Diary Entry: week 8

Moving on from the Rough Cut

Monday was the Rough Cut deadline and i worked through my free and after scool to get my magazine saved into the Rough Cut folder on the disc box.

On tuesday and wednesday we looked at everyone elses in the casses work and wrote a feedback sheet for every one. Then we took tem all back, read through them and then typed them up onto the blog. 

The rest of the week I made a list on scrap paper of all the things I needed to change and began to make my changes straight into photoshop to start making the ammendments which wher mainly aimed at my Contents page.    

Feedback from 'CONNECT' rough cut

Teacher Feedback

What they liked about my magazine

• collums on the double page spread
• image on the front cover and the mise en scene carried throughout
• good photo on the front cover and use of colour scheme throughout
• the use of colour and branding
• manipulation of models

What they think i could improve for my my final magazine

Front Cover

• check research -layout and fonts need adjusting/improving
• logo could be stronger and changed to suit genre
• more details included on the front cover
• Adele image is to similar on front cover to on contents page

Contents Page

• contents page is a bit messy - use constant fonts
• photos could be stronger especially lighting on the band image (too much white balance on the photo)

Double Page Spread

• photo is slightly out of focus on the double page spread
• finish article after interview
• "ADELE" on the double page spread doesnt fit the style
• try to combine photo and text 

                                                  

Peer Feedback

What they liked about my magazine

• constant colour scheme
• images are well styled and look like the artists they are trying to be. They also show a variety in different shots 
• text on the double page spread is the right size
• the way the article is written, including the use of the collumns
• consistant genre
• the way page is layed out

What they think i could improve for my my final magazine

front cover

• check spelling and grammatical errors (dont forget capital letters)
• make the text on the front cover smaller
• re cut out the front cover photo and blend with the background
• move about the writing enabeling readers to read the "Tunstal" over the dress of the cover artist
• wider variety of text on the cover?

Contents Page

• make the text smaller and add more
• the Adele image on the contents page looks stretched - resize or retake
• too many plain backgrounds in photos
• keep fonts constant
• the page is slightly disjointed?

Double Page Spread

• make the space inbertween "welcome to the party of the legends" smaller
• adele title (font) doesnt fit with the layout
• too much left over white space which needs to be filled
• make the quote's bigger within the text