January Targets

Targets

1. Make sure you have feedback from target audience/peers uploaded
2. Contents Page draft to be uploaded

Peer Feedback #2

This is the second amount of feedback that I have received from my peers in my A2 Media Studies class. I have gathered a lot of information that will allow me to improve my magazine and ancillary tasks before they are finished. I also received comments in regards to my overall blog, this allows me to improve at the core also.

I have found that I received a strong amount of praise towards my magazine. Some of the main factors that were noted included that the front cover I recently added is very effective, this is due to me changing it from a plain background as I felt it looked quite mundane. Someone said that I had a good layout and that I keep to the regional theme throughout. This was very important to me as the brief specifies that the primary theme must be regional so I am glad this was recorded, due to the fact of the language that I had used that refers to locations in the North-East and Yorkshire. The house style has remained the same throughout and this is due to the colours and fonts, this shows consistency so that my readers know they are reading the same magazine. This makes it very distinctive.

My website also received some positive comments that included that theme of my overall product being entertainment really complements the regional theme as it is relevant to my target audience of 18-25 year olds. My layout of my website is also very simple and easy to look around which is important as if the structure appeared to complex or bare then this may detract any audience from staying on the site. Another mentioned that my website was creative and genre appropriate. Again, this was important to show that my genre suits my target audience in order to engage appeal. I have tried to do this by including Spotify playlists and YouTube videos as this will attract the music enthusiasts of this audience. There is also a great use of multimedia that has been used. Text, images, videos and other third party involvements. I feel this is a convention that most websites will incorporate as the more features to a website, the more people it will reach and be attracted to.

To improve on my website it was advised that I include more of my own content and to make it more regional. This is something I intend on doing as I feel it is very important to stress the regional theme just as much as my entertainment theme. I will include more local information such as music, film and television related facts to the region. Another improvement I received was to think about my colour scheme. As I am still in the creation process of the website, the colours are not set in stone. Currently the website is very basic in that it uses the colour black a lot. I will try to incorporate more of the dark red, blue and purple as this ties to my colour scheme from my magazine which will be familiar to readers of the magazine.

I will take back all the feedback and use it to the best of my ability so that my magazine and ancillary tasks can be much stronger.

Magazine Article Page (Double Page Spread) - Draft #4

This is the fourth draft of my article page, which I have now later changed to create a double page spread as opposed to one single page feature. The reason I decided to change my original idea was I felt my article was lacking in depth and I wanted the chance to create a longer and more interesting article that my target audience would enjoy. I also feel that a double page spread is a lot more professional and visually more appealing. Although physically different in size a lot has remained the same. I have still included my byline at the side to show constancy, the number at the bottom of the page (in addition to the number on the corresponding page), the website address and the month of the issue. The styling of my main heading/title remains the same as I felt this were professional and conventional. However, as I have added more detail to my article I also felt it were important to notify my reader different themes of each paragraph. I have included a divider which is titled 'youth' as that specific paragraph included details of the bands youth and time at home. I have also included a label on the main image that specifies where the photo was taken at. I have also included the slug at the top of the page as this is professional and conventional.

Billboard (Final)

Magazine - Article Page - Draft #3

I have made a few changes for the third draft of my article page. I have repositioned the 'T' that included at the beginning of my text as I felt this was important to do so. I have include the page number, website and date at the bottom of the page so show professionalism. I have also changed the slug at the top of the page to correspond with the mastheading on the front cover as I later changed this.

Magazine - Contents Page - Draft #7

I have changed the masthead colour on my contents page. This is due to the creative change I have made on my front cover. As I felt the colour no longer suited the front cover, I had to continue my house style and consistency so I made sure I changed it on every other page. I have also made a change to my sub-images and that is that I made a gap between the photos so they aren't merged into one and are clearly different. I have also include a white box to notify the reader what number the page is on.

Magazine - Front Cover - Draft #4

       

My front cover began to take shape during my fourth draft. This was due to me changing a lot of the font so that it looked interesting and wasn't very blocky and hard to read. I have also included highlights in key words such as 'VANT" "FREE" and "PLUS" as I felt this is what I wanted my target audience to notice first. I have included a promotional banner along the top right corner that includes the word 'WIN!' in red, this is another way of attracting my audience.