Evaluation: Question One

Features I have used from 'Vibe' magazine on my magazine.

FRONT COVER

To create my front cover of my magazine I searched for a real R'n'B magazine which helped me to choose the layout and what to use on the front cover. I used some of the features from the real magazine 'vibe' for my front cover to help show the audience of my magazine the genre of the magazine.

For picture on my front cover I modeled my model to pose like drake from the front cover of 'vibe', using a medium close up a serious pose and plan black and white clothes this helps show the audience hat genre my magazine is.

To make my text stand out on my front cover I used as box around the text like they did on 'Vibe' magazine, it helps the text stand out to the audience showing the main or exclusive stories within the magazine, so I chose to use this feature on my front cover. 'Vibe' magazine uses 'new' in the magazine title to show that it is a new magazine, so I thought It would be good to use this feature on my magazine to show that it is an new R'n'B magazine.

I used a tagline on my magazine so that the audience of my magazine can associate the tagline with my magazine, I have placed my Magazine tagline about its title like 'Vibe' magazine has also done, using two different colours to highlight the main information in the tagline.

features of 'vibe' which I developed and used on my magazine

 There are features of Vibe magazine which I developed and used on my magazine.

The Title on Vibe magazine is bold and white with the models head infront of part of it which I have used but I changed my mast head to black and made it smaller to make the picture the main aspect of the front cover the picture.

The main story on Vibe magazine doesn't stand out as much as you think a main story should stand out, so on my magazine I made the text a lot bigger and bright colours, lines and different fonts to make the story stand out to the audience and to show that the picture on the front cover of the magazine is linked with the main story in the magazine.

Features which I have completely changed for my magazine

I have completely changed certain aspects of the magazine which helps make a distinction between the two different magazines which are in the same R'n'B genre.

I have added a banner of text to the bottom of my magazine, when the Vibe magazine doesn't have any text or pictures across the bottom there is only the text on the models shot showing.

On the Vibe magazine it has the twitter name to follow for readers to follow, I have chosen to leave this aspect out on my magazine.

CONTENTS PAGE

Features I have used from Vibe magazine on my content page

On my contents I didn't use much of the features that are used on the Vibe magazine contents pages on my contents page.

One of the feature that I did use on my magazine contents page from the vibe contents page if the type of writing used on the title and the text.

I used a bold font for the title and small fine, easy to read fonts for the text on the contents page. I also used sub-titles like vibe did to put the text into different categories.

Features I have developed from vibe magazine on my contents page

I developed different factors from the vibe magazine contents page on my contents page for my magazine.

The big 'V' for vibe behind to picture I decided to use this but change how it is. Instead of just using a big 'B', I decided to use the whole name of the magazine and wrote in big letters 'BASE' down the left had side of the page.

I also changed the way the title 'Contents" is layed out on Vibe magazine, I have changed it so it is in all one line instead of under each other like in vibe. I have used bold font like they have done in vibe but I have made the title on my contents page into two different colours black and white as I have used an mulit-coloured back ground.

Features I have completely changed for my contents page

On my contents page I have changed more features from the Vibe magazine than I have used on my magazine contents page.

I have changed the background, so that it is two colours instead of it being just one plain colour, like vibe have used on their magazine contents page.

I have also changed the amount of pictures which are on the contents page, I have also made the models female and in different than the model in the Vibe magazine, I have kept to the plain clothes like in the Vibe pictures.

I have also added red lines between each section of the text, to split it up and make it clear that there are different sections to the contents page. On the lines for splitting up the text I added a small picture of the front cover to make it clear that the contents page and front page are from the same music magazine.

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD 

Features which I have used from Vibe magazine on my double page spread

On my double page spread I didn't used many of the features from a vibe magazine double page spread.


One feature which I did use on my magazine from Vibe magazine is the paragraph of writing before the story starts.

Another feature I used from the Vibe magazine double page spread is the landscape picture, I have use this feature on my double page spread for my music magazine.

Features I have changed or added for my double page spread

I haven't developed many features from the Vibe magazine double page spread on the my double page spread.

One of the feature that I have developed is the fact that the landscape picture is black and white on vibes magazine double page spread, but for my double page spread I changed the landscape picture so that the picture was in colour for the my double page spread.


I have mostly Challenged the Vibe double page spread because I have changed and added a lot of new features in which Vibe don't have on their double page spread, I have made it completely different.

I have added a main title across the top of the page so they know what the article is about, also I have done a question and answer article unlike Vibe magazine. I have also added the fact that it is an exclusive interview with the artist to make the interview look more interesting to the reader.

I have also added red a white lines which match my colour scheme for my magazine around the title and the center of the page to add more colour and make the page stand and and be more interesting.

I also only have one picture on my double page spread where as the vibe double page spread has two, a landscape and a long shot of drake, who the article is about.