Rough Cut Front cover feedback

• Clearer photo
• Change colour of 'Plus+'
• Rethink the font colour on the right (hard to see)
• More text
• Artist name 'Rosie' 'Rendles' should be less overlapping

Rough cut double page spread

This is my rough cut of my double page spread. I am most happy with my double page spread as it challenges stereotypical conventions of a music magazine. But doesn't look so unconventional that it doesn't work. Improvements I could make to this would be the text. As I have chosen a difficult layout it becomes difficult to organise text. Then also because my text is made up of different sections that cannot be mixed. It's a difficult challenge but if I can overcome it it will be effective. Overall I am pleased with my double page spread but still have a few alterations to make. I will post my feedback on my double page spread soon.

Rough cut contents page

Again I have reverted to the red house colour and changed it on my contents page as well. I am happy with the layout of my contents page in terms of photo and my initial plan, however I am still not satisfied with the text on the page. I may consider adding another small photo on the page and changing the text. I will also be posting my feedback on my contents page soon.

Rough cut front cover

I decided to revert back to my initial red colour for the house colour before handing in my rough cut. I also FINALLY decided on my front cover photo I am happy with the model, pose and positioning. However I may retake the photo making it more focused and change the outfit of my model. Overall I am happy with the standard of my rough cut and at this point am happy in the knowledge where I can improve. I will be posting shortly my audience feedback on what they think needs improving.

Contents page changes

As I changed the house colour on my front cover I decided to test it on my contents page. I have also added numbers and a brief text to my contents page. Although I have chosen a more image dominant approach I think more text needs to be featured on my page and I'm still not 100% on the blue house colour. I shall conduct some market research to find out what my audience prefers.

Front cover text change

Today I reviewed my front cover and thought more about the front cover photo and how I could incorporate it with my layout in a way it fitted perfectly. I realised that it was conventional to have a white background on the photo this makes all the text stand out but also the image: making the background stay unimportant. I decided to make my text stay standing out I had to change the colour of some of my text if it was going to have a white background. To present this I have used a contrasting colour - red.

Double page spread with article

After writing my article I have applied it to my double page spread. Already after adding my article it looks a lot more professional and complete.