final draft of music contents page

The purpose of this post is to show the skills I have achieved in Adobe Illustrator. Also to identify how I could improve my contents page.

Planning of Setting and photoshoot

The purpose of this post is to show how i planned my photoshoot and gathering my participants. This is an easy and quick way to notify my participants on the location of the photoshoot and planning.

Editing My Images

Using Photoshop I developed skills that would improve my work and make it look professional. While creating my first draft for my magazine cover I used tools such as brightness/contrast in adjustments to brighten up my image to make it look more skilled.

I also used the quick selection tool which allowed me to highlight any part of my image and erase the parts I wanted to get rid of; this assisted me as I wanted to create an unreal effect. The tool I used to create a black and white effect for my background was by creating another layer and add layer mask then clicked the icon to change the picture either black or white. I also used the red eye tool which removed red eyes that the digital camera creates in some images; this makes the photograph look expert.

I also used sharpen edges in sharpen from filter. This made my images more focused rather than blurry. I also created a CD cover to place on my magazine to make it look more realistic. By doing this I clicked file, place, then I chose my image that I wanted to place.

Contact sheet

The purpose of this post is to show my images and add what I did right and what i could improve.

I could of done different shots to make the impact of the pictures more impressive and look professional. I also could of changed location to create a different variety. The larger images are the images I am going to use for my magazine as I think they are more suitable to use for my music magazine.

layout for my music magazine

The purpose of this post is to show what my magazine will look like including images, text, freebe and articles.

First draft of music magazine cover

The purpose of this post is to show how I will improve my skills in Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator, I will also show the kinds of tools I used to show I understand the programs.

Title Block Options For My Music Magazine

The purpose of this is to identify out of the five options my respondents think is better to use for my magazine title. Please do not vote anymore the polls votes have been counted thanks




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Mock up of school contents page

This is the mock up of my school contents page it will demonstrate how my real contents page will look.
I could improve this contents page by including more text and different images to make the page look more professional.

Analysing Questionnaire Results

I will reveal my questions and what my 10 respondents wanted in my magazine through content, title name and colour scheme.

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                 I asked my respondents about my title name for my magazine and gave them 3 options to choose from that I felt represented the classical genre and out of 10, 1 chose The classics , 1 chose Ballad and the rest chose Soprano which will be my magazine title.

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               I asked my respondents an open question for them to give me their own ideas on what to include in my magazine and out of 10 there was varied answers but most of them chose classical music.

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I asked my respondents a closed yes or no question to see if they would agree if the price for the magazine was reasonable, out of 10 the majority agreed it was; now I know that I am charging the right price for a monthly magazine.

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I again asked a closed yes or no question on what to put into my magazine and 7 out of 10 of my respondents agreed that it would make them more interesting, this helps me know what to include in my magazine to fill the gap in the market,

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I asked my respondents if an article  was included might it interest them to buy the magazine but just by over half of my respondents which is roughly 6 out of ten said no, which means I will not include the article in my magazine.

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I gave my respondents a closed question instead of ticking boxes they were able to contribute their own ideas, 5 out of 10 agreed white/black, 2 out of 10 agreed other, 1 agreed pink/black and 2 agreed white/blue, which helps me decide on my colour scheme which will be white and black.

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I gave my respondents a closed yes or no question which asks if they would like a specific page in the magazine like a helpline, but 7 people said no whilst 3 said yes. This assists me to know what will attract readers and what will not.

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To gain more readers to fill the gap in the market, I asked my respondents if they would like updates on the feature artists that are presented in the magazine and 7 said yes while 3 said no, this helps me to understand what will lure the readers.

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To gain a younger variety of audience I decided that adding modern young music to the classical style magazine this would attract them, and 8 out of 10 of my respondents agreed with this proposal.

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                   The final question was aimed at what readers can add to the magazine so we would gain more wider range of audiances.