Feedback From First Draft Contents and Front Cover

8/12/2019 Feedback From First Draft Contents and Front Cover

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Feedback on my Front Cover

and Contents Page


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Once I'd created my first draft of both the front cover and contents page,I wanted to ask people what they thought of my magazine and if relatedenough to the genre and my target audience !herefore I asked peoplewithin my media class to analyse my work with a few "uestions to giveme an idea as to what worked and what could be improved to relate itmore to my target audience


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Front Cover :#$%hat do you generally like about the front cover&

I really like how everythingis linked together by thecolour(tone use and the

way it looks professional)

!he purple links all of the

elements together, and yetit isn*t too much It*s usedin a clever way I like themasthead, very original)

I like the boldness of allthe elements on the frontcover)


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+$ o you like the colour use within the image and in thete-t& oes it follow an obvious house design& .ow couldthis be improved&

I really like the colour use and it isclear there is a house style butyou have to make sure that youcarry this out in the double pagespread and contents page !he

only improvement could be tomake it a little bit brighter)

!he colour use is good, usingso much purple and not beingoverpowering It is a definite

head turner, with bold colour)

From this, I have decided to makesure I include more purple in my

contents page and double pagespread. I also intend to increasethe brightness of the photo as itappears to dark as a front coverimage.


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/$0re the cover lines laid out clearly&Could this be improved&

I like the cover lines and theirposition 1y only criticism is

that the font used on the uppercover lines, which are differentfont compared to the others

!he size is also a bit small,and so the lines look a bit lost

on the page, the cover linetitled 23ig 4ist* in particular)

!he cover lines are laid outclearly, you could make thecover lines a little bit bolderand maybe make the pull

"uote a different colour !hisway it would stand out

amongst the cover lines)

From this, I will reconsider the arrangement of cover lines ofthe page, both size and font, so they are more visible and eyecatching. Also I will change the colour of the pull quote to

make it more noticeable


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5$o you like the masthead& oes it workwith the magazine or could it be improved&

!he masthead is original andvery well suited to its purposeIt looks at home at the top of

the cover, very bold, yet itdoesn*t take attention away

from the cover lines, so that isvery good)

They like the style of the mastheadwhich Im very happy about as the

research and planning I put into itmade it recognisable as somethingthat would feature for an indiemagazine.

I think the masthead is reallywell suited, it*s clear you

have thought about a housestyle !he masthead gives

the magazine a tied look butalso gives it an edge)


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6$Is there anything else thatcould be improved&

1ake the bar7code smaller,having it that large takes a

little away from the

professional look)

Primarily one colour apartfrom the white of the top,

this means the te-t doesn*t

stand out as much, the 8ar7code is far to long)

I*m not a massive fan of

purple but it works well, andthe bar7code does need tobe smaller, but not too

small)

I like the front cover but I dopersonally think that the

colour of the purple is a littletoo much, possibly changesome of the cover lines to

another colour)


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From this I have made sure I will make the bar!code smaller that will otherwisetake the attention away from the other articles. I shall also add another colourinto the colour scheme of the front cover as at the moment the purple isoverpowering. I will keep it in some cover lines such as the Florescent "ioletinterview as it relates in colour, yet other parts need to be changed to make it

more appealing.

C t t P


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Contents Page9#$:o far what do you like about the contentspage&

I like the way the te-t hasbeen laid out and

coloured)

;ou could use the coloursfront the front cover more

in the contents page,

creating a house style)

I like the spray paint idea onthe far left column, which

works really well It was oneof the first things that stoodout, other than the image at

the top of the page)


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/$0re the articles easy to read and set out in aninteresting way& Could this be improved in anyway&

From this, I will make the white bo#esbigger and think about increasing thefont size so it is clearer to read.

!he blue te-t is too close tothe white bo-es and is a littlesmall 0lso when it overlaps

the white of the 2e-clusiveinterview* the blue te-t is

very hard to read !he bluete-t Aust needs a little

alteration


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5$Is there anything else you think that couldimprove my contents page&

I think that you need to link thefront cover and contents page

together more to make a strongerhouse style, other than that it*sgood !he articles are easy to

read, but fonts may be a bitsmall)

!he colour works well with thelayout of the magazine, I

particularly like the main coverline and the masthead, as well asthe Puff !he front cover also has

all the typical conventions of a

music magazine)

$verall people generally suggest I createa clearer house design which involvesthe purple tones more. As well as this, I

will make sure the page numbers areclearer and will change the title of thecontents page. Instead, I am thinking ofusing the font of the T$%I& mastheadand using it to make a &ontentsheading, which will relate it more to thecover.

!he page numbers are to far to

the edge and sub te-t to closeto the white of the headings,could more images be added&0nd acknowledgement that it is

a contents page&)

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