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

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product.

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Final front page

I am incredibly happy with my front page result as even though there isn't much on it at all it looks as if it is a professional publication. I based the whole front cover once again on my original magazine NME as it is based on exactly the same genre my magazine was about. I based the whole magazine on my group so that the front page didn't look to busy however it still looked effective. I emphasized this by adding "exclusive issue" below the main headline" i then placed smaller stories at the bottom so that the reader will also know what will be found.

Final double page spread

This is my final double page spread, i based it on an interview with the band i created named BlackBats, this made it easier for me to plan out my question and answers to place on the page. When it came to the layout of my double page spread i looked at magazines including Q and again NME, i noticed that the texts were in columns therefore i used this to make my double page look it was in a professional magazine such as Q and NME. i decided to use pictures to emphasize who the band was and placed the logo in the corner so that the readers were able to look out for the band.

Final Contents page

This is my final contents page, i based this on the NME contents page as i like the way that was laid out. The colours i used go on throughout the whole of the magazine therefore it doesn't look as odd, my first draft of this contents page had a black background instead of a grey, this didn't go with the whole magazine overall as the front cover was quite bright therefore i felt that i needed to change it and i am finally happy with the final result.

My photoshoot and images i considered.

My photo shoot was a success and i had many images to choose from to use on my contents, front page and also my double page spread. overall i didn't use any single images because my whole magazine i decided to base on the band i named BlackBats. When looking at the single images i took above i felt that this would have worked if i was to focusing on a solo artist in particular because they fit into my type of genre, however because i was writing about a band i thought i should put pictures of the band in it not some of a few members.

After this decision had been made i then had to choose between the group images. My girls had three outfit changes so there was a lot of images to choose from. The first image i have posted consisted of all the girls wearing glasses, i didn't not choose this image because i think that no eye contact is appealing to the audience. The second and third image i didn't choose to use because the lighting unfortunately was too dark and when i tried to edit it the effect of the picture wasn't as good as i hoped for. My final group image i posted i also liked however i felt like the four girls were separated into two and i wanted them to look like they were close friends, meaning them being closer together.