Final Cuts & Analysis
Enlarging the image on my cover to fill the page and slightly cover the
magazine name immediately made a visible improvement. Once I’d shortened the
text on the page it proved a lot easier to place it somewhere that I could be
read clearly. There was still a blank space at the top right hand side corner
of the cover, so I moved the issue number to that space, which also helped clear
the bottom of my pace which was previously cluttered with text. I also added an
extra small story in a rounded box, which I feel gave the page a more professional
appearance whilst evening out the amount of text on each side of the cover. Like
my audience feedback had directed, I made my barcode smaller and then moved the
website underneath it which also tidied the bottom of the page and made it look
a lot less cluttered.
I finally faded out the right edge of the 716 box in order to take the
harshness off the square. I felt by doing this my front cover looked a lot more
appealing and caused the model to stand out more effectively.
After I added more contents to the list, I shifted it all further to
the right so that it wouldn’t obstruct the image as much as it was. I
remembered to keep the quote and the website, and removed the page number to
eliminate the confusion that readers may have with all the numbers on the page.
Like I was recommended, I went away and took new photos of a different
model and edited the colours in order for them to correspond with my colour
scheme. I remembered to add the fading effect onto this image as my audience
feedback believed it was a useful and professional looking feature. After doing
all of this I found I was left with a blank space just underneath the contents;
to fill this in I placed the twitter address of my magazine, which provided a
link to a different media that readers could follow.
Double page spread
The image that is now on my double page spread was originally on my
contents page. I was advised to move it to where it is now because it is a good
quality photo and would be more suitable on my double page spread.
Because the left page was filled with this image, I had to rearrange the
text into 3 equal columns on the right page, which is something I needed to
execute anyway. I found this new layout had a much more effective appearance, I
think it would draw readers in a lot more successfully than the way it was before.
Because the text was all on the right, I could make the blue drop capital fill
the full section of text which, according to more feedback, looks more
professional and fits in with the general style of my magazine nicely.
I then spaced out the quote in my text and added lines above and below,
which my feedback advised, to make it really stand out successfully. Finally I added
a small banner to the top of the right page which acted as an ‘advertisement’
for my artist’s album and twitter page.
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