Thursday 29th November-Lessons 29 & 30 (Working to a brief/Magazine production)
Today was the deadline for the magazines first mock up so our day was solidly focused on getting our pages finished to a printable standard and in some sort of order ready to present and talk through in todays magazine production lesson. I knew my pages were not perfect and a lot of adjustments needed to be made to them however, I felt they were at a good enough standard to present to the class in order to get my idea of the layout and content across. My main stress of today was getting the front cover done, I had been working on it for a number of weeks now but no matter what i kept doing to the page, there was something I just didn't like about it. My main problem was the fact it looked too simple, as though it had been put together in a space of a few minutes, there was something more it needed. I tried adding more text in a banner form at the top of the page but decided it looked cheap and tacky. I then tried adding effects to the main image using the photoshop filter gallery which I actually really liked, that is until Seb and Nick declared there hate for filter gallery effects claiming they are a cheap and nasty thing to use...especially for a magazine front cover.
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Taken by: Jade Markham
Front Cover:
Need more text, what’s in it? What’s the point? Don’t like the barcode, its too big, likes the simplicity. Not eye-catching. Preferred the cartoony version of the front cover. Need something to fill up the space where the barcode will be taken out.
3-4:
Contributor’s page: Need a border around the page, not yet completed. Likes the 4, 5, 4 setup. Maybe we could make it more personal by writing a sentence each about our self/ input put into the magazine.
Contents: Still needs to be completed.
4-5:
WKD advert: Doesn’t like the font. Need border. Strip along the top to say what section of the magazine it is.
10 Lessons I learnt at reading: Need border. Need to sort out the overlapping text. Strip along the top to say what section of the magazine it is.
5-6:
Jades Festival Page: Like the pictures. Going to actually change the article, maybe a diary page?
Music Reviews: Don’t like the font of the title, some people do, some people don't. Everyone likes the layout of the page, doesn't need much doing to it,
7-8:
Tim Walkers Storyteller (Feature): Really like the page, just needs a border on it, likes the black boxes around the photos, looks really professional. Only problem white writing overt the picture needs changing.
9-10:
Sophie’s Page: High Fashion, all going to be in black and white. (Yet to be done)
11-12:
Sophie’s Page: High Fashion, all going to be in black and white. (Yet to be done)
12-13:
Alex’s Topshop Ad: Really like this, professional, Topshop needs to be changed possibly to the other side, also needs to be changed to the other way round, landscape.
Street Style: This week you wore, who what and wear. Not yet finished. A little bit similar to the contributor’s page, layout needs to be changed a little.
13-14:
Hot trends:Needs to be changed completely, maybe have a look at the ASOS website to look for inspiration. Need to change the background to a plain white background because the current one clashes.
14-15:
Blossoming Trends: Text needs to be smaller. Discussed the flowers in the corner, whether they will work or not?
15-16:
Safari Sunset: Nobody in the group likes the pictures, think that it looks way to laid back and not professional. Font needs to be changed. Need to go on location rather than in the studio.
16, 17, 18:
Backstage Beauty: Really like it, font needs to be smaller and changed. Where there from need to stand out more. Love the pictures and the makeup. Higher quality pictures, better lighting, need to do a different shoot. A little crowded, need to play around with the title. Maybe get other models to do different types of make-up, adds a little bit of diversity. Echo Elliot for the natural makeup. Maybe make each picture into a Polaroid.
19:
High street Vs. High-end: Font needs to be smaller, stick a border on it all. Other than that there is not much that needs to be changed on this page, really good!
20-21:
Nightlife: Text at the top right hand corner of the page needs to be taken away. Colour scheme needs to be changed. Needs to write on each little section what city it is in. black against the blue, is hard to read.
22-23:
Film Review: Needs to make it more individual, get rid of the boxes around the text. Make the title bolder so that it stands out from the rest of the page, maybe make it bigger.
Paranormal Activity Ad: Need to add the font and take the CD case off.
23-24:
A-Z Top Films: Needs a border. A little jumbled but people will pick out what they want to read. Lots of good content. Minor tweaks to be made. Could benefit an introduction. Two black lines to frame it.
24-25:
Extreme Sports: Could benefit a border. Need to maybe change the white box. Text far too close to the edge on the board, make font size smaller, also be able to get more letter characters in the lines. A little bit of a gap at the bottom could be filled up with something.
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