magazine doesn't appeal to my beginning age range I thought it would so I had to change it half way through which wasn't very professional.

• Another thing that didn't work well was my article on my double page spread wasn't entertaining enough, it was heavy blocked text which my target audience wouldn't want to read and if they did they'd give up half way through because its boring. I needed my article to hold my targets audience attention wanting them to read more, it didn't do this.

• I didn't think my use of space was very well. From my research I found out that pop magazines are busy and full of content whereas mine had a lot of white spaces and not a lot of content which is the opposite to normal.

• Another thing that wasn't successful was my pug in the top right hand corner. It looked very unprofessional and wouldn't grab my audiences eye like I wanted it to. It was to simple and boring.

Overall:
Overall I think my magazine looked effective and like a pop magazine, but looked like it was target for a much younger audience than I'd planed at the beginning. But it looked like a very professional well planned pop magazine. My magazine ported and symbolised my genre very well. 

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Time Management

Time management- At the moment I am Behind schedule! I have finished my audience feedback for my magazine and improved it. I have also posted all my final pages of my magazine. Know I will Upload my evaluation questions 1-7 then I shall be done.

My Final Double Page Spread

My Final Contents Page

My Final Front Cover

Audience Feeback

To get audience feedback on my final draft of my pop magazine pages I chose to use the media software Facebook! I chose this because it's a software where most my target audience would be on it and using it everyday. This means I could ask a lot of people in there teens!

I tried to target my magazine at mainly girls but i added elements so that it would appeal to boys as well. Therefore because I want it to appeal to both sexes I asked one girl and one boy. I asked Liam Evans a 17 year old boy, who loves pop music and reads others magazines like sports magazines and says he would read a pop magazine if there was one targeted at his age group. He's a very created fun bubbly person and is the type of male i'd expect to read my magazine. I also asked helen reynolds who is 15 years old, a very created girl who loves pop music, fashion and her friends and family are her everything. She loves reading gossip magazines therefore she as well would be who I expect would read my magazine.

First I made my own group and told everyone briefly what this is for and explained what they could do!

Then I had to wait for my audience to send me feedback on my pages!

This was Liam Evans feedback to my pages! 

Liam thought my pages suited my genre very well and all the pages were clearly linked throughout. Liam thought my front cover was very good and loved the posters I had on it. But Liam thought that because of the stars and music notes that the target audience was too old for who was music magazine was aimed at, therefore suggested I should make my music magazine have a younger target audience. Liam thought I had all the essential factors of a contents page and that it was easy to follow and understand. Although he did suggest that I made the main headline "get the goss.." bigger! He liked the layout of my Double page spread and thought it was very stereotypical for my genre. He also thought that my 'Kate Reynolds' banner should be completely straight, putting it on the straight looked weird and untidy.

This was Helen Reynolds feedback on my pages!

Helen thought that was magazine pages were very stereotypical for both my genre and a music magazine. She also like that I'd used my brand identify on every page to link them all in toghther. Helen liked my free posters inside and also thought my colour scheme was very effective and worked well toghther. She thought the stars and music note did not look tacky because it linked in with the splash well. Helen also agreed that my magazine should be targeted at a younger age that I'd planned in the Beginning. She thought my contents page was very easy to follow and had all key feature on it. She thought the layout of my double page spread was very good but agreed with Liam and the 'Kate Reynolds' banner needing to be straight.

Time Management

Time management- I am now up to date, I have finished my final draft of my magazine. Know I have to get audience feedback for my magazine so I can improve it. Then I shall start my evaluation draft.

Nearly Finished Double Page Spread

I have now added my interview and separated it all even between my columns. I only have three left to do before it is fished. These things are changing the font and colour of the text to be more suitable to be in a pop magazine. Also I haven't straightened up the Kate Reynolds banner yet because my peer feedback told me it would look better straight. 

Draft Interveiw

Thanks for joining us today Kate at “Listen Look Love it”, we are just so happy to have you here with us today. Has the reality of wining the Xfactor sunk in yet?

Thank you so much for having me at “Look Listen Love it” it means so much. I have read this magazine since I was about 13! Its my favourite magazine and no, I still can’t believe I'm the 2014 winning of the Xfactor!!

You have an absolutely amazing voice, the whole country agrees obviously because they all voted for you, where did your singing career all start?

I would just like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has voted for me in my factor journey. I appreciate every single vote and love you all for making my dreams come true. My dad plays piano so ever since I can remember I've been singing along with him, the first time I sang in front of a crowd was at my local pub for a bit of fun and ever since I've just dreamed of being a proper singing/writing pop artist. 

You went through a lot in xfactor, you were in the bottom two at one stage but that didn't stop you fighting. In the whole experience what was your best part of xfactor?

Yes i was in the bottom two once and I can always remember my family saying in the past “if your in the bottom two once, you’ll never win it”. Haha well I've proved them wrong! Hmmm my best part would obviously be when I was announced the winner because it proves to all the readers that if you work hard enough dreams really do come true! 

We hear you got on with nearly all the contestants in the show, who was your favourite?

All the contestants in factor this year was so lovely and loads deserve to become really successful and they made my experience even better. But my favourite just has to be Lauren Duthie, she's just so lovely to everyone and she’s a real joy to be around. The girls amazing and sings her heart out, she deserves success in my eyes.

Even though we at “Listen Look Love it” are massive fans of your talented voice. Can you explain for our readers what sort of artist you are?

Thank you so much hearing that your a fan is just amazing! hmm how would I describe myself as a artist. Im not very serious so my songs are cheerful and I try to write my songs on a experience in my life. Im a young pop artist who is energetic and wild. Although I have big plans in the future to expand my range.

You say you’ve got big plans for the future, could you give us a sneak peak?

Well Im not sure yet because I've only just started to practise but I'm going to try some country music because thats what I use to sing with my dad. But I'm not giving pop music up that will be my main style, just going to try a bit of country on the side.

You said you use to do country with your dad, are you going to be doing some songs with him?

Yes actually I have persuaded him to play the piano in my new country song I'm working on. Its no where near finished but its going to be awesome when its done.

Writing songs is a hard challenge! Rumours say the last song you sang on xfactor you wrote, is this true? If so how does it feel to know one of your own songs was so amazing that you won the whole show?

Yes I did use one of my own songs in the finals. It was a risk I'm willing to take because when I become a pop artist and get a number one single I want to be the real me and I just feel like if I didn't use my own songs it wouldn't be me. It just feels so unbelievable to think that so many people loved my song so much they voted for me and I won. I would just like to thank every single one of my fans again.

Thank you so much Kate Reynolds for coming to speak to us at “Listen Look Love it” today, its been a pleasure talking to you. You’ve been a great contestant and we wish you the best for the future!

Thank you for talking to me and again for all the votes- I still have a sneaky read through my sisters copy of “Look Listen Love it” every week and it will be a big thrill to see my name in the mag!

Development to my Double Page Spread

I have added a medium long shot image of me doing a stereotypical pop girl pose. When i did my research into pop magazines, I found out that on the right hand side of an interview there is always a picture of the celeb with a white background. I have still used my same colour scheme with the pink Kate Reynolds banner and the blue under description to the picture. I needed a picture to fill that space so I thought id make the picture relate to what the interviews about, therefore I used a up close photo of my face to determine to show that I was determine to win the show. I have layer out where my text is going to be and just have to put it in know. Also I added the magazine masthead so it relates to the other pages. Then I asked my peers to give e some feedback..

1. Is the layout of my double page spread stereotypical for a pop magazine?

Yes I think the layout is very effective and stereotypical for a pop magazine, Your layout connotes youthfulness and brightfulness which will suit pop girls. One thing you could improve is put the Kate Reynolds banner straight because it looks random randomly being slightly tilted up.

2. Is there anything else you'd change?

No but i think there needs to be more blue to the double page spread to even out the pink and blue. 

Double Page Spread Photoshoot

In this photo shoot I set my camera on a timer and took pictures of myself against a white wall so it was easy to edit a plain white background. I tried to do different stereotypical pop girl poses so it relates to them and is realistic to what would be in a real professional pop magazine.

Nearly Finished Contents Page

I have now nearly completed my contents page. I have added all the page references and information and have put on all the stereotypical things a pop magazine contents page would have. The only thing I have left to do is proof read it all and add a page number to the bottom of the page because this makes my contents page realistic and professional. 

Development of my Content Page

I have listened to my feedback and development my contents page even more. I have added another photo to the right hand side which has made it look better and more stereotypical for a pop magazine. Also I have filled the blank space with the picture of a front cover and page numbers attacked to the cover lines. This is a away of linking the two together but also this is qwerky and would be seen in a pop magazine. The only things I have left to do know is just put the page numbers on my photos and fill in the page number and whats on what pages. Also I will add a page number as this makes my magazine realistic.

Development to my Contents Page

I have now started to development my contents page. I have added my photos across the right hand side, I think these photos are effective and very stereotypical for a pop magazine. I have started to layout where my cover lines are going to be. I have chosen to categorise it so my contents page is easy to follow. I have still put the magazine logo in the top left hand corner just so its clear it belongs with the front cover. Know i just have to add my text and page numbers. Also i have got to fill the blank space above my text.

I asked my peers some questions to get there feedback.

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1. Do the photos look effective up the right hand side?

Yes the photos you have used are very stereotypical for your target audience. But pop magazine are very busy and I think there is too much space around your photos, maybe you could squish them up and add another one.

2. do you like that I have separated my text into sections?

Yes your sections are very effective and are all relevant to pop teen girls. This will make the magazine easy to follow which will suit your target audience as at there age they will want it to be easy to follow.

3. Do you like how I used slang instead of using contents page? 

I think your use of slang is very relevant to your target audience and improves your contents page. Teens use slang in a day to day basis therefore when they read a magazine for fun they will want it to be easy to read which slang for them is.

Photo Shoot For My Contents Page

For my contents page I did loads of little photo shoots. This is because pictures in contents pages can't all be the same because thats not realistic and won't look as effective! 

 

The first one I did was on my own with my camera and a tripod. I set the camera on a timer and took a lot of photos. I wanted to get a photo that was a teen girl pose, because of this I choose to use the last one because I think this is the most stereotypical pose for a pop artist!

The next one I took on a timer as well, this is because me and my friends were about to go out so before we went I took a photo. I think this photo is good because of the long dresses are likely to catch the teen girls eyes.

The Next one I took myself and took a long shot of all my brothers together. I chose to do this photo because teen girls love boy bands, therefore I thought the picture of the three boys together would portray a boy band.

The next one I took myself again. This photo is because I needed a Photo to put with my text in my double page spread. So I used a close shot of my face which looks determine because I was determine to win the show.

Time Management

Time management- I am a little behind target at the moment, I should have moved onto my front cover my know. I have nearly finished my front cover then I will start on the design work for my contents page so then I'm back on my target.

Nearly Finished Front Cover

My final front cover is nearly finished. As you can see I have added in my main central image and the splash to go with it! I Have also changed the puff to a better shape. I have listened to my audience feedback and have made space down the bottom for a barcode and made it so the posters don't take up to much room. Also I have centralised the writing in the puff which my audience feedback told me would make it more effective.

I have 3 things left to do before finishing my front cover, these things are;

1. Since I placed my main central image, I think I have to many blank white spaces around my magazine. In my research and analysis into other pop magazine I found out that pop magazines are crowded therefore don't have white blank spaces. This means to make my magazine front cover to be a success I will have to fill the blank spaces
2. Another thing is that my puff up the top isn't in the right place. It needs to be centred in the space in the top right hand corner. 
3. The last thing is that the 'Kate Reynolds' on the slash is hidden a bit by the cover line there so I will need the move the splash a little to the left.