Original double page spread (draft)

Original double page spread



























Above is an image of my original double page spread and the feedback surrounding it. As you can see my double page spread has changed quite a large amount, as I have decided to use two photo's instead of five; added symbolic symbols; changed the format of the layout and the columns of text. This is because I believed that I could change the layout further- still making it engaging but spreading the text columns wider as I was suggested to do.
 However, I did decide to keep the layout of having a large photograph on the opposite page as I've seen this used within magazines such as Clash magazine and believe that it is very effective- despite the fact it is simple and minimal. In my opinion, this fits well with the structure of my magazine as it is very minimalistic. I also decided to brighten my images as from my feedback I gathered that they were quite dark which could create an unnecessary contrast within my magazine.
Another thing I acquired from my feedback was the idea that I should not use the guitar within my photos, I decided to get further feedback from pupils and agreed that it wasn't really a key element to have in my photos and I do believe the photographs without the guitar look more professional.
I also changed was the distance between the text and the middle of the page as from my feedback this suggested it could be a problem. I decided to edit my images, changing the colour of 'Heikki's' top in order for it to fit alongside my black, white and baby blue theme.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Audience feedback on drafts

Audience feedback from student Stephanie Colderick aged 17 Draft-Double Page Spread I really like the images used within the double page spread and feel the styling of the two models works really well to make them look like an effective and genuine duo. The main image on the right hand side of the page is effective and I like how this takes up the whole page, however I feel that the guitar especially the colour of the guitar is very different to the theme of the double page spread.   The use of the light blue colour is effective in adding to the sleek black and white colour scheme and I feel to improve slightly you could possibly use this colour more especially throughout the rest of the page.  Your clear margins and guidelines really give the page a professional look and feel which is enhanced by the good quality photos. I really like the font chosen and feel this matches your magazine genre well, however maybe more of the article could feature on the page which could be achieve
Read more

Magazine Creators

Image
Christophe Brunnquell Brunnquell is a French Art Director and Artist. He began working as an art director for Encore Magazine and soon afterwards he was hired Olivier Zahm and Elein Fleiss for Purple Magazine. Although the popularity of Purple Magzine helped him a great deal, he was then soon involved working with others such as  Louis Vuitton. Working alongside Purple Magazine allowed Brunnquell to experiment things as the company gave him a lot of freedom, this resulted in the changing of the magazines format, paper and layout. As you can see his studio is based in Waddington and he gains much interest here for his work: Gento Matsumoto What catches many people's attention in Matsumoto's creations is his background in magazine design. He launched RITS a new computer-aided fashion magazine in 1991, which was a successful and here he was able to display his outstanding design skills. Matsumoto used mechanicals for the opening pages of his magazi
Read more

Photographers

Image
PHOTOGRAPHER Annie Leibovitz- Rolling Stones Is the photographer for the magazine Rolling Stone  She worked for the magazine until 1983, and her intimate photographs of celebrities helped define the Rolling Stone look. She became aware of the other magazines and learned that she could work for magazines yet still create personal work, which she found important. Leibovitz is much influenced by Richard Avedon , and his 'personal reportage'. Examples of her work PHOTOGRAPHER Andy Hughes- NME Is an award winning professional  photographer and helps NME advertise their magazine. Having an experience photographer within NME's magazine helps the magazine gain interest an will develop their marketing- also creating there magazine to appear visually appealing. Hughes believes artists can create change through their practice by exploring the effects of climate change, human activity and other processes of change. PHOTOGRA
Read more