Rough cuts

We gave out print outs of our rough cuts to our target audiences to allow them to give feedback on what they liked/disliked about the magazine so far so we could make improvements for our final drafts.

Front cover: "Really like the image-the positioning of the model and use of headphones"

"Would definitley add more stories and increase font size- but love the font style"  

"Like the name of the DJ it is interesting so grabs my attention straight away"

"I would like to see more colour in the fonts- use more of the red/pink colour; also i would add some sort of logo"

From this information, I know now to add more stories to the front of my magazine to make it look as if it has a lot of content. I will also use more colour on the front cover as well as increasing the font size so that it is easily readable. Finally, i will create a logo to accompany my mast head so that it looks more creative and proffesional.

Contents page:"Get rid of the green line or change it to another colour as it doesn't match the colour  scheme- maybe add writing to it as it doesnt seem to have a purpose."
 "add a photo to accompany the text at the bottom."
 "like the photos on this page, very good poses and look proffesional"
 "place the numbers/stories closer together to give you more space to add another photo."

From the feedback from this page it was clear i had quite alot to change. This is very constructive for me as it allows me to improve on what i have created to produce a better quality final cut. I will upload another photo to this page like suggested to accompany the text at the bottom of the page. I will take one in a club scene so that it matches what the text is saying. I will also rearrange the text so that it is closer together, this will give me more space to add a new photo also.
                     

Double page spread:"really enjoyed reading the article- like how it is about a female DJ aswell as you dont often see female artists in this genre of magazine."

"would change the photo to something more engaging for the reader, maybe a close up?"

"needs page number at the top, and maybe something about this particular feature in the magazine."

I have decided to change the image to another one i had taken when taking this particular one-It will be a close-up like suggested so hopefully be more engaging for the reader. I will also creat space at the top of the double page spread for the page number.