The levels i got for my research and planning and my practical draft were a low level 3, i wasn't too pleased with it but it gives me alot to work on and improve. I was told my colour scheme needs to be more pronounced and was advised to use red instead of pink, at first i really didn't like this idea but after playing around with colours etc, i started to like it, so now my colour scheme is black, red and gold, which i think looks classy and professional and isn't
too girly. I don't like the idea of putting the title of my magazine 'compilation' in red, i think that would completely throw off the continuity of my magazine and make it look too red. My image isn't strong enough, which i'm gutted about because i love the front cover picture! It was mainly because she isn't looking directly into the camera and her braces are on show, i wouldn't have thought this would've been a problem but as my magazine is supposed to look as good as one on the shelves, the picture has to go. I'm going to look on cover junkie to see what covers i can find with the main image not having eye contact with the camera and then seeing how good it looks, as i think with the right angle and genre i think it could look really effective. I need to make the link between my main image and the name of the artist stronger as there is no obvious connection between the two, so i am currently re-doing my contents and front cover as they were both weaker than my double page spread.
My double page spread was the strongest out of my three drafts but the article needed to be alot longer and i needed more columns to balance out the page, i referenced some fashion in the top left corner which said what my artist was wearing and who it was by, apparently i need to make more references to the fashion but i didn't really understand what that meant. My picture 'needs' to be in colour, but i like the fact it's in black and white as i think it looks effective and goes well with my colour scheme, also the title of my article is 'Wild Child' which i quoted from the article, i was critisised on the fact my image was wild enough which i didn't think mattered but i can understand where my teacher was coming from as the image doesn't really show anything about her personality, as the title does, so i'm also working on finding a better image which shows a bit of a 'wild' side.
My contents admittedly was the weakest out of my drafts, the font doesn't flow with the rest of the magazine, there were only 2 images which looked so out of place, my title still had the pink O which i had previously deleted on my front cover, so there was no connection and it confused some of my peers when they were evaluating it, i've completely re-done my contents and changed the whole colour scheme of my magazine, so it now flows and looks much more professional, i've been looking at different styles of magazines for example- fashion, music and even travel magazines to see how they make their contents pages flow and how they lay them out, i think now my contents looks much more appropriate for my target market and looks more like it belongs in my magazine, whereas before, there wasn't much continuity and it dodn't gel together very well.
Overall i'm happy with the feedback i had, even i did think some of was a little bit harsh but it's all constructive and has made me change my magazine for the better.
