Claire Russell Media Studies Blog

Home page -

https://clairerussell2003.wixsite.com/my-site

(my video element is located on this page at the top, below the Issue 2 label)

Article page -

https://clairerussell2003.wixsite.com/my-site/top-article

07 PRODUCTION

cover page 1-

Cover page 2-

Contents page 1-

Contents page 2-

06 PLANNING WEBSITE

https://editor.wix.com/html/editor/web/renderer/edit/f5e1ffc2-d0f8-4f4c-b003-92c7b5a6eee1?metaSiteId=b9f48006-30c8-478a-8d85-e004737b6c37

1- I am planning on setting my website out in a structural format however, still making sure that it includes features of the Real Life magazines which I looked into. With a younger generation who regularly use social media, I think that setting out sections of it like Instagram's explore page.

2- After speaking to my teacher and getting feedback on my original design, I decided to restart my website. He pointed out that the design was too structured for a Real-Life magazine and does have enough links with the rest of my products. After this, I looked back at the other Real-life magazines which I researched, as well as my magazine cover and contents page, and started to develop my new design to make my synergy more cohesive.

This design is still more structured than the Magazine websites which I looked into, however looks more like them than my original design. I am planning on having loads of advertisements to cover this first section and then below having some articles and a meet the team video. For my second page, I am planning on developing on of the articles by doing a report page.

Second page

05 PLANNING PRODUCTION

Magazine cover page mockups

In my first set of mockups for my magazine cover, I tried a few different colour schemes. With this being the first stage of my planning, I wanted to get try out a few plans in order to discuss with my focus group and see what their overall opinions were with the colours and layout.

After consulting with my focus group, they said that they are more likely to pick up the one on the left, with the more colourful scheme. Most stated that it would stand out better even though the pastel one is more aesthetically pleasing. Due to this, I will find a set of bold colours to use throughout my magazine.

Magazine contents page mockups

In creating my mockups for my contents page, I followed my SOI by having the same proximities used in the ones which I used in my research. Most of the page is dominated by advertisements and self-promotion, with the bottom section left for the actual contents of the magazine. I initially used the same colour scheme as my first mock-up on my front cover page, however, after consulting with my focus group, I have decided to go with a brighter and bolder colour scheme.

The design for my mockup is slightly more formatted than the ones which I researched. This is due to the fact that after consulting with my focus before creating these, they had stated that they did not like the messiness in the layout and would find it more appealing if it still had the same concept to keep it in the style of a real-life magazine.