Evaluation Question 1

1. I used a colour scheme of 3-4 colours which is very specific and I believe, makes the magazine more professional. My magazine also included a date and barcode which is a very generic convention in addition to some brief information I used on the inside contents. My contents page had a very clear title at the top alongside the issue number and date of the magazine

2. My double page spread used a large title of the artist’s name which was very bold. I organised the text into two columns which made the layout look very professional and readable, whilst within the columns I used an enlarged quote to interest the reader. Lastly I used a picture of the artist which took over a whole a4 page.

3. I believe that I challenged some forms and conventions within my magazine. Firstly whilst doing my initial research, I discovered that many of the indie magazines that I was aiming my target audience at were based around a colour scheme of normally black and red or black and white. I decided to go for a different colour scheme as I wanted my magazine to be individual and easily recognised

4. I believe another convention that I challenge within my magazine is that the picture on my double page spread only takes up half of it, whereas in the magazines I was researching initially, the majority of pictures were spread over both pages behind the text.

5. Throughout my magazine I used some generic forms and conventions from the magazines that I researched initially. My front cover uses a dominating picture of the artist which is positioned in the centre alongside a prominent masthead which is easily recognisable.

6. The page also included page numbers with the different articles which made the magazine layout easy to understand and navigate to. I also used two pictures of the different artists featuring in my magazine as they were the main focus of the particular issue.