01/03/12. Improvements:

In today's lesson, I have made some major changes to my product work.
- For a start, I have completely rearranged the DPS by layout. Instead of the middle image going across the two pages and the page split, the images of band members have now been placed in the corner, on the side of and below all main text. Also, the article itself is not arranged more correctly, with a lost of columns which make the layout seem more professional, and contribute more to the following of media layout conventions.
- Also, another major change to my work was the colour arrangement of the cover page. Instead of having a black silhouette and a white background, the colours have been reversed. While this modification was simple to execute, the result is an entirely different representation of content. The dominant surrounding colour is now black, which makes the cover look darker and more interesting in comparison. The text that was put on the side of the page has now been reversed in colour too so it can be seen properly while over the background or silhouette. (Red to yellow, yellow to red.)
- The main image was also enlarged so it was a more dominant feature on the page and looked more like an actual mid-shot. Media conventions of front covers usually associate with the main image of a mid-shot being the main focus of the magazine.
- The DPS also had a new background, instead of white with a grey corner, the entire page now has a black to white gradient from corner to corner. This makes the entire page stand out more as more interesting. Though part of the page was darkened to add visual interest, the laying out of the graident background was cleverly executed in order for the gradience not to make the text of the article, or other content, appear less noticeable. The text is not blended in with the gradient black BG too much.