Outcome of feedback (survey)

RED TEXT = EVALUATION OF ANSWERS

Q1: Which gender is this magazine aimed at?
·         Both
·         Both
·         Women
·         Both

My magazine is aimed at both genders, which 3/4 of people understood right. This means that I have accieved my goal in making obvious which gender the magazine is aimed at.

Q2: Which age is this magazine aimed at? E.g 16-26
·         18-30
·         21-24
·         16-26
·         18-25

My magazine is aimed at young adults between 16-26 years old. Everyone had it rougly right, as their average age they thought the magazine is aimed at is around 23. This means I have acchieved my goal in making obvious what age my magazine is aimed at.

Q3: Which music genre is represent in this magazine?
·         Rock
·         Rock
·         Rock
·         Rock

There is not much to say about this, as the cover already states that it's a rock magazine because of the masthead 'RollingROCK' and the teaser and journalistic piece which is about the king of ROCK&ROLL. Everyone had this right, this means that I have acchieved my goal in making obvious what genre my magazine is.

Q4: What do you like about the magazine?
·         Photography
·         Models
·         Other (please specify)that its an 80 magazine
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·         Layout
·         Journalism
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·         Layout
·         Photography
·         Colour scheme
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·         Journalism

The participants like the photography (2), journalism (2) and layout (2) the most. The colour scheme and models got one vote. This means that I should have made the colour scheme of my magazine more interesting, which I can understand as I have only used red on the pages and only green and red on the front cover. Also the models aren't liked very much, as I have only used 2 models in the whole magazine. I should have made them more interesting to attract the audience to it.

Q5: What could be improved and how? E.g. font, colours, photography, journalism...
·         light shining on cover model is too bright
·         photography
·         journalism should be shorter and engaging and more images on the page with journalism
·         İ think alot of effort and time has been put into the managzine. İ also believe that the use of fonts is very appealing.

The first comment is on the light that is shone on the model on the front cover. I understand that it looks to bright compared with the dark background which might make the scheme look fake. Next time I should turn a flashlight off or turn it's light down. The second comment says that my photography could be improved too, which I refer to the bright light.
The third comment states that my journalism should be shorter and more engaging, which I don't agree on as I think my journalistic piece is in engaging emotive language which persuades the audience enough to make them read on. Also it is not too long as it covers only one page, which can be even too short according to real magazines. The same comments also says I should put more images on the page with journalism, which I, again, don't agree with as one whole page already consists of a photograph.

Q6: What has been improved? E.g. font, colours, photography, journalism... ***Compare Music Magazine to College magazine
·         you used more images on the contents page and it looks more professional and interesting and the front cover is a better quality
·         the font colours are good and I think compared to the college magazine it looks way better. Also the photography has been improved.
·         masthead has improved as in that its not boring and it has a different font photography is better because the college magazine has 3 people but the music magazine has 1 which makes eye contact with the camera
·         İ think the editor has hit the correct keys when making the magazine.

SEE EVALUATION TASK 7

Q7: Do you think my music magazine looks appropriate to publish as a real magazine? Why?
·         yes because it has the content and it attracts the audience. it looks like a real magazine because of the front cover
·         Yes because it has that professional look.
·         yes because the masthead rollingstone looks like the masthead of a rock magazine
·         Yes. İ think the magazine would of made a good hit in th date's it would of been suited to.

The first comment states that my magazine has a professional content and it attracts the audience, especially the front cover. This might be said because of the lay out being paralel and organised with no unneeded factors on the pages such as too much text and images. Also the fonts match the criteria of a professional, real music magazine.
The seccond comment states the same. 
The third commentor thinks that the masthead looks like the masthead of a rock magazine, which I find is true as it has the bright and rebellious colour, content and font which matches the criteria of a rock magazine.
I can state that the fourth commentor has understood the purpose of my magazine the most, as he/she says it would have made a good hit in the time my magazine would have been published. 

Q8: How real does my magazine look?
·         (no label)Looks like a real magazine
·         (no label)Looks like a real magazine
·         (no label)Looks like a real magazine
·         (no label)Looks like a real magazine

This question had 4 options which went from 'doesnt look like a real magazine' to 'looks like a real magazine'. All of the participants of this survey have voted for 'looks like a real magazine', which means I have achieved my goal in making my magazine look professional and real. 

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FEATURE ARTICLE: 

KING OF ROCK&ROLL REBORN?

I am waiting in Los Angeles in an over-stuffed flamboyant house – the walls are full of music records and posters. I lose track of time while looking around me as there is so much to see. It could be the house of a music-obsessed teenager, but in fact it is the house of John himself.

He opened the door for me with a green health drink in his hand, giant hazel eyes sparkling as much as his giant golden ring he is wearing on his ring-finger. As always his hair was perfectly combed with every single string of hair in its place. Wearing leather and dark clothes made him look exactly like how I imagined him to look like: the younger and more relaxed version of the King of Rock & Roll.

What everyone really wants to know about John is why he has chosen to imitate such a historical and legendary character as Elvis Presley. Because folks, be honest: don’t they look alike?

How could John have imagined that his music career would grow to this level? The world got to know about him for the first time when seeing him on billboards all across Los Angeles.

‘’Yeah man, I was walking on the street, just about to buy some records for my collection, when a lady came up to me and asked if I wanted to appear on a billboard for the memorial of Elvis’’, he says with a half smile and it reminds me again how much he looks like Elvis and why all the girls have fallen for John.

He claims to always have had a bound with music and it was his dream to become big.

‘’People on the street started to recognize me and girls came up to me asking for my signature. I then understand this was an opportunity I couldn’t miss.’’

With the little money he had, he recorded a tune, which became his first hit single, and gave copies away on the streets of Los Angeles with the hope someone would find and sign him.

‘’I had given up hope after a month with no money left, when a man found me last year and actually wanted to sign me. The guy’s name was Samuel. Samuel Cornelius Phillips.’’

John nodded his head as I tried to stutter that he was also the producer of Elvis Presley.

‘’I’m blessed; Samuel has put so much effort in me. This was when I understood I have a connection with Elvis: my biggest idol.’’

All alone he struggled through the music industry, but becoming big wasn’t hard for him as he had the looks and charm, the voice and appearance to steal every girl’s heart.

‘’Nope. No family, I hadn’t even any relatives I knew around me. My friends have always been next to me, and they still are. Sometimes they even play behind me on stage.

‘’Everything went really fast the moment my first single came out. People started to call me ‘Second Elvis’ as I had been known for the first time as his duplicate.’’

As I observe him I try to compare him to Elvis Presley. Young and talented, confident and smart in the things he says. Yep, the King of Rock & Roll must have been reborn.

‘’Don’t say that. I can never cope to the actual legend, no one can. He was one in a million and will forever be. I’m just making my own dream come true. Music is my passion. Elvis is my statue. Samuel is my hero.’’

His first single ‘’Let Me Be Your Daddy’’ was very successful, but his second tune ‘I Want Her, Santa’ was the one that took place in the top 10 Christmas Hits. And not only did it hit the top 10; John also got to sing it on the Christmas Parade yesterday.

‘’That was truly amazing. The crowd, the stage, the atmosphere… The moment I entered the stage and I heard the crowd scream, or should I say women’’, he laughs, ‘’and before holding my hands up to greet them I immediately prayed to God and thanked him. I almost bursted into tears when the band started to play and the crowd’s voice got louder.’’

Though John is new and upcoming, yet very popular, he has released only two songs. How is it going to be with the tour he’s starting in January?

‘’That’s what makes the tour so unique. The audience doesn’t have a clue about the songs I’m going to perform.’’

The tour is going to last for 1 month.

‘’Yeah baby! Los Angeles, Vegas, New York, America… Here I come!’’ is what he yells and throws his fists in the air. 

It wouldn't be fair for Jama to say he is trying to copy Elvis, yet the fact that he is signed by the same producer, looks and dances like him might confuse the public in what he is trying to do. Yet be honest people... Could you resist John Jama? 

Final project

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CHANGE I MADE: LEFT IS NORMAL QUALITY,
RIGHT IS THE 'VINTAGE QUALITY' 

MAGAZINE WITHOUT NOISE (VINTAGE EFFECT)

The image on the left is clear and I added noise on the right to make the image look old. 

My front cover is finished. It has come out the way I wanted it to be. As planned, I have made a christmas edition cover, which is recognised from the christmas tree in the back, the ''SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EDITION'' writing at the top and the colours I've chosen. To give the magazine a 80s, simple, yet interesting cover I have made a big teaser which will attract the public and two small and simple, basic cover lines which are still eye-catching. The small teasers I've written are all from the 1984's: Def Leppard is a 80s band and Queens single 'Thank God It Christmas' had been released in 1984. This also shows that this magazine is a christmas edition.  The masthead I have used is the right size and colour. Its colour suits the model's clothes and sunglasses, it gives a nice contrast to the page. On the bottom I have the same barcode as in my previous post which says R0771NGR0CK (RollingRock), which needs a little bit of analysation but is seen.To make my front cover look more vintage and old I have added a grain and noise effect to it which have made it look vintage. The price of my magazine is £0.75 which had in 1984 a worth around £2. 

My double page spread also has noise added to both the picture and the page to make it look more old and drop the quality of it to reflect the fact that technology wasn't as good as not in the 80s. I haven't used any colour in my magazine except for the colour red which I have used in writing. On the top of the page the writing 'feature' shows the reader that it's a feature article and I have written the article in a professional way, how feature articles should be written. It is not written in question-answer style but in a fluent story line, first person of the interviewer. The writing is put in 4 columns which fit perfectly on the page with paragraphs yet no distractions on the right page, because I wanted to keep it clean with no lines or pictures through the text. That's why I put a big picture of John Jama on a stage on the left page, as there are no other pictures needed of him.

My contents page is also very clean and plain with organised titles and description under them, the most important titles with big writing and the less important ones in a smaller font under the other writings. Also I have decided to put the most important articles in front of the magazine, and the regulars and less important articles on a further page as the first pages are the first pages the reader reads. There are a couple pictures on the contents page with no title written to it, yet the page number is written on the pictures so the reader can easily find the article about that person. Also on the bottom of my contents page I have written information about the publisher an editors to add value to the page and make it look more professional.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

FINAL CONTENTS PAGE

FINAL MAGAZINE

Progress

25/11/13

Finishing my draft, ready to fill everything in...

05/12/13

I am about to finish my front cover. The only thing I need is a dark picture of a christmas tree where you can see the lights.

The colours I've used are red and green, as it's going to be a christmas edition. Also red fits the colours my model is wearing: the contrast between the red and the collar and glasses of my model fit wel.

My model is looking in the camera to directly address the audience. He looks inviting. I might change the model his head to be in front of the masthead, but I will change that later. Though I'm scared the masthead won't be seen enough and he he is a new icon in the music industry (see teaser: 'king of rock&roll reborn') and not important enough to stand in front of the masthead.

The teasers I've written are about Deff Leppard, which is an 80s magazine and about Queen's new Christmas song which is invented in 1984, the year the magazine is published.

The barcode on the bottom has the code 'R0771NG R0CK' which looks like 'RollingRock' (masthead).

The article I'm going to write on the double page spread is going to be about the model on the front cover named John Jama. The biggest teaser is about him, and it shows its exclusive. Also the main teaser is bigger than the masthead. I've tried to make the masthead bigger as that is the most important writing on the front page, but the writing is too long to make it any bigger, and if I can't make 'John Jama' smaller as it wont attract the audience enough.

10/12/13

I am almost done with my double page spreadrt. I have decided to make all the pictures in the magazine black and white to give it a more old-looking style. Some letters and writings are going to be in colour (red). Also I am going to make an extra a4 page with only writing as there doesn't fit enough writing on the double page spread. On that page I am also going to put a couple of pictures and I thought it would be better to make my DPS look interesting so people will start reading and go on on the next page without getting bored of it. I am going to make the quality as the pages (also contents page) the same as the front cover so it will look older. 

Also the image on my DPS shows in bad quality but when it's exported to a JPEG it turns better. Me and my teachers don't know why this is happening. I have tried to drag it from photoshop, but when I do that the background becomes white though it is transparent in photoshop, and when I import it via 'place' in InDesign it becomes low quality. 

16/12/13

The left page of my contents page is almost done. I only need to put in a couple of more regulars, and on the next page there are going to be more features and a lot of pictures of plates and other artists. The page number that I put on the pictures show where you can find the article about that artist with no description, only the top picture has a description in 'features'. The picture with '22' on it is John Jama, my model. He wears other clothes than the front cover, which makes him more interesting. I again photoshopped a christmastree/christmaslights behind him to give the page a christmas-like effect. The magazine is going to be around 80 pages and the regulars come as last as they are not as important as the exclusive features. The lay out I have used looks simple yet like a rock magazine, it looks also a bit like the RollingStones magazine's contents page. Again the colours that are used are black and white, and red as red is attractive and it suits to the Christmas edition of the magazine.