Front cover, Contents page, Double page spread

This is the completed magazine, I have changed the main image on the front cover to gain a more personal feel with the artist and I have added more images to the double page spread and contents page to add to the look of the magazine. I have edited the image on the front cover to remove some blemishes and writing on the wall that the picture was taken I did this using iPhoto. I have also added more text to the contents page and a banner including images down the bottom to show some of the information this and the next edition includes.

Questions for evaluation

Questions for evaluation

1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?

3) What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

4) Who would the audience for your media product be?

5) How did you attract/address your audience?

6) What have you learnt about technologies from the processes of constructing this product?

7) Looking back at your preliminary task, what did you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 

Changes to be made to the first edition

Front cover

I will be changing the image in the background of the front cover to an image where George is looking at the lense as this show more confidence and makes the rerader more involoved with the cover. I will be adding more text and information to make it look more proffesional and not so empty.

Double Page spread

I will be editing the picture on this page to get it to look more realistic and to change the contrast so that the background isnt so bright. I will add a banner down the bottom of the page that will contain more smaller images of goerge in various positions to give the reader my audionce a more intimate realationship with the artist when they are reading the magazine.

Contents page

I will be adding more page informatiopn to the contents page to give a more realistic feel to the layout of the magazine and I will also add some images that realate to this text and will edit these so that they blend in with the backgound and dont look like seperate images.

Once all of these changes are made and the second version is complete I will post this version onto the blog and then add and edit this edition to get the final version and comlpeted product.

Third photoshoot

Information on third photoshoot

I have decided to take a second photoshoot as the firstr images although were good didnt quite match or fit with the magazine as well as id have hoped. I have resot George Stroud with his guitar and this time he is lookling at the camera lense as I feel this type of posture shows a more comfident artist, rather than not looking at the lense he seams to be hiding or shy and this isnt what the conventuion for magazine covers are.

Questions for magazine expert

1. There is a wide range of colours on the front cover do these mach and is the yellow a good colour to use agains the white background?

2. On the double page spread the person playing the guitars strumming hand is slightly blurred as it was taken while he is playing is there a way to de blur this section of the image?

3. The image of the guitarist in the bottom of the contents page doesn't blend with the outer of the image is there in your opinion a better place to locate this image or a way to get it to sit in with the background image better?

4. Is there a way to locate or change the way the information is displayed upon the contents page to make it look more professional?

5. The circle with the competition on the front cover has two circles that don't match up properly, is there a way to get these to fit together or group them so that they fit better?

First edition of magazine draft one

Third photoshoot