Final Front Cover

This is my final front cover. I have made the background behind the masthead slightly opaque so that it doesn't look as solid and I have acted on the feedback that I received.

Feedback: Front Cover

Teacher

- Make your plug higher so it's in the upper left hand corner
- You only need one of those stories along the bottom, get rid of the 'an interview with....'
- Make the box 'a time line full...' more of a box and place it below the kiss so its a side feature still within the pale red box.
- Because you are removing one red box you can move your main story down a little so the 'celebrating the 20th...' is easier to see.

Peer

Front cover masthead might look better if the black background was opaque, or maybe without black background but instead filling in the dots in black.


I will make some more changes to my front cover based on this feedback. I will make my plug higher and get rid of one of the pale red boxes. I will also move the text about 'Sabrina' down slightly. Also, I'm going to change the masthead as I realised that it looks too 'solid', therefore I will act on my peer feedback and improve the visual quality.

Front Cover Draft 5

I have changed a variety of things and I have acted on my feedback that I received from my teacher and my peers. I have made the masthead much bigger and added a black background behind it so that it stands out more and doesn't get lost on the newspaper background. I've also brought Sabrina forward so she's slightly in front of the masthead, as this is conventionally what magazines do. I have changed the font of my cover lines so that they look slightly more conventional and stand out; they're also slightly bigger. I have added semi-opaque red graphics behind the selling line along the bottom and the text underneath 'Sabrina' so that they don't get lost on the newspaper background. I've also changed them from going in a diagonal as I realised that it would look better going horizontal; I think it looks more professional now that I've acted on the advice I was given. Overall, I think I've improved the cover drastically.

Peer Feedback (Blog & Front Cover)

I have taken into account what everyone has said and I'm willing to make changes to improve. I'm going to maybe make my price smaller, space things out more and make the artist's name stand out more. This way, it will improve my magazine as feedback is very important. I'm glad everyone liked my front cover in general though.

Front Cover Teacher Feedback

Drafts: 4 submitted - all quite good. Draft 4 is the best so far I think

- You need to put a graphic behind your masthead, as the 'dotty' font is nice but gets a bit lost amongst the newspaper background. Also, consider making the masthead a bit 'deeper' - as it's supposed to occupy roughly 1/5 of the page.

- Consider adding a teasing contents graphic along the bottom of your page (behind the 'the only . . .').

- Your barcode needs some work in order to make it look professional. Move it further to the right and add the date and price.

- The cover lines are in urgent need of some attention. They don't work on a slant underneath Sabrina. You might have to consider using semi-opaque graphics behind every bit of text because of the background.

My Response to Feedback:

I am willing to make improvements in order for my magazine to look better. I will change the layout around and add semi-opaque graphics behind most of the text, as I understand that it doesn't stand out because of the newspaper background. I will also make my masthead much bigger because now that I look at it from a different perspective, I can see that it's too small and doesn't stand out because of the background.

Front Cover Draft 4

This is my fourth draft as I decided I needed to change a few things. I made the text near to the bottom go in a diagonal as it makes the cover look more interesting and it also goes against conventions, which would make my magazine different and unique; I also changed the cover lines back to red as I think it looks better that way as it's more neat and the colours go better together. I moved the price near to the top and the selling line at the bottom again. I also moved the competition plug line near to the top as it stands out more there.

Front Cover Draft 3

This is my third draft and this time I decided to change some of the colours to make it look more interesting, instead of just plain colours. I changed the cover lines to dark blue as it makes the front cover look more exciting and stands out more because of the variety of colour.

Front Cover Draft 2

This is my second draft, as I decided to add a competition to the front cover as it's a persuasive technique for getting the reader's attention. I also decided to change the layout around; I moved the selling line underneath the title of the magazine as most magazines conventionally have the selling line at the top. I changed the artist's name to black as I think it stands out more in bold.

Front Cover Draft 1

This is my first front cover draft. As you can see, I have used similar colours throughout; red, white and black. This way, it looks properly structured and easy to read. I chose that type of font for my masthead as it reinforces my type of magazine i.e music from the past; the old arcade type font seemed appropriate and I thought it looked good with the sepia effect of the background, which also makes my magazine have an old fashioned theme. I chose this picture as it connotes her genre; the pose with her tongue out gives the impression that she has a rebellious nature and is willing to go against conventions of posing for a photo, so her type of music would be quite edgy. I used similar colours and font throughout my cover to create a house style.

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