Dairy Entry: Week 7

On week 7 I made the final cut of my music magazine. I used the feedback from my peers and my own judgement to make my rough cut magazine look more like a real music magazine.

On the front cover of my rough cut I was told that the main image, the background, the clear title and the fact that the image went over the title were all good aspects so I kept them and they then appeared in my final cut unchanged. However, here is a list of what my peers didn’t like about my front cover and the ways I changed my magazine to improve on this.

• To many colours – I simplified the colour scheme.
• Not enough text – I added some more text.
• No price – I added a price.
• No date – I added a date, and also an issue number.

On the contents page of my rough cut I was told that the images worked well with the background, the layout was good, I had a good font and page numbers and a good use of a quote. These were all seen as good aspects of my contents page so I kept them and they then appeared in my final cut unchanged. However, here is a list of what my peers didn’t like about my contents page and the ways I changed my magazine to improve on this.

• Too empty, more photos needed – I added another photo.
• Pictures don’t match description, brown haired girl as Hayley Williams? – I edited the picture of Sarah to make her have ginger hair, something that I also did with the picture of her on the front cover for the same purpose.
• Too much free space – I filled in some of the free space, although I did keep it quite simplistic.

On the double-page spread of my rough cut I was told that the writing stands out well, it had a good layout, good image, good use of magazine posters in background and a well positioned title. Therefore, as these were seen as good aspects I kept them and they then appeared in my final cut relatively unchanged. However, here is a list of what my peers didn’t like about my double-page spread and the ways I changed my magazine to improve on this.

• Questions are too big – I made the questions a lot smaller.
• No page number – I added a page number which fit in with the style of page numbers on the contents page.
• Too much free space – I added more questions and answers which took up much of the free space.

Finally, after weeks of preparation and work, peer analysis and countless hours of photo shoots and photoshopping, I have finished the final cut of my music magazine.