Advert - New single

Trial and Error

This is the first edit I created on Picmonkey. I felt that it gave the picture a ‘Cold’ look which I didn’t really like as it didn’t look very appealing to the audience and it also doesn’t have any relation to my chosen genre.

This second edit was a lot closer to my chosen genre than the first edit. This edit shows more of a ‘Hip-Hop’ or ‘Gangster’ look to it which is very different to what I was going for. The texture of this edit also makes the image very worn out giving it an old look.

In this edit I played around with the geometric shapes and chose the triangle as it’s a very sharp shape which may connote confidence and will give it an edgy feel. Then for the individual shapes I placed them in a very unique way giving each shape a different color which gives a fun and loving feel to the image too.

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Developing the main 

I was inspired from the music video from 2NE1’s music video ‘Clap Your Hands.’ At one point in their video they wore very sharp shaped clothes where they had suites on in red and white. But I added the colours because I felt that if I stuck with red and white I’d be too boring and the red will be too over whelming for the readers because the main colour pallet already has the colour red.

Here you can see I've added the title of the New Single. It's  titled 'Beautiful Hangover.' Whilst creating and editing this I was listening to Big Bang who've inspired me for the title of this new single. At first I placed the title at the bottom of the album in black but that was hard to see against the image. 

Here is the improved section of the one above. I turned the writing white which shows more clearly against the image. I've also added a 'Handwritting' look alike of the artists name. By doing this it looks like her handwriting or signature which will be effective for this Single.  I have placed her name at the bottom right as I've built up an image of her being well known and she's already well known which means her name doesn't have to be plastered all over the place.

Finished Product 

Here is the final product. I am very pleased with the outcome. I feel that it looks very realistic and it portrays well for my chosen ganre.

Best Of Asia - Media Pack

Flat Plan

The Flat-Plans are highly important for editors and advertisers because it will show them the contents of the magazine. Flat-plans are used for publications for magazine it contains brief description for each page. The flat-plan allows you to see the entire magazine and move pages around until the editors are happy with it.

The flat-plan has helped me to plan out the magazine contents and it will help me layout the page. I will be able to plan out the articles and adverts on the pages carefully by using the flat-plan.  Furthermore this will be effective in drawing I my target audience.

Contents Page Plan

These are my contents page plans, I have followed some layouts from existing Kpop magazines. 



This first layout plan looks good as its uniform with the front page. The blue outline on the 'Contents' makes it look every electrifying which links into my genre. I like the contents layout as it looks very organized. It's very clear where each feature is. The editors notes is also clearly noticeable.
The main image will be on the left which will be a full body shot showing of my models clothes. This will also confidence in my model.

This is the second plan. I have changed the layout and the outline color of the 'Contents' text to red. This still evoke a retro and electrifying feeling to the magazine. The mix images has been placed at the bottom middle-right so it doesn't interfere with the main contents image. This will give more attention to the main cover star. The magazine contents has been placed at the right top corner to instruct the readers to go to the page they desire.

This last plan is quite different due to the different layout. This plan is more packed. But the editors block has been removed to make space for the 'Top 10 Kpop Songs.' I feel that this is a good plan but there's too much going on and the readers might get too overwhelmed. I don't particularly like the use of red as the background for the 'Contents' as it washes out the 'B.O.A.' 

Front Page Plans

This first plan is very tidy but dull. I like the font used for the 'Miss A' as it's bold and has an attitude to it. However the masthead looks out of place and bland. This may put the readers off as it doesn't fit in with the magazine, they may dislike it as it's boring and uninteresting.

I like the use of the Korean flag on the main masthead as well as the side bar.

On this second plan I have positioned the yellow side bar on the left closer to the masthead which makes it more appealing as well as the bar code as it follows the eye rule of the 'Z.' I have also put an outline on the 'Miss A' this makes gives an effect that it's more sharp and clean. I haven't changed anything else from the first image.

Here I chose to experiment with the colour scheme. I chose to have a side bar with red, blue and yellow on the left side. This will show creativity and it will show that I have followed the colour scheme I have chosen. The 'O' in B.O.A I turned it land scape to see if it looked nice and I have also added two dots in it. By doing this I have created a 'ying and yang' (Chinese symbol) effect which I think looks really good. However I think that the masthead looks boring as it's too plane and dull. I have also changed the 'Miss A' font to Brush Script MT. I think that this font looks very effective and elegant however this is not the effect I'm after.

This is a better layout in my personal opinion as the front cover looks more professional and put together. The colours used works well. I especially like the font I used for the masthead. I feel that it will grab readers more than the previous fonts I used. I have also enlarged and changed the font of the names of the artists which is now very visible. Without reading the cover lines you can already know who's featured in the magazine. I especially like use of the new font for the 'Miss A' it gives an effect of face pace life or the zooming of the car which may connote the fast rise in career of Miss A.




I first drew a front page plan by hand which I then edited and made some changes using the computer.