Change To The Contents Page at 05:23

This is the same contents page as the one below but once again I wanted to see if it looked better when it was white because I thought dark was too black. But I will see what opinions my peers give me and then decide what to choose.

Another Contents Page at 05:17

This is the contents page I created. I did have ideas before this that I have showed you but they didn't have as much contents in as what normal contents pages do so I decided to do another and added everything in what a normal contents page would. As I am no good at contents pages I am thinking to keep this one as my final.

Another Front Cover at 10:06

This is another front cover I have created. I am pretty pleased with this attempt and I am considering to use it as my final product. I will be asking what my family and friends think but in my opinion it is quite good.

Change To Another Front Cover at 06:10

This is the same magazine as the one below but I decided to see if it looked better than the white. Once I asked a few of my peers which one was best I got mixed comments but once they realised it was for a rock music magazine they all changed their minds and the black one got most votes.

Another Front Cover at 06:07

This was another one of the front covers that I created with my own image. I kept it plain and simple and decided to use a white background but as doing it I thought about using black because it always represents a rock music magazine more than what white does. But I will be asking some of my peers their opinions and then see what I come up with.

Titles at 02:02

When doing that previous front cover I didn't know how to lay the title out, these were the two options I chose.

Another Front Cover I Have Created at 01:49

This was the other front cover I created. I know I cannot use this as the picture has to be taken from the front because it has to be a medium close up shot but I posted this to show you once again the ideas I have. I do like this front cover thought so it is a shame that I cannot use this.

Another Front Cover That Was Created at 01:43

This is another front cover I created. I did have the background as white but I thought that it was better if it was black as it stood out more and I thought rocky magazines was stereotyped more as rocky.

A Front Cover I Created at 01:39

This is one of the front covers I created using my own pictures. I don't think its very good and does not look voery rocky so I might change my idea.

The Results at 11:43

These are the results I have gathered from my survey. I asked 30 people to tell me which template they preferred out of the 8 I created. I told them they could only chose one and I noted it down as a tally chart and wanted a fair result. As if I had a person that voted for more than one then I dont think that is as accurate. The template that got the best result was the Powerman 5000 which is actually also one of my favourites. If I was to change my final front cover then I think I would be laying it out like the Powerman 5000, Gerard Way or the top left hand corner Paramore cover. I did create that System Of A Down template but I don't like it. I only created it whilst I was waiting to get the final results from this.

Another Front Cover at 13:09

I created this front page as I sent my questionnaire round. I know I could add this into the questionnaire but it has similar features to the others so I didn't think I should. I just uploaded it so you could see more of my ideas and what I have done..

Questionnaire at 06:22

Once the results are collected I will do another post to show them.

Another Front Cover #6 at 12:45

This is another front cover I am creating before conducting my questionnaire.

Another Front Cover #5 at 12:45

Here are some other ideas I had whilst creating templates for my front cover.

Another Front Cover #4 at 11:22

This is another template I have created. I wanted to create another one to give my peers more of an option.

Another Front Cover #3 at 09:26

This is another front cover that I created. I will shortly be doing a quick questionnaire to ask which one my peers preferred.

Another Front Cover #2 at 09:13

This is the second template front cover I have created.

Another Front Cover #1 at 03:51

This is a template I have created after thinking up of more ideas. I hope to get good feed back after I have created a few more.

Contents From Template at 05:11

This is the contents I created using my template. I am not very good at creating contents pages but I did what I thought was best and tried to make it seem similar throughout the page.

Another Template For A Contents Page at 02:58

This is a template for a contents page. Whilst thinking about changing my front cover I also decided to see if I could come up with more ideas for a contents page. This is what I created but I think I will see if I can create any more and then decide what to do with my final piece. In this one I have gone against convention because a normal contents page would have the layout of the writing to either side.

Change To The First Front Cover at 02:55

This is the front cover I created from the first template with the changes I have made. I have added an advert at the bottom and changed the font of 'ENDLESS WRECK EXCLUSIVE'. Also I moved the features that were along the bottom over to the right hand side so the advert could fit on. I thought this would be better because it has more attracting colours on it.

Template #2 at 05:12

This is my second template for a front cover. I am creating these mainly for ideas if I wish to change my final front cover.

Front Cover #1 Using The Template at 04:17

This is my front cover I have come up with after using the template I designed. I think it is quite attractive because it is light and not much is happening on it but all the colours stand out so it will attract your eye.

Another Template For Front Cover at 04:11

After completing my front page, contents page and double spread I started thinking about what to do now. I knew I would have to do an evaluation but as my polls nearly ended I noticed that at the time it was 50/50 on people who liked and disliked my final front cover. So I decided to think up of more ideas and I created a template that I thought was ok.

Final Double Page Spread #1 at 10:21

This is my final double page spread - although I do have to upload my own picture to it, which will be shown after. I chose this because I mixed and matched the features from each double page spread and used the opinions of my peers to help me. When creating this final piece I still had some of my peers sat next to me giving advice on what layout looked best and which picture looked best.

Questionnaire at 09:20

After creating both of my double page spreads I had to do a survey and questionnaire to see which one is better. I asked some of my peers for opinions to see what they would change or improve. The following changes suggested are shown below....

The result that I chose was the top one because every one said that they preffered it the most because it stood out and was the most colourful and clear.

The second change that got suggested was changing the main picture, the two pictures are shown below...

The best one that got chosen was once again the top one. This got chosen because it was the most colourful and went best with the black background.

The other questions I chose to ask about the two double page spreads are shown below and also the results (summed up) are as follows...

1.Do you find any of my double page spreads attractive?

They are both good but black goes better because it stands out more. The layout should be different to show a more professional side. Should merge each spread into one by using features from both.

2.Would you read it if you saw it?

The black one would be more attractive so that one would be read the most. The white one would be boring but it would still be read if good pictures were used.

3. What could I do to make them better?

Include some information about something and then choose the next issue to mention about some thing else. This would keep the reader intrigued and wanting to buy the next issue.

4. What attracts you most to a double page spread?

The pictures mainly because if it was all writing it would be boring. Big writing because it shows the importance.

5. Which one attracted you the most?

The black one got 70% of the vote but I was told it would be better if a bit was changed.

Template For Double Page Spread #2 at 06:09

This is my second template for my double page spread. I have chosen the features on this mainly myself but I did have some friends sitting next to me helping me on the layout and them giving their opinions as I went along. I chose to use a white background to see if it got better responses as I thought you couldn't say that white is better if you didn't have an example to look at.

I will now be creating a quick survey or questionnaire and just asking people when I see them what they like and don't like and what they would change etc.

Template For Double Page Spread #1 at 02:25

This is my first template for my double page spread. I didn't really keep to the initial plan but I thought it didn't look right when doing it. On this template I used colourful colours to attract the readers eye and the quotes that Brandon Lee Jones used rather than putting it in a big paragraph so they would have to read it. I will be producing one more template then hopefully choosing my final piece. I will be creating that template and then getting some feedback from both of them to see if they any good or not and what to change to.

Basic Layout For Double Page Spread at 05:13

This is a basic plan for my double page spread. I have included everything that I think will be appropriate and make it stand out.

When thinking about producing my final double page spread I was a bit worried because I didn't think it would be easy and I wasn't sure if I would make it good or not. I will be trying my best but I think I know I will be needing a lot of research, ideas and opinions to help.

My Final Contents Page at 05:01

This is my final contents page that I have chosen. I chose this because after asking each one of my peers this got the highest vote and it was also my preferred preference. I think its the best one because the title does blend in with the whole page a lot more and everything is in order and looks presentable even though it is a rock music magazine and can be a bit random. It is easy on the eye and the people haven't got to look all around to find out what they want to know. Also it's not too cluttered so I think its the best one.

Change Of Titles at 09:42

When asking people which magazine contents page they preferred the main feedback I got was to see if the title could be changed and made better so it was on a black back ground to match in with the rest of the page. The changes are shown above.

Final Contents Page #3 at 09:08

This is my third attempt at creating a contents page. I will be asking a few of my peers to have a look at all the contents pages I have created. If I can choose a final one then that will be taken forward and used as my final piece. If not I will be creating even more to get the best one.

Final Contents Page #2 at 09:00

This was my second attempt at a front cover. I took a completely different approach to presenting it because I felt like having a change and I wanted to design two more different ones so I could ask the opinion of others and then chose my final one.

Survey at 12:57

Here are the results I collected after asking what I could change/improve from my previous contents page.

• The title
• The pictures are all colourful and the title is straight and doesnt look as though it's going from big to small
• Its good but its missing something above the black and white picture. Don't know what
• Dont use the rock you socks and change the title. The font for the writing is good.

Final Contents Page #1 at 12:48

This was one of the magazines that I created that was in contension of being my final one. I used some of the techniques from the other ones and from the templates. I will be asking my peers what they think I could improve and then I will be creating another contents page that will hopefully be even better.

The reasons why I chose these effects were because I thought the effect of having the pictures behind the writing made the writing stand out even more so people would be more inclined to read it. The font of the title was chosen because it had the destroyed effect of hard rock so I thought it related quite well with the main genre of the magazine.

Template For Contents Page #2 at 11:39

This is my second template for my contents page. Through out creating the contents page I have been quite stuck on how to present it and what to use for my final product. Here are the ideas I thought of when thinking of what to do. I wanted to keep it plain and simple but still use the ideas what my peers thought. I have not done anything fancy/really effective to it but I think it is effective in its own way because of the way it is layed out.

Template For Contents Page at 13:25

After seeing the results from the questionnaire I created this template of a contents page. I used pictures of celebrities to show where my own pictures would be and I thought doing it this way would be quicker because it could show my ideas more easily and I wouldn't have to waste time in getting my own pictures.

Those features were used because it took up the whole page but wasn't too cluttered so everything was set out evenly. Also the result from the questionnaire made me realise that only using a few pictures would be more effective because it would make people want to read more to see who else would be involved.

Questionnaire at 13:25

I created 5 questions and asked 5 of my peers. The questions and answers were as follows:

1.What background colour do you find the most appealing? And why?

• Red, Multicoloured so it stands out
• Dark blue, calming and natural
• Black because then everything stands out on it
• Black because its a rock magazine so it goes better with the genre
• White and black so its contrasting colours

2. Which title do you prefer? What would you improve?

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pic3







Pic 4

• Pic 4 & put it in colour
• Pic 1 if it was faded more
• Pic 1 and wouldn't changed nothing
• Pic 4 because its different and attracts the eye
• Pic 3 because its simple and eroded

3. What do you prefer on a contents? (Think of pictures, colours, fonts and info etc)

• Bright and colourful pictures to attract my attention
• Pictures and info with good font and similar colours
• Pictures, Logos and stuff
• Pictures
• The way its set out and pictures used

4. What do you look at on a contents page? (Like what attracts you to it)

• The pictures mainly
• Fonts and layout
• Pictures - I don't take notice in the writing
• Whats in the magazine and pictures
• Just the fonts

5. How would you like the layout to be?

• Easy and not to messy so its easy to understand
• Simple and modern
• Doesn't bother me, aslong as it explains whats in it and some pictures I don't mind
• Random
• In order

My Second Attempt At The Contents Page at 13:03

This was my second attempt at the contents page. But after I finished it I realised I didn't like it and I was not going to feature it on my blog but I chose to put it on to show you the ideas I had. The main reasons why I did not like it was because I thought it was a bit too cluttered and the background did not show enough of the potential of the magazine away. The glow effect I used I thought was a bit too much by using it on each title so next time I will get some ideas from my friends and do a quick survey to see what their opinion would be.

My First Idea Using The Plan at 12:53

This was my first idea using the plan. As you can see I did not stick it and that was because I thought the plan was a bit boring after I thought about it and I wanted to experiment to get some ideas in my head ready for the next attempt.

The reason why these features were chosen was because I thought the silver background went with the black cover on the front and also the pictures were related to music as the guitar was relevant to the rock genre. All the contents are placed random on the page - this effect was chosen because I thought it would attract the readers eye and it was different to every other magazine.

Basic Layout For Contents Page at 12:52

This is my basic flat plan for my contents page

Final Front Cover at 08:55

This is my final front cover. I chose this because of the results I got from the survey and my own opinion. The results for each front cover on the survey was fairly equal so I basically chose to feature this front cover because I thought it was the best one. The layout is the same as the template but the only thing that has changed is the pictures. I imported my own pictures and edited how I wanted.

The main feature is the main picture in the middle. It is of one of my friends and there is confetti and people faded in around him to illustrate what is in the magazine - inside access from tours and exclusive interviews. I think it was a good effect to use because it had multiple meanings and attracted the readers eye. The photo stream down the right hand side was chosen because it was like you could imagine a video stream scrolling down to show you who is featured in the magazine. That was the proposed effect but I know that that could not happen so I could only choose 4 pictures that it could contain. In the end I am happy with that result.

Results From Quick Survey at 08:54

After finishing off that template I wanted to go around and ask everyone which final front cover would be best. The front covers I chose and the results are summed up and shown below:

This got the following responses: The background is nice and striking, the main picture needs to be abit more rockyfied, it could be more attracive by using dark and light colours.

This front cover got the responses: Good colours to grab the readers eye because thats what it needs. The 'LEGENDS OF ROCK' needs to be more striking like the first one. The title is better than the first one because it does have multiple meanings. One of my peers said that they preferred the photo stream effect better than the 'cluttered' appearance of the people.

This front cover got told to be good and really attractive, just like the other ones. They said that the photo stream is as good as the other one and it would look good which ever way it got placed.

Overall, this questionnaire didn't really help me because each front cover got good feedback and I still couldn't decide which one was best.