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Mob Magazine Reader Profile

Evaluation - Question 2

The pink and yellow colour scheme used links to the alternative genre of the magazine but also associates with the sex pistols, a group of young rebellious artists that were a real showcase of what music is capable of and inspiring others to do the same being part of a whole wave of the punk culture in Britain.

I felt that using this colour scheme inspires the young target audience that are mostly likely in the E category of the demographic scale, still in education. A shared common experience is teenagers hearing of how their parents went

through the great ‘phases’ when they were at college or university but those that are also describes as the best years of their life.

My magazine is purposely put at a low cost as those inside the E category do not generally have large amounts of disposable income as they are still in education. Therefore, I priced my magazine around £2, a happy medium between a low quality 50p magazine, written poorly with the majority of pages being meaningless advertisements, and a high quality £5 magazine, printed on more expensive materials, glossy cover and written by high paid, renowned writers.

Furthermore, the magazine aims to only have around 35-40 pages, making it a seemingly short magazine. This is because my target audience are likely to still be in college/university and will therefore already struggle to find the time to finish all of their work never mind have spare time to read a magazine. Therefore MOB magazine aims to keep news short and snappy, with finely tuned articles that deliver all of the information needed in not too many words. Furthermore generally speaking, college students aren’t likely to want to read pages upon pages of anything even if it’s about something they are interested in, therefore it is not necessary to print all of these extra pages with such a low percentage of the target audience that would read them.

Famously, record shops when in their prime were meeting places for the younger kids, turning up, saving their money and speaking to people that share similar tastes in music, and being recommended music by the connoisseurs that were the record shop owners. I wanted to create this idea but in a modern concept of a magazine, featuring both underground and popular artists that readers could discover and find out information about artists that they may never have heard about yet could go on to be one of their favourites.

The reader profiles I looked at were NME and MOJO magazine, both magazines that don’t quite represent the mainstream music industry but mostly artists of an ‘alternative’ genre in some way or another which is similar to mine. From the two, I found that the age range can vary for this genre of music, with NME featuring new and upcoming artists as well as their inspirations in the form of older, classic bands and this appealed to a much younger audience. MOJO however generally appealed to a much older audience that are in full time employment with a regular income. This means that they can afford to spend a

little extra on a higher quality of magazine with MOJO being more expensive than the average music magazine. The content of MOJO was however the much older classic artists like for example the likes of Paul Weller and The Jam.

Evaluation - Question 1

Double Page Spread - Final

Double Page Spread Draft 2

In this draft I experimented with having all of the text across the bottom of the page while including two images on top.

Double Page Spread Draft 1

This is my first draft for my double page spread, the image ensures there is continuity across the two pages and I felt that it also looks effective as it looks like the model is touching the words that he has spoken.

Both fonts for the 'it feels like im backwards' and the artist's name 'DeBouuy' are from dafont.com
I found both fonts under the 'groovy' section of fonts and I felt this ensured that the alternative genre of both the artist and the magazine were kept obvious.

Final Contents Page - Edited For Feedback

Peer feedback - Rebecca Ives

My original inspiration for the contents page was MOJO magazine that conventionally have their MOJO logo printed across the top of the page in the centre with only one image of an artist along the right like the contents pages I annotated in my research into exisitng products. However, I will add two more pictures to the contents page, include the artist name for the model on the right of the page and change the layout to make the contents page look more conventional.

Final Contents Page

I changed the colour of the message from the editor and the box around it to the same as the contents list and also changed the colour of the subscription box against the colours to make it stand out. Finally, I decided to use the two images of Luke behind each other to represent him as an individualistic artist to fit with the genre of my magazine.

Contents Page Draft 4

I added an advertisement for a subscription opportunity in the magazine that is fairly conventional to see in a music magazine contents page. I also added a full black background for the contents list, I feel this looked more effective then seperate boxes. Also, I centralised the masthead and moved the contents back down above the list.

Draft 3

Here I put different coloured boxes behind the letter in the word contents, making the word stand out and to give it a more alternative look to it. I also placed a hue/saturation effect over the image of Luke that already had a negative effect onto it. 

Draft 2

My teacher Becky recommended putting boxes around the text for the stories. I felt this looked much more effective then simply having it over the wall in the background, the text looks much more clear. Also I moved the word 'CONTENTS' to above the dotted line, making the layout fit to a much more conventional look for a contents page.

Draft Process - Contents Page

Added the title from my front cover.

Applied a style similar to that of MOJO magazine with dotted lines underneath the title. 

Applied the desired background to the page. Then put the original image of classmate Luke posing as artist 'BOLTSXX' onto the page.

Applied black and white filter to make the text/colours stand out. 

Applied effect to a duplicate layer of Luke. 

Played with idea of Luke having multi-coloured shadow.

Put in the stories and page reference numbers for the actual contents.
Added box where I will put the message from the editor.

Re-added the duplicate layer of Luke.

Started to write the message from the editor and added a photo of friend Ronan posing as the editor.

Changed the colour of text in the message from the editor to fit the colour scheme. 

Final Front Cover

This is my final front cover after I made the changes recommended by my teacher Rebecca Ives. The changes I made where just to the colour scheme, changing the orange that was in the masthead to match the pink and yellow colours I used on the rest of the cover. 

The three colour scheme is now pink, yellow and grey. This is not conventional to magazine front covers of any genre however I feel this connotes the alternative style that I want my magazine to acquire.

Feedback - Teacher Rebecca Ives

This is the feedback I received from my teacher, Rebecca Ives. There are re-occurring comments from my peer feedback like a good layout and that I need to consider the colour scheme. This I will take into consideration when constructing my contents page and double page spread and I feel this will help me on my way to creating a much more professional looking magazine. 

Peer Feedback Comments

I feel that the comments that I have recieved have been very useful and I feel they will help me when creating covers in the future and for my contents page and double page spread. I should ensure that there are no areas on the cover that seem empty as a re-occuring comment was the right hand side of my cover looked empty. Furthermore, I need to ensure that the colours that I include do not look too bright also. 

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Feed Back

Ellie Broughton

The work you have done is fantastic and I can tell you have worked really hard and have a lot of extra work which is excellent. On your front page I like the colour scheme and the way your model is wearing a mask and how it has been edited is really cool. The only improvements I could suggest would be adding coverlines to the right hands side of your magazine.

Feedback

Becky Marrow

The work you've done so far is up to a good standard and I can see the process before you completed your first draft really well, I also think the way you have commented on some of your drafts shows you've worked hard.

Your final draft is eye-catching and the colours match each other, the bands you've mentioned on your cover lines and your main artists also fit the music genre of your magazine. Overall it looks very conventional and professional.

To improve I would feature more cover lines down the right hand side of your cover as it seems a little empty

Feedback

I think your blog is looking good so far, I think the work you have done is at a good standard. I think all 3 of your drafts are very different, and the colours you have used work well together. The image you have used is interesting and the different ways you've edited it make the image look totally different. I think your font stands out and is easy to read from a distance. Think your plan on your progress has loads of information, and you've explained each step you have done well. You have explained your sources and the reasoning on why you've changed the things you have. I don't think many things have to be changed or anything more should be done.

Emma Barker

Peer Feedback by Amelia R

The blog looks good because it has met all of the requrements that were set. Also the colour scheme matches the colours of the front cover mock ups which is cool.

I think that the front cover is great because the coulours are attractive and eyecatching and it looks life a professional magazine.

I think it could be improved by changing the colour the bar at the bottom because it looks a little too bright.