Google Draft Evaluation

Evaluation

This is my Google mock up of my final product. I am happy with the fonts and graphics and therefore when preparing my final product, may just replace the image of Hayley Williams with a different image. I am allowed to use band logos in my magazine cover, so I will keep the logos I already have in place (Fall Out Boy and Paramore towards the left of my google mock up). On a whole, I am happy with this. It looks like a believable mainstream magazine which could be found on the shelves of shops, which was my target. I have made sure not to block the main image with text, as this is the lead selling point and the main thing that will catch the eye of the target audience (teenagers/students). The text is bright, and is in many different fonts which makes my magazine very unique and fits the rock genre. The text "Daydreaming all the time" is a pun on Hayley William's (of Paramore) song, "Daydreaming".

I have made sure not to have 'blocky' type graphics and texts, so this show my product flows and makes it more believable. On every piece of text, I have added a shadow beind it, this is too make it stand out against the background. This also adds a dark quality to my magazine, which fits the genre of rock. Hayley is shown in bright, floral clothing, which isn't conventional of rock artists and magazines, however this is her style, and the audience will recognise her faster in her bright clothing. I have not included any musical instruments in my magazine, this is unconventional, however Hayley is a frontman of a band, and to have her holding an instrument would make it less believable on a whole. The barcode is towards the top of the magazine, which is unconventional, however if I'd have placed it anywhere else it would have blocked the main image, which would decrease the believability of my magazine, therefore I am happy where I have place it. I have made my magazine at the price of £2.50, which is 30 pence more expensive than Kerrang however I will make my magazine slightly longer in the contents page. When I do my final front cover, I will decrease the price to £2, as I have to take into account that my target audience is students, who do not usually have much money, and to have a weekly magazine at £2.50 per week is too expensive.