G321: AS Media Studies: Evaluation

G321: AS Media Studies: Evaluation from Michael McGrath

G321: AS Media Studies: CWK Final Piece

Drafting and Planning: Final Contents Page Improvements

Our design brief stated that my magazine needed to include 4 original images, however before this improvement, I only had 3. I managed to take some photos to add to my contents page, I had my friend pose as an “exposure” artist – “Lonely Division” and linked her to the table of contents using a page number (26).

Organisation: Final Photoshoot

Drafting and Planning: DPS QR Code & Article Additions

I noticed that my DPS article wasn’t promoting anything, and so I decided to add a small paragraph about Second Passing playing at Glastonbury 2017.

I also noticed the left side of my DPS had a large blank space, to fill this, I added a QR Code to a Outre.com where readers can purchase tickets to Glastonbury, where Second Passing will be playing.

Drafting and Planning: Front Cover - Background Colour Change

In response to my feedback, I changed the colour of my front cover’s background. I did this because my cover had a lot of negative space that was begging for the readers’ attention, to reduce this effect; I changed the colour to create symbiosis between my magazine and my artist (blue denim).

Drafting and Planning: Pugs

After adding my QR code, I still had some negative space that I wanted to fill, to do this, I decided to use pug saying “Win 2 VIP tickets…”, I have then put the page number to page 101 to correlate with the “Merch” page, this will make my magazine seem more realistic as Merch and competitions are often found near each other.

Drafting and Planning: QR Code

Another piece of feedback I received was to add a QR code to offer my audience a deal when they subscribe to the online version of my magazine (outre.com). This will allow me to reach a wider audience, by offering 6 months’ half price I will hopefully encourage readers to buy the magazine for the perks.

Drafting and Planning: Table of Contents Improvements

On my feedback, it was suggested that I should change the cluster of album covers to something else as it looked unprofessional and slightly messy. Another suggestion was to add more content to my magazine, as monthly magazines tend to have 100+ pages. To do this, instead of changing all the page numbers, I decided to add more articles, to match album reviews, I added live reviews, where I will write about artist’s concerts, I also added an exposure tab, where new artists are featured to get their names out in the industry. This allows my magazine to look more full and more value for money.