What Makes A Good: Double Page Spread? Individual Post 12

What Makes A Good: Double Page Spread? Individual Post 12

Finally, from looking at my research especially from analysing what makes a good front cover, and contents, I went to look at what makes a good double page spread. From the previous blog post, I wanted to look at MixMag again so I can stay on topic, but I felt like by looking at Kerrang!'s contents, and ATM magazines front cover in contrary to this I want to draw out the similarities and things which make a good double page spread. Here are some of the points which I think make a good double page spread for a magazine, and i will be sure to include them if not be inspired to use the features within my own double page spread, and the other pages relating them to my research. To view the image, be sure to click on it to view it in full screen, or to view the video of the analysis below. 

What Makes A Good: Contents? Research - Individual Post 11

What Makes A Good: Contents? Research - Individual Post 11

Looking at my research, I wanted to see what makes a good contents page. I wanted to mix things up and look at a different genre of music magazine. In this I looked at Kerrang!'s magazine contents page. I wanted to draw out the similarities of that from a EDM magazine such as ATM Magazine and MixMag. Like my front cover, I want to make sure by looking at what makes a good contents so I can use the research I have found and implement that within my contents page also. To view the image, be sure to click on it to view it in full screen, or to view the video of the analysis below. 

What Makes A Good: Front Cover? Research - Individual Post 10

What Makes A Good: Front Cover? Research Individual Post 10

After looking at research and seeing the benefits of each part in magazines as a whole, I decided to look into what makes a good part of each section within a magazine. In this, I'm looking at what makes a good front cover. I've included some points which I think make a decent magazine front cover effective. With this research, i will make sure that i've implemented them within my own magazine, so that I can come out with the best possible outcome, so that the magazine itself is as effective as the ones which are distributed on the market today. To view the image, click on it, and also view the video down below. 

Photoshop Vs. InDesign - Individual Post 9

Photoshop Vs. InDesign - Individual Post 9

In this individual blog post, I wanted to go over the pro's and con's between the programs I have been using for my own magazine creation. I wanted to conduct research and see what makes both programs good and bad for the creation within a magazine, and overall design in general. Each program has their own features, some standing out from others and features which don't match to the other. But each program is as important as they other, so that they both must work in harmony and in an efficient manner for a stronger and better outcome for the creation of the magazine I am doing with both the front cover, contents and double page spread.

Here as you can see, I have made a list of the pro's and con's with both Photoshop and Indesign in a balanced way, both giving 4 pro's and 3 con's about each program. Although they are both essential for the creation of my magazine, I have to determine what to use when I need to do things so if I wanted to do image editing: Photoshop and if I wanted to do magazine layout: InDesign. To view the image at a bigger scale, simply click it. 

Questionnaire Results - Task 30

Questionnaire Results - Task 30

This blog entry is about the questionnaires I was asked to create from our media teachers about music magazines. This blog will be going over the results collected over the period of time the questionnaire had been put out for. With the questionnaire results, it gives me a great idea of what people want within a magazine or what they think is good or bad about a magazine in general, and by looking at the results I can implement them within my magazine, and have much more knowledge from people's perspective. Here are the results collated over the time the questionnaire has been up. I have also created a video displaying the results, and go over with what this research has taught me. 

Music Magazine (Front Cover) First Mock Up - Task 29

Music Magazine (Front Cover) First Mock Up - Task 29

Here is my first front cover mock up. I have named my magazine 'DRUM FUNK MAGAZINE'. With the research which went into my magazine , I really wanted to show that into my first mock up for the front cover. With myself doing the drum & bass genre, I really wanted to show that with this front cover so far. As this was a quick front cover, it has left patches for me to improve and work on, which I'll be looking forward to encounter and make better throughout my magazine design development.

Here is a video I made regarding the analysis and the creation of what went into this mock up. I decided to create yet another video because once again, I think this is the best way to get my ideas and thought processes out better. Once again, it did not take very long to structure this magazine front cover, so there will be spots to improve. Hope you enjoy! (For the image on the right, click to zoom in)

InDesign Magazine Mock Ups - Task 28

InDesign Magazine Mock Ups - Task 28

Since being introduced to InDesign, i wanted to get to grips in how I wanted to structure my magazine as a whole. Using the documents and the layouts which had been set up within InDesign in the previous blog post, I wanted to get an idea of where the contents of each page would go, and how it would be set out. I wanted to have the similarities drawn from the research I have made with the magazines I have used, so it flows well with the genre I have chosen and doesn't go off on a tangent.

Within this picture I have created, there are 3 layouts, with 4 pages being the front cover, the contents and the double page spread (covers 2 pages). I wanted to show simply where each part of the pages will go, and how the features will be covered with the pages. It gives me a rough idea of where I will put them, and gives me a better understanding without rushing straight into the design, as obviously we need an idea to feed off. Although these are the mock ups, it doesn't guarantee the features I have placed in the final designs will be there, but still a guide for me to look upon.