Update on my work

Progress

In todays lesson am just going over my final pieces making sure everything is in order and that i am happy with my final work. 
Here are my pieces. I will be making more improvements once my teacher goes through and gives their opinion, but this will be later on. 

Front cover

Contents page

Double page spread

Overall, i am quite happy with the way they have turned out. They have changed quite a lot since the start, but that just shows how much work and effort has gone into them. Obviously there will be improvements to make, but that will be resolved once my teacher checks through it. 

I really like the contrast between the colours as they all match. By the looks of it my colour scheme is like a grey and a cranberry red, (i mainly chose those colours because i personally like them). My layouts are quite simplistic and organized which is what i was aiming for, so i am happy with them. 

Time management

In todays lesson, i have managed to finish my contents page and complete my double page spread. My double page spread will need more work doing to it, but i will make them changes when i find more inspirations. I have tried to make them all match and make the contrast between them match so that you can tell it is from the same magazine. I feel like i am progressing well, and learning from my mistakes. I am looking at more magazines that inspire me to help me develop my ideas further. 

Research into my genre

I went onto the abc website and found a magazine called 'Indie' and some information about it that can help me.

This shows the amount of issues bought around the world, and this concludes what countries but that magazine most. in this case, the united kingdom bought over 8000 of the 'Indie' magazine in 2003 and the remaining 58 were bought else where. It also shows how poplar the magazine is, and how big the target audience is.

Another magazine called 'Q magazine' showed that just over 98% of purchases were made in the UK and 12% were from retail sales. it also shows your prices and subscription rates that apply to that magazine.