Question 7Preliminary task through to Final Piece

Initial school magazine task;The first draft of this magazine was

created on publisher basically to show all of the different techniques that could be used later on for our final piece.

The magazine itself was basic and the colours did not compliment each other to create a well made copy.

This helped me to understand the layouts and colours that should be used to create a professional look when creating the front page of the magazine.

This could be changed by creating a cover image that acted as a back drop rather than little images that look basic on the blue background.

My final cover of the music magazine improved from the school magazine as I decided to use a background image that would cover and act as the colours rather than needing to create a separate background. This worked well creating the white space that is minimalist.

By adding a border at the bottom of the page it adds a professional feel and allows more room for advertisement.

The images of bands and the live performances were all taken by me at various gigs and the backing image was taking using a tripod.

The ‘Soundwave’ font creates an appearance to the magazine the reaffirms the genre within the magazine

The basic contents page for the initial task was like the front cover except there are less images and the writing stayed as one colour.

This would have to be changed because otherwise it would look too unprofessional

The page numbers do not link in with the letters and the bullet points are placed down one side of the page and looks like it should appear in a basic draft rather than a final piece of writing.

• I liked the layout of the contents title and added ‘SOUNDWAVE’ underneath it so that look is more professional and there is continuity between the cover page and the contents.

• I also kept the numbers that coincide with the column down the side of the page that links to a page, it appeared in all of my research magazines and I liked the idea of it in my media product.

• The images that range down the side of the page add a theme of the music genre with the bright colours and the idea of the audience.

• The bottom banner was another thing that I saw on my research products it added a professional look to the contents.

The double page spread follows much the same theme and colour scheme as the first two pages.

I like the light blue theme that is similar to the baby pink on the cover and the contents however it is still different to cover and adds an interesting tone.

• The article itself is spread over the two pages and is set out like a Q&A in blue and black to distinguish each part. I like this format because it appears in all magazines and adds a professional tone as well as taking one quote and adding it to the picture.