New Front Cover Photos

Today, I took a new front cover photo of a close up female. Although my audience research earlier in the month showed a female close up was the most popular photo to use, my rough cut feedback indicated more 'attitude' was needed, and I feel that is what I have achieved in this new photo.

Weekly Plan

Weekly Plan (Monday 13 March- Sunday 19th March 2017)
This week, I intend to make significant progress in improving my magazine pages following my rough cut feedback. The key tasks I aim to achieve this week are:

-Editing my new double page spread photos.

-Creating a rough version of my double page spread with the new image.

-I also took new front cover photos last week, so I intend to edit them to make them as effective as possible before using them on my front cover to follow feedback given after my rough cut.

-I also intend to get some audience feedback on my contents page, as I am currently debating changing it from an image-dominated look to a blocky look, but I want to get the target audience's opinion on this change before making it.

-Once I have audience feedback, I intend to begin a complete overhaul of my contents page.

Double Page Decision

Following yesterday's focus group feedback on my backup double page spread photo, I have opted not to use that photo. Instead, I will seek to achieve a similar style of photo to my rough cut double-page spread, but I intend to find a model with slightly more 'attitude', as was frequently stated in my rough cut feedback.

Backup Double Page Spread: Focus Group Opinion

After the somewhat negative reception to my double page spread photo in my rough cut, I asked my focus group their thoughts on my backup photo.

Olivia: "It's not very conventional to have the model at the side of the page."

Tommy: "Having the model in the centre is a bit unconventional but could work if you place the text all around him."

Luke: "It feels too symmetrical, I feel it would look more like a landscape front cover than a double page spread."

Megan: "It feels a bit boring with the colour scheme of grey predominantly in the background."

Rough Cut Feedback (Double Page Spread)

Teacher Feedback:
-Use a different photo; model needs more attitude
-Too white; needs to fit the nautical theme more, perhaps through background change
-Remember to include the conventions, such as page number.

Student Feedback:
-Image and text fit well
-layout slightly unconventional with text on both sides of page

Rough Cut Feedback (Contents Page)

Teacher Feedback:
-Need to add more detail to articles
-Need a more creative photo to 'tell a story'- coming out of the sea would be a good photo.
-Include all the neccesary conventions, such as page number, date etc
-Too much like a front cover

Student Feedback:
-Image used is very good
-Colour scheme most prominent and best used here.
-Need to add more text/stories

Rough Cut Feedback (Front Cover)

Teacher Feedback:
-Very conventional (especially the model overlap)
-Instantly recognisable as a music magazine
-Need to include more featured stories
-More attitude needed on photos
-Doesn't fit the nautical theme; it needs to have something small added, such as a wave in the title.
-Could perhaps add a bar along the bottom with extra featured stories on
-Headline too vague; add a shadow as well.

Student Feedback:
-Good variety of images use
-Good title and date
-Needs more text about images and other articles in the magazine