Evaluating the Magazine

How did your group share your ideas and design around?
Once we had both finished our two magazine drafts we discussed the different colours we used, the pictures and the typography. We choose to look at what we thought were the best one of each of our two drafts and as we liked different areas from each we decided to mix our ideas together for our final product.

Evaluate Simerons:
What i like about it?
I like the use of the black based background and the bright blue and red beaming light in the center of the page. The colours she has used on her magazine are bright and bold which conveys the dance genre well. Also the enlarged image of the woman in minimal clothing fills the majority of the magazine spread, the clothing and the dance position conveys the dance genre, therefore this will appeal to our target audience as well as fitting in with the dance codes and conventions. The 'Save the World' logo is near the top of the page in big typography, it stands out well and it has been edited to appear like it is flying in a rush to save the world. In the bottom right hand corner there is a small image of her version on the front of the digipak which shows the audience the cover of what the album looks like. Both the album cover and the magazine advert have the same colour scheme which relates to the dance conventions as they both use bright colours and the image of the provocative woman.

How is the magazine conventional to your music genre?
The colours used on Simerons magazine advert are bright and bold which conveys lights in a club. She has used a black background which conveys the dark night time, partying atmosphere. The blur effect she has put on the image of the woman, portrays the fast movement of the dancing she is doing, also the clothing that the woman is wearing fits into the dance genre well as she is wearing minimal clothing including short shorts and a crop top. The bright light in the center of the page conveys a spot light, so it looks like the spot light is shinning on the woman, the colours used for the circle are blue, pink and purple which all go well together. The name of the artist 'Phil and the jukebox' is at the top of the page so it is the first thing to be read, it is in red writing which conveys excitment, therefore portraying that people will be excited to listen to this album.

How can the magazine be improved?
In my opinion I believe that the font for 'Phil and the jukebox' Simeron has used on her digipak is too plain for the dance genre and it doesn't convey it aswell as I think it can be conveyed. So I think that definition needs to be added and possible written in a bigger font as it is the artists name which is the most important part of the magazine advert, but the 'save the world' logo writing stands out much more which I don't think it should even though it is the name of the album.
Also I think the information in the center of the page looks great there but the white blends in slightly with the background so I think the colour should be changed or the writing should be moved to the right of the page so it isn't over the woman. To make the magazine advert stand out more I think that there should be more colour and effects in the background, which will convey the dance genre even more.


What magazine will you submit and why?
As a group we have decided that for our final magazine advert we will take ideas from each of our magazine adverts to create the best one possible. We have discussed the typography, images used and the writing, so we will use the font I have chosen as it conveys the dance conventions the most and we have chosen to use Simerons background idea for the finaly one, and we have both used the same image of the woman so that will aslso be on our final magazine advert as it is a woman in a dance pose and minimal clothing which conveys the dance genre well.