Hype Evaluation

Today is the end of my project. I finally presented my evaluation to an audience.

Target Audience Evaluation

What attracted my target audience to my Front Cover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs_BpDHNBM4

Final Product

Day before deadline

Today I have added my new photos to my magazine. I am really pleased with the quality of them and the colours match my pink colour scheme perfectly. Today I ensured everything was looking neat, and all fonts were consistent in size. I made sure the article columns were the same length. I made sure that BELLA CRUZ and hype stood out boldly from the rest of the text. I decided to fill my contents page with images, not leaving any blank spaces.

Final Photoshoot

Here are the photos from my final photo shoot. I did Emily's make up to match my colour scheme, and dressed her appropriately to match the colour scheme.

Model Change

I have decided to use a new model for my magazine because I feel that I need someone who looks older as it will represent mainstream singer song writer artists better. I will be photographing my new model on Saturday and hopefully uploading the photos on Monday when I come in to school. I need to take a close up for my contents page (focusing on her eyes, using bright pink make up) , a mid shot for my front cover (recreating the my current front cover photo but leaving less space above her head, and using a blue background, dressing her in pink)  and a long shot for my double page spread (either with a blue or white background, using lots of accessories so that she stands out).

Double Page Spread comparison

After comparing my double page spread with another double page spread from Q I have decided that my layout does not meet the house style that I am trying to go for. I have decided to change the image so that it is taken portrait and only takes up one side of my spread. I will then have a white background on the right hand side. I will make my drop capital larger and add my house colour (pink) in a background box behind it so that it stands out. To add to that, I will remove the circle from behind my quote

Here are some of the improvements I have made, my next step is to take the new image.

Front Cover Comparison

After looking back at my front cover research, I have decided to remove the bars around my 14 artists' names to match my house style.Furthermore more Q's covers don't use boxes behind their stories, so I will remove the pink and white boxes The artists on Q are not as low as my model is on the cover; therefore at my next photo shoot I will ensure there is less space above the models head. There are also different fonts used for different stories, so I will change this on my cover to best fit the mainstream genre. Also, I will add a circle behind the '50 album reviews of the month' because this is what Q tend to do and like the Lana Del Rey cover i will tilt the text side ways.

Here are some of my changes so far after comparing my front cover to some Q front covers.

Contents Comparison

Here is my Contents Page so far, after comparing it to a Q contents page I have decided to change the numbers to white and the squares to pink. I will move the 'features' text above the i
mage instead of having it over lap it. To add to that I will put a blue circle behind the issue number. I will also make my contents title smaller. Here are my improvements:

Contents Photo Shoot

Peer Feedback

From my peer feedback I know that the colour scheme works well for my target audience and dressing my model in different costumes is something I need to continue doing for my fourth photo shoot. The line separators on my double page spread had positive feedback so I will be keeping them.
For my improvements I know that the boxes on the front cover need to cover less of the model, I could perhaps make them transparent. I need to take a close up and long shot for my contents page so that I have a variety of shots.

Third Photo Shoot

Here are some images taken from my third photo shoot. After adding them to my magazine I have decided that I will be using a different model for my fourth photo shoot because I feel that I need someone who looks older to best represent mainstream singer songwriter music. I will be taking two more studio shots, dressed in pink with bolder make up, as this reflects my research better.

Magazine Improvements 2

Third photo shoot plan

I have booked the studio for Monday to take my front cover image. My model Phoebe will wear a pink bomber jacket, black vest top, silver choker, pink eye make up and pink lipstick; this will match my colour scheme. I want to achieve a midshot image of her looking directly into the camera with her hands on her hips, pulling a fun posey face. I want to achieve this image but ensure the camera is properly focused, and leave less space above her head so she is more centralised.

 Next, I have decided to photograph Phoebe for my double page spread but in a stage setting as it fits the article better. I will re costume her in to a new dress and recreate this image I have already taken:

I also plan to photograph my second model Brooke for my contents page. I want to achieve a close up, focusing on her eyes and lips. Here are some images I will be basing my photograph on:

Next, I will photograph my third model Jonny for the contents page. I want to take a shot on stage to look like he is in a tour type of setting. I want to achieve a long shot of him standing on stage. I want to create an image with a similar pose to my research below:

Second Photo shoot

Here are the photos from my second photo shoot. I am happy with them but unfortunately some are out of focus so I will have to do the shoot again.