Audience Feedback

Diary Entry 19

I have finished making all the improvements to my magazine. I did a lot of work to my contents page to it clear and easy to read. I changed lots of the fonts and colours so it was more appealing to the reader. I also added subscription details and a copy of a subscribers edition of the front cover. I also included a copy of my front cover and article in the top right corner which I think really adds to the overall effect of the magazine.
I also finished editing all of my double page spreads. I edited the spread with the pull quote by adding an outline to the quote to make it more eye-catching. I also added a banner at the bottom of the page to make it more interesting.
Then I finished adding improvements to my article. I added two pull quotes and made them stand out by giving them a black outline.  I also added 'EXCLUSIVE' to entice the reader and to make them think they are seeing something no one else has seen yet. I also made the article text bigger because before it was too small to read. I did have some issues fitting all the text on the page because I had increased the size, so I took out some of the article.

Diary Entry 18

I have been working on doing the final improvements to my magazine this week. I have improved the front cover and uploaded the final cover onto my blog. I have been using a checklist for each of my pages to ensure that my magazine includes all the vital elements that will make it successful.

Final Magazine Drafts

Final Front Cover Draft

This is the final draft of my front cover. I have taken on board all feedback from peers and my audience and this is how my final product has turned out.

Final Contents Page Draft

This is my final contents page. I have taken on board all peer feedback and used all these comments to make the product I have presented here.

Final Double Page Spread 1 Draft

This is one of the final double page spreads. I think that this is my best double page spread because the image is eye-catching and one of my favourite of all the shots I had from that outdoor photoshoot.

Final Double Page Spread 2 Draft

This my second final double page spread. For this spread I think that the image used is the most effective element of it howeever if I had more time I would improve the pull quote to make it more eye-catching.

Final Double Page Spread 3 (article) Draft

This is my third final double page spread. I think this spread is much improved compared to earlier drafts but if I had time to improve it I would still change many things. I would want to make the article columns into three sections instead of two, and also work on my quote and title.

Diary Entry 17

I have just finished analysing the comments I recieved from my peers about my final draft. I have completed it in the first lesson which was my aim so I am very pleased. I have taken every comment on board and found each comment very helpful and I am confident that these comments will improve my magazine. I will now focus on applying the improvements to my magazine and also to keep on getting audience feedback throughout the process of improving so that I can keep making it appealing and attractive.

Diary Entry 16

This week I have been collecting comments from my peers about my magazine first drafts. I have started reading through them and working out ways to use their input to improve my magazine. Hopefully I will get this done after the next lesson so I can start making my magazine the best it can be.

Magazine First Draft Comments

I have read through the comments on my front cover and they are very helpful. I am going to change the colour of the 'December 2011' date because at the moment it is very difficult to read. I need to edit the colour of the black sell lines on the left hand side because they are also quite difficult to read. When making these sell lines I thought the drop shadow would make them easier to read, but I will have to increase the shadow to make it more visible.

For my contents page, I have read through the comments and found them very useful. I know I need to add the account name for the Twitter and Facebook addresses so I will definitely do that. I also like the idea of adding more images of other artists, which I planned on doing initially but ran out of time to do. The comment about changing the colour of the titles of the different sections ('NEWS') I will definitely take on board. I thought that I already made them different colours to make them stand out more, however it didn't seem to work so I will correct this. I will also edit the text at the bottom of the 'LIVE!' section because as my peer said, it is slightly too small to read. I found these comments extremely helpful and will certainly take them all on board.

For my first double page spread, I got a few useful comments. However, I think I may make the page number slightly smaller, whereas one of the comments was to make the page number bigger. If I do decide to make the page number bigger, I will make the magazine name 'BASS' bigger too, to provide consistency.

I am definitely going to take these comments on board. Max said that I need to make it more clear who 'B:' is in the interview so I think at the beginning I will use the magazines' full name 'BASS:' and then use just the letter 'B:' so it is clear to the reader who is speaking. I also definitely want to include sell line 'EXCLUSIVE' to make the reader feel like they are gaining important and rare information about this artist. I will also make a heading or include a pull quote, like Sonia suggested, to make it more clear to the reader that this is exciting article they will want to read.

The comments on this double page spread were very helpful and encouraging. Sonia said "I like the image used as its different from the other images you have used on the other pages and is quite entriguing for the reader." For an improvement, she highlighted that a good idea could be "to add an effect to the quote to make it stand out a bit more." which I will definitely take on board, as I wasn't entirely happy with my choice of font for this pull quote. Laura also agreed with changing the font or adding an effect to make it more interesting "I would add an effect to the main quote or change the font so its not all in capitals and links with the other texts on the previous pages" but also commented on the use of the image "I like the camera shot used as its full length and varies from the other images used. The colour scheme in the photo also matches well with the text used ontop of the page."