week 16

Today i finished off my double page spread. I then took the time to go through my magazine finishing off an parts that i thought needed touching up or changing in order to give it that little extra effect and better look.

Surveys

I also created a Facebook page in order to ask the public what they preferred when it came to magazines. I aced multiple questions such as how much would you pay, do you prefer text, pictures or a balance and the genre etc. I did this so i could get a ruff idea of what people would like to see so i could try and follow what they liked so that my magazine would appeal to more people being more sellable and attractive. These interviews also helped me predict and look at how to attract a certain audiences and what different types of people like when it comes to a magazine.

Facial Expressions

There are many facial expressions that can be used in order to create emotion and effect as well as creating a different style, look and image for a magazine.


The chocolate box - half or full smile, teeth barely visible and full or 3/4 face to camera. This is used to project a pleasant and warm feeling for the audience and highlights the models features.

Invitational - emphasis on the eyes, usually the mouth is shut or has a hint of smile, head is usually to one side or looking directly into the camera. This is used to project a mysterious feeling.

Super Smiler - Full face, wide open smile with teeth, hair often wind-blown. Projects a confident and aggressive/ happy tone.

Romantic/ Sexual - Usually has both a man and woman who are positioned close together, unsmiling.
Carefree - Active, healthy and happy. Usually includes vibrant colours.
Practical - Concentrating, engaged, focusing on something. Mouth usually closed and eyes off camera.

Seductive - cool and chilled posture, expression is less reserved but still confident.

Comic - Deliberately ridiculous, exaggerated and funny facial expressions to provoke humour.

Catelogue - Empty expression, look of wax-like figures. Personality has been removed.

Facial Expressions

facial expressions can give the magazine emotion, attitude and just make the readers feel engaged in it. By using this image of Liam Gallagher, we can already see the arrogance and aggressive nature he has. This will attract the reader as they will be expecting controversy in his article and will want to go and read on. The image on the front and facial expression can also make the reader sad or upset, for example if a death of a famous iconic artist has suddenly passed, as the magazine uses a creative image where we see the artist smiling, looking happy/content, or even a famous image this can cause emotion and once again make the reader want to read on. A great example of this was when Q magazine used an iconic picture of  David Bowie after his passing. This showed his famous face paint and art reminding the reader of just how good and how big he was as a artist and a person. This in itself would make readers want to pick up and buy the magazine in order to read up and remember the career and life of Bowie

final product

As you can see i overall changed the layout of my magazine, the colour scheme, fonts, logo masthead etc as i believe this is suits the genre and audience more. The old style and layout i had was very messy, cluttered and unprofessional. i also realized that my original flat plans would not work with my pictures and the ideas had, i also had to change these throughout the process of doing my magazine. The colours were changed so that i could follow a house style so that the magazine flows and fits the style its meant to follow. also i added in more text and font styles to the front cover and contents so that different headlines, page numbers and articles stand out more and draw the readers in to the main parts of the magazine.

I did not want my contents page being to cluttered and having too many articles on there, so instead i picked out a few main ones that i believe the readers would be most interested in  in-order to allow easy finding for the bigger articles.

The double page spread stuck with the original flat plan but with some alterations in order to make it look more profession. The photo taking up one side was to show the readers the arrogance of his nature to give the text and magazine more emotion to it. I also had to change the font and colour of the questions asked so that it was easier for the readers to follow and clearly see what was being asked and where the responses are.