Note: This was originally going to be my final product, but changes were made to later to produce a final product.
Note: Since the product only shows 3 memebrs of The HIT now, the idea will be slightly altered. Mr Messai, played by me in the draft, will now be scrapped as an idea. The new band member names will be 'Power punch' for the member in the blue jacket, 'super stew' for the one in a black and white tracksuit, and 'Cool Cad' for the member on the far right of the Double page spread... (DPS)
Your final magazine has improved greatly, well done Jack.
ReplyDeleteImprovements you can try;
Front Cover
• Remove the date from inside the ‘T’, maybe place under the masthead on the left. Make it slightly smaller too.
• ‘The Hit Goes Split’ text, doesn’t stand out, it’s blending into the background. What can you do to make it stand out? As we discussed changing the title on your double page (yellow text) whatever you change it to don’t forget to change it to the same font on your front cover.
• Maybe reconsider the layout of your text.
Contents
• Try re cutting your images out as they seem a little rough around the edges. Have you tried using the magic wand? You could also try feathering the edges or zooming in and using the rubber.
• Have at least 80 pages (an article can take up more than one page look back at your analyses).
• Maybe consider moving the word ‘contents’ up.
• Yellow headings could be slightly bigger font.
• Could experiment with the text about the main feature. (text right to images)
Double Page
• As we discussed change the yellow title to a clearer font.
• Black border top of page to make the text and page number stand out more.
• Experiment with layout of text, maybe create a third column.
KEEP YOUR ORGINAL FINAL PIECES AND SELECT SAVE AS AND RENAME WHEN YOU HAVE MADE ALTERATIONS.
(Miss Sutton)
A huge improvment from your first draft.
ReplyDeleteA few more suggestions you could consider:
Front Page
- Bar code, price and date could go together where your barcode
curently sits. I would lower these down towards the edge of the
magezine as they seem to be in limbo at the moment.
- The 'Hit Goes Split' article should be changed to another colour and
should be re-positioned as I feel it is just sat in the middle of page
to 'even out the frame'.
- Consider adding another one or two more article titles. Three
articles on your front cover seems weak. Look back at your research on
Magazine Covers and layouts.
Contents
- There is a lot of un-utilised space here. I feel you should look at
your research again as mentioned above. Consider changing your layout
based upon your research. You may not need to add any more text or
images but altering the positioning of your images, and text will
greatly improve your contents page. The contents title could do with a
change of font to make it stand out more and also could be made
bigger. Again re-positioning is recommended.
- Keeping to your strong colours of Black, White and Red on your front
cover is also recommended. The use of grey does not follow through and
I feel dulls the page.
Double Page Spread
- Your photograph works really well here.
- Your choice of several colours is making is killing your look. I
would say change the green colour of split to yellow.
- The article on the left is fine. The article on the right could be
made larger and a different font could also be used to stand out from
your article on the left.
- I would like to see more experimentation with the use of font in
both your Contents page and DPS.
Mr Rai