Daniel Palmer analyzed the three pieces he created for his music magazine: the front cover, contents page, and double-page spread. For the front cover, he used red, blue, black and yellow colors and a modern font. He included circles to provide information. For the contents page, he used the same colors and background as the front cover. The double-page spread used a black and white background with red and blue text to make colors stand out.
2. In this PowerPoint I will be analysing all three
pieces of work I have made for my music
magazine, from the Front cover to the
contents page and also the double page
spread. I will not only look at the colour
schemes and layout I have chosen to use but
also the content that I have put inside each
page of the project.
3. Here are the pictures of each of my
pieces of work for you to look at to
start off with
7. Front Cover
For my magazine, I
chose to use a specific For the picture I have chosen to
group of colours. I use, I picked it because I felt
chose the that I needed a picture that
colours, red, blue and showed the person I was going
black because I wanted to use in my double page
to stick to the type of spread and also I wanted a bold
colours other and sharp image to make the
magazines have used reader drawn toward the
and I know that it is a magazine.
successful choice of
colours. Also I wanted
to use the yellow to In my Front cover, I have
make it stick out and also added circles in it to
to give it a unique give important information
point to it. across to the reader and
also it makes it stand out
The Font that I have used is and I think attracts the
one which I got off the reader to want to read the
internet and I chose it magazine and find out
because I needed one that
what is inside.
looked modern and also easy
to read and I thought this
font style did just that.
8. Analysis of Front Cover
I think my front cover works well and I am pleased with what I have
achieved. However I do feel that there are some criticisms that could be
made about my magazine front cover though. I feel that the front cover
does look a bit amateurish and that it may not have the desired final
effects that I wanted to give it to look like a proper magazine front cover. I
think that the main areas where this is the case is in the font and also the
shapes on the page as they stick out away from the front cover and don’t
really tie in well with it. I think my colour scheme works well and even
though I have chose to have a plain background, unlike most magazines, I
think it has worked well and doesn’t look too bad.
9. Contents Page
I have used a red text
box to have the
For my contents information of my
page, I chose the same contents placed inside. I
background as my had a look at different
Front cover and also styles that I could have I
used the same colours thought that this
particular style was
in the contents page as
interesting and brought
I wanted it to have the an interesting colour to it
same colour scheme. but also didn’t look out
of place.
I chose to have these
pictures in my
contents page
because as they give
more colour to the
page.
10. Analysis of Contents page
I think my contents page has worked well and I am happy with the way
that the contents page and the front cover look together because they
do in my opinion look as if they are from the same magazine. Although
like with my Front cover, I do have a few criticisms and areas of
improvement for my contents page. I would have liked to of had some
pictures on it of actual bands performing because I think that those
photos are better than staged photos. Another criticism is that I think
the contents page looks a bit weak altogether and there is no real
strong pull for someone to read it and also there is nothing on it to pull
you in. It could be said that it too has an amateurish feel to it and
doesn’t look like a “finished product”.
11. Double Page Spread I chose to have a
black and white
background so
I chose to use the
that it is dramatic
colours red and blue to
keep the colour and so that all the
scheme running other colours on
through and also I the page stand
thought that the blue out.
and red sticks out from
the background. I also
think it makes the text
clear and easy to read.
For the picture, I wanted again to have one of the
music artist and so I chose to have a single image
that is clear and also cold be argued to do with the
theme of turning away from one thing. I think this
picture is bold and simple so works well.
12. Analysis of Double Page Spread
Overall, my double page spread is what I am most pleased about in
this project. I really like the style of it and the way it has been laid
out. I think out of all of the pages, this looks most like a finished
piece of work. What I like about the page is that I like the background
which is in black and white because I think it makes the page look
dramatic and also that I think along with the colour of the
writing, makes the page look good. I personally like the way that I
have used two different colours for the questions and answers in the
text because it makes the page feel more colourful and also the red
and blue work well together. I feel that the picture on this page could
be improved and I could have done more work in trying to
incorporate it onto the page better.
