Rhiannon Aylward
Media Studies
Front Page First Draft & Feedback
This is the first draft of my music magazine front page. I then showed this to many peers in order to see what they like and dislike about the magazine in order to change it for the better. I have used feedback from the year 13 media students as well as peers the fit my target audience.
I decided not to change this when I changed my magazine based on feeback as I wanted the magazine title to stand out which I feel it wouldnt have done if it was darker.
I agree with this feedback as the colour of the models face looks too unnaturally orange. I decided to change this by toning down the contrast a little bit.
I decided not to change this when I changed my magazine as the idea of this factor was to attract the attention of the readers by having very different shape and size font with a catching colour. It also makes 'Indie Rock' stand out which is what I wanted.
I took this feedback into consideration and decided to move the barcode as it looks like it is in a very odd place. I also decided to make it smaller as it is too big. I also had another person say that they did not like the positioning of the barcode.
I also had feedback to add in more cover stories where the barcode currently is.
Another factor that was brought up was that the main story was not centralised and that it looked 'all over the place' I then decided to change this and make the pull quote bigger to act as a lure to grab the readers attention.
On the topic of the lines, I had been given feedback that the spacing was not equal so it looked very uneven.
I have reduced the level of orangness on the models face as the feedback suggested. I did this by changing the contrast. This makes the model look more natural than she did before.
I have also equally spaced out the lines that have been used to underline the different cover stories. I have done this as it looks more neat and tidy. It also looks more professional.
I have also added in more cover stories where the barcode use to be. This covers up empty space which would have looked unprofessional and half finished if it was left as it was.
I also took the feedback into consideration when I changed the main story alignment to make it centralised. This strongly links the image with the story. I have also made the pull quote larger than the name of the story as this will be the main thing that entices the readers to read the magazine.
I have also moved the barcode as suggested. This means there is free space where more cover stories can go and the barcode looks better in the corner as it looked relatively out of place where it was previously. I have also made the barcode smaller as it was too big before.