Evaluation

I am currently 3/4 of the way through my evaluation and aim to finish by tomorrow :-)

Drafting & Planning: Double Page Spread

I finished my double page spread a week ago and have only changed a few things. I made the page numbers white with a red background to fit with the red colours throughout the magazine. I also moved the quote into the middle of the questions to make it look more neat and clear.

Drafting & Planning: Final Draft Contents Page

For my final draft contents page I have added more pages and added more red lines underneath my features. I got this design idea from my inspiration, Q and have incorporated their ideas into my own. I have also added some section that are highlighted and are more noticeable than others so that it attracts the readers attention. By doing these small sections it also gives readers easy access to top things featured rather than turning to the page in the magazine in case they only want to look at certain things. I also added stars for ratings out of 5 so that it is easy to see the ratings rather than flipping to the page it is easily accessible. and it looks more professional and typical for the section.I also made the font bigger on the "This week in INDI..." so that it stands out and it is clear that it is a weekly magazine. Finally I added a page number "3" which is typical in most magazines and is an obvious feature. 

Drafting & Planning: Front Cover

I think I have finished my draft front cover and I'm actually pleased with it so I think that this could be my final front cover. I haven't changed much of it since I first did it but I took out "into" from my main cover line so that it says "THE LIONHEARTS STORM THE MUSIC INDUSTRY" rather than "THE LIONHEARTS STORM INTO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY" as it sounds more like they've rolled in and just taken it as a whole. 

On my front cover I have kept the colours of red, white and black consistent and they are also consistent throughout the entirety of my magazine. All of the artists featured in my cover lines are featured in my contents page.

Drafting & Planning: Updated Double Page Spread

For this updated version of my double page spread I have made all of the text much smaller and moved the pull quote. I moved the pull quote because I thought it looked a bit silly where it was first placed. I also added text at the top where there is an introduction about the featured artist. I'm struggling to fit anymore text on and am considering taking a new photo at this late stage. I might just leave it after I get more feedback to see what I could do to improve.

Drafting & Planning: Contents Page Improvement

I have once again improved my contents page. In this previous post I had added a 'features' and red lines. In this improvement I have added more pages and features to close the gaps on the page. I prefer this one to the original and the previous one and am much happier with it.