Developing my music magazine further

I have took advice into consideration, by developing my front cover, contents page and double page spread further. To begin with, i reduced the size of the puff, this is because it looked to much of a main focus, decreasing the affect the front cover image gave off. This meant decreasing the font size of the text 'Exclusive Interview' as well. Furthermore, i added a fill colour blue and changed the text to white. This is because i feel this colour creates a stronger contrast against the background colour. Although, i kept the gold outline, as this also increases contrasting affects and makes the audience feel the 'exclusive interview' is special because of the gold colour tone. Another feature of my music magazine front cover, i changed, was the quote underneath 'World Tour 2016'. This was replaced by the 2 bullet points at the bottom of the page. I decided to do this, as the quote dragged out, meaning my audience would loose interest in the magazine. Meaning, there was too much to read for a front cover. Therefore, i changed it to 2 snappy bullets which makes the target audience aware of a few of the magazine features. Moreover, i altered the font style and colour scheme of the main headline, ' The life created by sound'. I did this so that it now matched the gold outline of the puff. In addition to this, it increased the affect of the colour scheme. By creating a more vibrant outlook on the cover.  A lot of my features on my front cover related to Karolina as she is the main artist of the magazine, however, this could make my audience loose interest as they may not read the magazine because they don't like her. So in this case, i have added other artists names to the cover with a bit of information that links to them, which is in my music magazine. I have used artists names such as 'Beyonce, Selena Gomez and Drake'. Therefore, a variety of artists are mentioned. Finally, i switched the large text 'Karolina Moskal', with the phrase, 'Living Success', removing the 'career' quote, as i wanted quotes and phrases to be short and catchy. 

As for the contents page, i have changed the background colour, to a light brown/ mink colour. This is because previously the background colour was red. In my opinion, this clashed with the red used on the models, checked shirt, decreasing the contrast levels. This colour allows a clear contrast to be made. Additionally, i have adjusted the alignment so that the text along the side of the page starts at the same point on each line. This makes the page look more professional. Furthermore, i  have added extra features such as, 'Album releases'. This opens up my audience as they can look at different topics in the music magazine. I have also looked at other magazines contents pages. For instance, 'Q magazine'. From this i took inspiration and noticed that they tend to include 'reviews'. So, therefore, i included a review section. Lastly, i have swapped the images of celebrities to images of my own. These are shown at the bottom of the contents page. I have experimented with the style photographs, by using styles such as, low key, high key and gel lighting images. These represent images of celebrities and album covers.

As for the Double page spread, i have moved the phrase 'Exclusive Interview' further up the page, as this contrasts more with the grey background and will capture the audiences quicker as it is situated higher. In addition to this, i changed the colour from red to black because since i have added a banner to the bottom of the spread, using black and grey. The colour scheme now matches and connects more. As for the banner, this includes extra information about tickets, website and surveys. i decided to use white text and bullets to allow a contrasting affect to be made against the background and font. I have also changed the style of the article, placing them in columns rather than a page of text. Making it look more professional and realistic. As well as this, i have included another portrait image of karolina. This is because i wanted to have more than one image on the contents page. This also indicates to the target audience, that this page is about her only. i have changed the drop down banner in the centre of the spread to the magazine logo. This is a form of advertising and looks better than the website link and quote of 'highly ranked artists'. However, i have still managed to mention the web link in the banner at the bottom of the spread. As well as include the 'Highly ranked artists' quote on the front cover. Finally, i have altered the font and increased the size of the phrase, 'Karolina announces upcoming tour'. I done this because this shows a further experimentation of font, making the page exciting and it creates a positive mood. Plus, the chosen font is bold and upper case, allowing it to stand out as it is important information which fans want to notice. This phrase will also persuade them to read the article because of the excitement given off from it. Finally i removed the font from the left side of the spread that listed the words, 'Life story, World Tour, Fame' and i have replaced it with a red puff that mentions, ' An incredible 2016!'. I feel this change is correct as the quote is more leading and persuasive than the 3 words. These words don't achieve anything or engage the target audience in my opinion. Whereas, this quote leads the audience on to reading the article. A contrast is made in the puff because the font colour stands out against it (white). It is also in upper case text which gives off a positive affect by standing out. The purpose of making the puff 'red', is so that it links in withe the colour scheme of the magazine. For instance, i have made the colour red a main focus in all of my music magazine because it links to both genre audiences and contrasts well with other colours used in backgrounds.