FEEDBACK
In a summary of my feedback, I received the similar rating from my magazine cover across the board, which was a steady 4/5 out of 10. I realised that a lot of people said there was something missing and that the fonts looked a bit odd and that there wasn't enough of it. Furthermore, My teacher pointed that the image wasn't an effective image for the front cover of a magazine and that I didn't have a slogan. I realise that i have a lot of work to do for my next draft and realise that i have to think more holistically so that both my works integrate with each and that my magazine looks to be of an industry standard.
Today I also applied my feedback to my magazine cover and edited it accordingly. Firstly I removed all the things I felt were a problem and made my magazine look a bit more like a gossip magazine rather than a film magazine. First thing to go was the image as it was just not cutting it. I also removed the sticker and the red bar at the bottom of the page as I thought the red bar was a bit too much. the whole approach to this draft was less is more and I realised some things are more effective not being drowned by other elements around it.
After removing the unnecessary things I began re editing my work by placing one of the things i missed whilst constructing the first time around and that was a tagline to compliment my title. I came up with 'World Film News in Your Bag', I chose this slogan as I though it wasn't a tongue twister and could be said with ease, as well as relating to the magazine itself. In relation to the placement of the slogan, I decided to place it where Halloween Special was before, the top middle of the page just above the header. I chose this place as I found it was a conventional place to put it and found it worked perfectly with the rest of the page. I mad the lettering white as it worked with the header as the backing of the header was also white. Another minor piece of information I Included just below the title was a website as it is an industry convention for film magazines to also have a website, This was pointed out clearly through my research. Additionally the implementation of a barcode was also necessary for me to achieve the industry standard I wanted. After sorting out the minor glitches in my work it was then time to move onto the main bulk of my work and this included me having to fix the font and font sizes of a few things. I found that the font I previously used for Halloween special wasn't really conveying a Halloween theme and after looking for some fonts I found a font that convey this sense perfectly. I kept the same colour and placed it just above the title for the main article PARADOX, which I also changed making it bigger and getting rid of the unnecessary words as titles are normally short and snappy and my previous title was a bit lengthy. Furthermore, I responded to the criticism that there wasn't enough on the front page by making new articles that followed the same red title and white explanation that the main article did, but only in a smaller font. The world of print production places some very modern things on their front cover these days and you can find an App for almost anything. I included an app on my front cover as I thought it directly links with the media today and therefore conforms to one of the industry's conventions. The app I made promotes GLOBAL FILM NEWS and I thought it was a nice touch to put on to my front cover. I also thought that the placement of the app was suitable as it is not the main attraction of the front cover but like every other element of the page, it has to noticed subtly. This concluded my final layout for my magazine and now it was time to find the suitable image I have been looking for.
After the photos of my magazine shoot were finally processed, I found the perfect image for the front cover of my magazine and it only needed some minor lighting editing to maximise its affect. One of my fears about the image I needed to choose was that it might look similar to that of my poster but I think that the image I chose works brilliantly is different to that of the poster. The lighting and depth of field after editing came as an absolute success and concluded the magazine construction. As a whole I believe my magazine cover looks like it ticks all the boxes as it is suitable, fit for purpose and reaches out to my target audience. Conclusively, I have done what i set out to achieve an that is to make two print production pieces that work so well together and can be looked out holistically
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