My Complete music magazine

Double page focus group

I asked a group of 3 people what they thought about my double page article.
Is the article relevant?
They all replied that it is relevant to the genre and that it is good to talk about the music.

Is the picture layout appropriate?
They replied that it is as it stands out and makes it look like a proper article.

Can you tell what the house style is?
They replied black red and white. As this looks appropriate to the rest of the magazine.

Does it fit in with the rest of magazine?
They replied that it was relevant as the house style is thought out the magazine.

Contents page changes

 The only change i had to make was the guitar photo to be a little smaller as it covers the mans face.

I made the guitar a little smaller and now you can see the man properly.

Contents page questions

I asked a selection of 4 people 4 questions about my contents page.

Can you see any relation to the front cover?
They said that they could see the relation between the contents page and the front cover with the title.

Is the layout of the image appropriate and why?
They said that the guitar photo could be a little bit smaller as it is cover the one mans face.

Dose the white background reflect the Genre and Brand identity?
THey said that it was very relevant as they cant see much white anyway.

IS the use of headers for the news appropriate to the genre?
They said that it looked like Kerrang which they said is good for the genre.

Front cover amendments

This is my magazine before i had to make the amedments which were to move my splash down so it didnt cover his face. Also i had to change the red banner in the bottom right hand corner as it is hard on the eyes.

The first amedment i made was moving th splash down as it means the customers are able to see the central images face all the time. This is to show the customers what the central image is as he will be the main focus of the magazine.

The second amedment i made was the red box under the image in the right hand corner as it was hard on the eye to see. I toke the red back ground out and change the colour to white. This is becuse it is good on the eye and easy to read now.

Design of Double page

With this title for the double page spread i had to link it with the rest of the magazine so i used the same fonts and same colours. This is a good way to link it with the rest of the magazine.

The picture i chose is relevent to the article as he is an upcoming artist and they are going to have a good profile. As well as this i made the black and white of the photo but left michael in colour as it will mean he knows he is the focus of the article.

I also then added some more photos on the right page to show that the whole article is primarilly about michael. As well as this i noted that it was an exclusive interview as no other magazine has had an interview with him yet.

As you can see this is my finale double page spread as th article is there to make it complete. As you can see the article is all about michael and it talks about the music his band play as this will draw his fans in to the magazine.

Front cover feedback

Summary 
What type of genre do you think it is and why?
They replied with it being rock and roll which is the correct genre

Give 3 adjectives to describe central image?
They replied with Powerful, Bold and rocking
This is useful to know as it means that i am on the right track with my central image to make it look like a rock magazine.

Is the layout appropriate to the genre and why?
They gave me a few things to change as they mentioned that the slash needs to be lower as it is not to block the central images face and the red block of text in the bottom right hand corner to as it is painful to the eye.

Dose the House style match the colour red,white and black?
They said yes it dose very well

So with this feed back i am going to change the splash and the red box to make it more appropriate.