Double page spread

Final contents page

This is my contents page.

Final front cover

This is my final front cover. I had made lots of draft front covers which helped me see which things I liked and disliked. I have changed many things: the plug is now yellow along with some of the more important text.

Evaluation- Question 1

These are the questions I have created when making an interview between the main feature artist and an interviewer. I have made the questions and answers as realistic as possible and I think I have achieved this, however I could have done another question to fill up space. I tried to make the questions as interesting as they could be by trying to delve into different subject topics such as the artists upcoming albums, personal life and how to deal with being famous.

This research of looking at the typical conventions of a pop magazine helped me produce my own front cover.

 The usual conventions of pop magazines are shown here.

This LIIAR (Language, Institution, Ideology, Audience and Representation) has allowed me to understand more of the different conventions pop magazines have. This is a LIIAR analysis of a front cover of a popular pop magazine 'We Love Pop.'

This is a LIIAR analysis of a pop contents page and I used this as inspiration for my own as I liked the conventions this magazine has.For example, the front cover is on the contents page and numbers are listed near it with the page numbers. I also took inspiration from the headers and the colourful boxes each section was in.

This is the final LIIAR analysis of a pop double page spread and I really liked the colour scheme which is a typical convention of a pop magazine as the colours are usually girly, however I liked the use of black which helped to balance out the bright pink and make it look more professional and not all just one colour.

Evaluation- Question 2

Through previous research of looking at the different demographic categories I was able to have a clear understanding on what type of audience I was going to aim my magazine at. For example, It would be pointless to aim my magazine towards an audience that fit the A social grade as not many people would be able to afford my magazine, particularly if younger people would be the ones to mainly buy my magazine, therefore I have targeted my audience at the D/E social class groups because it would be affordable for young people who may not have jobs and only get a small amount of money. In addition to the price of my magazine, I have included a plug on my front cover which says 'Win tickets to see Rita Ora!' This may be appealing for a the D/E categories as this could be an opportunity they don't want to miss out on, especially since the tickets would be free if won. I have aimed to meet this specific target group by linking it with the typical conventions of a pop magazine.

Evaluation- Question 3

Evaluation- Question 4

Feedback from other people in my class:
Jessica Higginbottom, 16, media student-
Front Cover- "I would buy it, good use of colour, image shot on the front cover is good, reasonably priced and very realistic due to the barcode and feature stories."

Contents page- "The colour scheme and fonts are consistent and good. Good use of secondary images."

Double Page Spread- "Image shot is very good. Questions and answers are good, seem like a realistic conversation. I like the pull quotes."

Ella Moor, 17, media student-
Front cover- "I like how the text (Main feature story) fits around the main image. I like how you have the conventions of the barcode and price."

Contents page- "I like the different sections of 'celebs', 'gossip' 'wins and offers' and the 'featured' section. I like the separate images inside. I like how the numbers and text are the same colour."

Double Page spread- "Could have done more questions. Good pull quotes. The model fits in with the genre of the magazine. The exclusive part is yellow and I like this part."


Overall...
From the feedback given I believe that my pop magazine does fit with an audience of younger teenagers around the ages of 10-17. From the feedback from my peers I can see that the conventions I have used are good, however I could have made improvements for my double page spread and created more questions. One of my peers said they would buy my magazine due to how it looks like a very conventional pop magazine due to the colour schemes, front cover image and pull quotes.