Response to feedback

Response to Preliminary Task Feedback

In response to the feedback given from the preliminary task I have stuck to only two fonts on my front cover. One is used for my logo and the other is used for the text on my page. I ensured that the size I used emphasised the importance on the page, I used the same font for the pull quote as I did for the title but put it in italic so readers could see that that was what he said. In order to make the title stand out from the rest I put it as the largest text on the page and put it in bold. The sub-title (below the pull quote) is also in bold but not as large as the title. The inside features on the right hand side are also bold but are also a smaller sized font than the title to again emphasise the importance of the features on the front cover.

As I was creating my contents page I ensured I stuck to a strict font and colour scheme. I only used one font and three different effects which were italic, bold and semibold italic. I used semibold italic for the descriptions on the right hand side under the main titles and subtitles for the five different categories. I done this to show the main category, then the title of the story in the category and then the description of the story. I made sure that the largest text on my contents was the title and the subtitle, the title of the page being “THIS WEEK” to let viewers know that this page shows what is in this weeks magazine and the subtitle is “The moment that…. Everyone got into a PALAVA” the reason this is the second largest text is to show that this is the main story within the magazine.

In this page I have used two different fonts, the primary font is the title and text columns and the secondary font is the red A that is used in the background of the text. I stuck to two fonts so it looks as neat as possible and made the A in the background the largest bit of text on the page. This is to show that A is the letter associated with this magazine and so people know what magazine this article is from. The second largest text on the page is the title of the article, I also placed it at the top of the page to show that this is the title of the article.

In all conventions on the front cover I made it a priority to think of the background, contrast of colours and the effects from the image. I ensured that all text was readable on top of the plain white background I used. I decided to remove the shadow from behind my models and use a plain white background because you can choose stronger contrasting colours like red and black which add more of an effect to the background and make the colours look stronger and sharper in a way. I made sure the background I was placing my image over contrasted from the image which is one reason why I chose to convert my image to black and white because of the increased contrast from the original image to the edited image on a white background. I didn’t feel the need to add any fill colours because of the fact I ensured that all images and text used contrasted to the background it overlapped for example a bright red over a black or white background, grey banners on top of a white back ground and black text over a white background.

I used a plain white background for my contents page again, sticking to the same colour scheme. All colours on this page were opposite to the background that they were on top of for example, black text over a white background, red text over a white background, white text over a black fill, light red text over a black fill and light blue text over a blank fill. I used white text over a black fill to vary colours in the background and add to the fill of the background. This is to not make my contents page so dull and make it more enjoyable to look at. Down the right hand side where the categories are instead of using black text titles I chose to put white text over a black fill and put black titles for the stories in the category. This is to separate the different categories because if they were all done with black titles they would all give the impression they are under the same category. I decided (for the main image in the top centre of the page) to take out the background and add in the background of a venue this is because I think it will look better for my models to be seen as artists who actually work and do gigs.

On the left page I chose to use a white background and stick to my magazines colour scheme (red, white and black). On this page the text is the most important because it is the only bit of content on the singular page so I ensured that every word was readable by using a strong contrast in opposite colours. The black text worked over the red and white background because the red I used was bright and the white is also bright. Black is the darkest colour possible so in order to make every word readable for my audience I used a black colour. For the questions I used red and made sure that none of the red got over the A as it is the same colour and would be unreadable. My main image on the right I chose not to take out the background because I believed the silhouette added a good contrast and a bolder look to my models.

In this shot I ensured that I had a white back drop for my models. I kept the lighting quite low so the only light would be the flash off the camera, this gives off a more silvery effect and because I had planned to convert it into a black and white image I thought it would look better with the effect. The reason I put my models in front of a white backdrop is so that it would be easier for me to remove the background and there are no reflections or anything that may slyly sabotage my picture and put things in the image that aren’t wanted.

I ensured that in all of my pictures that I shot my models were looking at the camera. This makes it easier to get a better shot and looks better on the cover as the reader feels they are being addressed directly by the models on the cover of the magazine. I also took this picture in the same shoot with a white backdrop for the same reason as my picture with a front cover which is to avoid reflections etc. I also found it easier to remove the background and shadows from a white backdrop which is another advantage to use the white backdrop.

Again in this shot my models are looking at the camera. All three of the shots I used are similar so will have similar descriptions, the only thing different about the shots is that they are at different angles and in some the camera is closer than the other. This is the only image I didn’t remove the background and shadow from because I believe it gave the image more life and effect than that of what it would if I would have taken out the background and shadow.

Looking back on feedback I made an in-depth shooting script to follow when I was shooting for my magazine.

As this image shows instead of breaking conventions I couldn’t better I stuck to making my logo compact and putting it traditionally in the top left corner. I ensured my models were as close together as possible without looking too close and that they filled up as much of the cover as possible without them overcrowding the page.

When I was creating my contents I took my feedback into consideration, this gave me the idea to create and index and change the colours of the numbers to a different colour whilst sticking to the colour scheme. Also on the right hand side of the page I have used different colours for the page numbers than I have for the titles whilst also sticking to the colour scheme restriction. Instead of leaving too many spaces on my contents page making it look dull and empty I have put in as much information as possible without overcrowding. That is in regards to the comment on my preliminary task “there are too many spaces on the contents page”.