Analysis Of My Music Magazine

Daniel Palmer

In this PowerPoint I will be analysing all three pieces of work I have made for my music magazine, from the Front cover to the contents page and also the double page spread. I will not only look at the colour schemes and layout I have chosen to use but also the content that I have put inside each page of the project.

Here are the pictures of each of my pieces of work for you to look at to start off with

Front Cover

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Front CoverFor my magazine, I chose to use a specific group of colours. I chose the colours, red, blue and black because I wanted to stick to the type of colours other magazines have used and I know that it is a successful choice of colours. Also I wanted to use the yellow to make it stick out and to give it a unique point to it.

For the picture I have chosen to use, I picked it because I felt that I needed a picture that showed the person I was going to use in my double page spread and also I wanted a bold and sharp image to make the reader drawn toward the magazine.

In my Front cover, I have also added circles in it to give important information across to the reader and also it makes it stand out and I think attracts the reader to want to read the magazine and find out what is inside.

The Font that I have used is one which I got off the internet and I chose it because I needed one that looked modern and also easy to read and I thought this font style did just that.

Analysis of Front Cover

I think my front cover works well and I am pleased with what I have achieved. However I do feel that there are some criticisms that could be made about my magazine front cover though. I feel that the front cover does look a bit amateurish and that it may not have the desired final effects that I wanted to give it to look like a proper magazine front cover. I think that the main areas where this is the case is in the font and also the shapes on the page as they stick out away from the front cover and don’t really tie in well with it. I think my colour scheme works well and even though I have chose to have a plain background, unlike most magazines, I think it has worked well and doesn’t look too bad.

Contents PageFor my contents page, I chose the same background as my Front cover and also used the same colours in the contents page as I wanted it to have the same colour scheme.

I have used a red text box to have the information of my contents placed inside. I had a look at different styles that I could have I thought that this particular style was interesting and brought an interesting colour to it but also didn’t look out of place.

I chose to have these pictures in my contents page because as they give more colour to the page.

Analysis of Contents page

I think my contents page has worked well and I am happy with the way that the contents page and the front cover look together because they do in my opinion look as if they are from the same magazine. Although like with my Front cover, I do have a few criticisms and areas of improvement for my contents page. I would have liked to of had some pictures on it of actual bands performing because I think that those photos are better than staged photos. Another criticism is that I think the contents page looks a bit weak altogether and there is no real strong pull for someone to read it and also there is nothing on it to pull you in. It could be said that it too has an amateurish feel to it and doesn’t look like a “finished product”.

Double Page Spread I chose to have a black and white background so that it is dramatic and so that all the other colours on the page stand out.

I chose to use the colours red and blue to keep the colour scheme running through and also I thought that the blue and red sticks out from the background. I also think it makes the text clear and easy to read.

For the picture, I wanted again to have one of the music artist and so I chose to have a single image that is clear and also cold be argued to do with the theme of turning away from one thing. I think this picture is bold and simple so works well.

Analysis of Double Page Spread

Overall, my double page spread is what I am most pleased about in this project. I really like the style of it and the way it has been laid out. I think out of all of the pages, this looks most like a finished piece of work. What I like about the page is that I like the background which is in black and white because I think it makes the page look dramatic and also that I think along with the colour of the writing, makes the page look good. I personally like the way that I have used two different colours for the questions and answers in the text because it makes the page feel more colourful and also the red and blue work well together. I feel that the picture on this page could be improved and I could have done more work in trying to incorporate it onto the page better.