Evaluation Q1

I've selected nine frames from my Front cover, double page spread and contents! I've looked at my masthead 'UrBaNLow' i think this title works well with my theme of my magazine, i think it looks good how all the letters are different (lower case and upper case) I think the colours of the title also work well as they match the colour scheme of my magazine. On the other hand i think this is alot different from other magazines, as it's a longish title and most other magazines have short titles which normally are just letters but each letter stands for a individual word. When i researched some titles for inspiration for my own magazine i noticed that alot of the titles are bigger than all the other writing on the front cover to make it stand out and be the first thing the audience reads and notices when standing with alot of other magazines. I also noticed that the title is normally over part of the models face if you have a full on front viewed picture, my main image is to right hand side of the page so this wouldn't matter with me. I decided to go for the font 'Times new Roman' as i like it and i think it's very smart formal looking, and it's very eye catching and stands out. I think it works well with the chosen scheme of my magazine. The colours i've gone for for my title is the main cover being red so it stands out well agaisnt my black and white colour background, i've decided to back up the red with some white behind it, just so it stands out a lot more than it would of with one single colour.

Looking at the mise-en-scene of my front cover image, the girl is posing and looking away from the camera smoking a cigarette, this links in with the stereotype being 'indie' people lable the indie type as smoking and looking very mid 80's i think this works well with the theme of my magazine as that was the theme i was going for. When comparing this to other magazines i couldn't really find any that went with the type i was going for, most magazines out were all glamorous looking and beautiful people on the front, i dont think my magazine fits into this band and i decided to have it fit a completely different band. I did research some 'Indie' type magazines and i think my magazine would fit in well with this band as they were all very similar, having the same looking images and also having the stereotype of the smoking aswell. This also comes into the costumes and props, the cigarette being the prop which is also linked ino the majority indie type magazines and the costume in which the model is wearing also links in to the indie 80's look in which i wanted. I think this is a great way to really help the reader understand the type of magazine.

The written content from my double page spread i think is different from others as i've decided to do a article instead of a interview, i think this is a good change as i had to go into alot more detail with the article. I've set it out in a style that i think works best with my magazine. I did orginally start out with a interview but i didnt think it was working well with my magazine and i was having trouble writing it, that is when i decided to write a article instead of a interview. The font of this text is Script MT Bold i think it is a very formal looking text and goes well with the type of article im trying to write. I had to dim the background of the text so the writing could be seen since it's a white colour, it wasnt showing up very well and it was very hard to read agasint my chosen background.

I think the music genre of my magazine is rather easy to tell as i have alot of things in which could suggest this. The music genre is 'indie rock' and i think this can be easily told from the vibes my magazine gives off, for example the front cover image can give this off look as it's dressed as they would of done in the 80's, aswell as the cigarette being in the image i think this gives off the type of music aswell seem so it's very stereotyped in that genre type.

I would say the layout of my magazine pages are very plain and different from others, i'd say this because there isn't that much cramed on one page like you would see in normal magazines, i don't really like reading magazines like that and that is why i decided to have my own music magazine very plain and simple to me and the target audience, you can understand everything on the page clearly. The contents page is layed out easy and titled so everything can be read and understood clearly. I think this is a good idea and people will be more intrested into buying this magazine when its more easy to understand and read. All of the colours go together and every font matches the theme of the page.

My contents page is clearly set out and understandable, i think the colour scheme matches the whole magazine and fits the type of the magazine im going for. All of the text is in different fonts some in which are in times new roman, arial and Script MT Bold i think it looks good on the page as there all different and match the parts in which there addressed to. They are all easy to read and can be followed quickly to the page. I think the main image is great and links in perfectly with the front cover image, although the background to my contents isnt in black and white i still think the colour scheme goes well and really helps the whole magazine fit together.