Final Contents Page with improvements from given feedback

Feedback of Draught Contents Page

Feedback given from Miss gingles (media studies tutor)

"I like the contents page, it has a funky style fitting to the needs of your chosen target audience. I think its fresh and innovative and gives clear information and a clear outline to the structure and the content of the magazine. I think the photographs are where the main improvements need to be made. The photos need to be seperated out and have a little border inbetween them, as they all sort of merge together and look like one big photo. the photos also need to include a tagline, just so it is as clear as possible what photos link to what stories of the magazine. Also, in comparison with the front cover, the green colour is a slightly different shade, just make sure they match perfeclty, and maybe add another photo or a tagline to the white space next to the main image just to make the page ass full as possible, but other than that, I think this is a good contents page and looks like it is from the same magazine as your front cover."

Final Front Cover

This is my completed front cover that has been improved as much as possible according to the feedback I was given and the format research I carried out.

Feedback on colour choice for final front cover

I asked several different people including my media tutors and a number of people that fit into my target audience which color they preffered, and out of 15 people, 12 said they preffered the green colour scheme. The main reasons I was given by these people was that the colour was slightly more eye catching than the blue, and also complimented the vibrant red colour of the lips more. Another main point I picked up on was that the green was easier to read and was generally a better colour that will appeal to both genders, making the target audience broader for the magazine. 

More feedback on how to improve front cover draught

Feedback from Mrs Kalyan:
"To improve this I would add something to the pink box in the top left, it looks a bit empty so you could maybe add something there or get rid of it altogether. Another thing I would say is to somehow merge the top of the persons head to be infront on the title, as this is quite typical on a magazine cover for the main image to merge over the mast head slightly. Another thing I would suggest is to outline the mast head with the same colour as the pink box to maintain more of a theme."

Feedback for how to improve first draught front cover

I asked a number of people on ways to improve my first front cover draught and this was the feedback I was given:

Feedback from Miss Gingles (Media Studies Tutor):
"I think the magazine cover looks really promising, but to improve it further, I would maybe edit the main image to make the red lipstick stand out more. Perhaps making the rest of the photo black and white will help to acheive that and also might make the magazine look more Indie to suit the target audience."

Feedback from Sam Scholey:
" I would change the peach colour to make the red lipstick colour stand out more, and also to make the magazine more appealing to both males and females, as it looks like a magazine more aimed at females. to make the magazine look more indie aswell, in the sticker on the bottom right hand corner, I would maybe put a daisy in the background to give it more of an Indie feel and make it more appealing to it's target audience."

First Draught Front Cover