Improved Front Cover and Contents Page

Front Cover, Contents Page And Double Page Spread

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you fell you have learnt in progession from it to full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task I could see a lot of changes within the two magazines that I have done. In terms of my preliminary task the front cover was not that great, but by using the feedback that I received helped me in producing a better front which was done in my coursework magazine.

This was my preliminary task as you can see the front cover was not that great, this is because I was use to the terms and technology of creating an outsatnding piece of work, also I tried to make it creative and also I felt that it appealed to my target audience, I believe that the target audience was addressed and this was related through the title of my preliminary task magazine. Also I made it look creative and also I made it look imaginative with the two pieces of work and also by deciding the different pictures to use and how it will relate to the target audience, by using people our age to relate to the target audience.

This is my coursework magazine. As you can see there is a big difference between the two in terms of how the feedback helped me in creating a better type of magazine and one that will be more appealing to my audience. The text was complete differnet because I wanted it to stand out and look good so that my target audience will be encouraged to read my magazine. The framing of the photo's worked as well becaue I was able to use different types of effects to help me with framing all of my pictures and text on my front cover.

I believe that my coursework magazine is more creative than my preliminary task. This is because it looks more creative in terms of text and framing of the images used in my coursework magazine. I also believe that it looks professional in terms of the second magazine because it looks well done and a lot of effort put into it. Overall I think that I have learnt a lot with the two magazines that I have created, and also the feedback that I have receieved regarding the two pieces of work that I have created, and also I hope that it will help me in the near future.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

The peice of technology that I used to help me in producing my magazine was photoimpact 10. This helped me because I was able to get the things and effects to help with my fron cover and contents page as well. It also helped me to edit photo's, change text layout and the size of the font in creating my front cover and contents page.


I also used dafont.com, it helped me in choosing the different the different types of fonts to help me with my magazine, this piece of technology helped me because I was able to get an idea of how my front page title will look like and if it will appeal to my audience, it also helped me because it gave me a list of fonts to choose from and helped me with my grime=dime title for my magazine.

Publisher helped me with my double page spread, this is because I was able to get the colour of font I wanted and also it helped me with inserting pictures and text boxes to write or type what I want to say for my audience to see. Why this helped me is becuase I was able to generate ideas on how to structure my double page spread and also the layout and templates that I used in order to make my double page spread and make it good not just for me but my audience.

I also used this camera and it is called FufiFilm FinePix S1500, this helped me in taking different images to insert into my magazine and also take multiple images as well. This helped me because I was able to take lots of different images and also helped me pick the right photo and put it on my magazine, also I was able to use the right types of shots and lighting as well.

How did you attract/address your audience?

 With the front cover as you can see the words that I used was to help me relate to the audience, in terms of the writing in blue it is similar to the title of the magazine but different in another way. Also with the other style of writing in silver it is in the means of a schoolboy writing so it relates to the target audience who of most are still in school. Moreover on the front cover I put freebies on it so I could promote my magazine and a lot of people like freebies, with the freebies I put " win tickets to J Cole concert" I done this so that the people who look at the magazine would like to buy it because they would like the free things within the magazine. The freebies are located in the top left corner of the magazine and it is in big so it will stand out to the reader and who will read it because it wil be the first thing that they will see.

With the contents page the significant thing about the layout of the contents page was the structure of the features and what to expect from the magazine. Also the colour was in fact to match the colours of the front cover so it continious, also the another reason is that one of it will be in silver and then blue and then back to silver so the colours will stand out. The features on the contents page was supposed to attract my audience for example the album reviews it was linked to appeal or to catch the attentionj of my audience. The font size for the headings was 22 and then for the little description was 18. This was done because the headings were supposed to stand out because it would be what the reader or audience wants to see when they turn over to the contents page, i placed it on the left hand side so it will the first thing that they will read when they turn over to the contents page.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is called James Bandgow and he works as a chief in a top restaurant in London, he lives in West London in a house that he bought, he just came out of university and he is 20 years-old. He is single and lives with his friends the last three albums he has bought are Professor Green – At Your Inconvenience, Cee Lo Green- The Lady Killer and Wretch 32 Black and White these are the latest three albums he has got because he is a music fantic. James is a typical reader of this magazine and he likes listen to grime and his favourite artist or group is Boy Better Know.


Also this typical reader is someone who likes fashion and likes going to music concerts and also likes getting free tickets from different music radio stations that give away free tickets. His favourite radio station is Kiss fm.




James likes to drink a lot and have a blast on a Friday night. And likes reading about music magazines and the lives of the artist for example boy better know like in one of the magazines like mix mag and uncut. The reason is that these are the two that he likes to read a lot and has helped him with understanding the meaning of grime and how it came about to people of today.



His favourite TV show is the Simpsons, he watches it on a daily basis and does not miss one show of it. The reason why he watches it is because he has been watching it since he was a little child and also he likes the fact that it is a family show and can might relate to him and his family that is why he has loved it ever since.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Looking at the different publishers that publish magazine for example:

• mixmag
• uncut
• NME

There are some publishers that publsih a numer of magazines and that can help me in choosing the right distribution to hand out my media product:

• IPC media
• Development Hell
• Tracey Cheesman
• Paul Cheal

I feel that the publishers of mixmag which are Development Hell can distribute my media product because the produce over 21,500 copies in Britain alone, so I feel that they can publish my media product. By this they can distribute to the wider market which is good for me by making profits and advertising sales as well. Also I feel that by choosing Develpment Hell they can relate to what I am publishing and why I am doing it as well, moreover I feel that they can take me further becuase they produce lots of copies and maybe it can influence other distributors to buy my media product and sell it in there market.