Media Coursework

Dear Examiner , Throughout the course of creating my alternative magazine and using blogger I have learnt that evaluating, research and planning carry a great importance in this process. This has helped me to develop a better understanding of many things such as how to use Photoshop. I hope you enjoy the work that I have done. Thank you, Amy Bradley.

This is my final design idea for the front cover of my magazine. I really love the simplicity of the layout because it allows the audience to see all the information they might need and has a slight similarity to Clash's magazine layout and style. Although I have decided to use a white background behind the photograph to compliment the title of my magazine and what the artist is wearing.  I ensured that my artist wore clothing that linked to the style of my magazine (alternative) which is why he is seen wearing a simple black top. My intentions here are to gain attention through my unique title and bold artist names. I also decided to put the duo 'Camellia' in a baby blue colour as this is their signature colour (which is seen later on within my double page spread). I also believe this might add elements of curiosity for my front cover.

Here is an image of my final contents page idea. I decided to choose this idea because I believed the colour scheme of the page was more fitting; its simplistic and all the information needed is accessible; I also decided to add a small image of the front cover to this page to illustrate the 'physical copy'. Despite the fact that the changes I made aren't very drastic, I believe this contents page comes across as more sophisticated-possibly due to its black and white colour scheme.

 My idea behind this double page spread was influenced by one of many of Clash's magazine layouts-which feature a large photograph to the right of the page and to the left is often a coloured background or small photo. I then decided to display 'Camellia' in baby blue font as this is their signature colour and I believed it allowed the duo's name to come across as highlighted on this double page spread. I used symbols resembling a Chinese Camellia flower to provide my target audience with some imagery of this Chinese flower (wi thin my article it explains what this is).