Clef Magazine Final Focus group

 Focus Group
Todd - male - 17 - I think that the magazine is ok but is a bit too empty, I would have put more pictures in and more vibrant colours.
Chris - male - 16 - The magazine has a lot of good things going for it, the front cover looks good and I like the contents page and the double page spread photo is cool but it is a bit bare and lacks any real colours that stand out.
Tia - Female- 17 - The front cover is intresting but the rest is lacking detail and content.
Lily - female - 17 - I liked the contents page and the front cover but i got bored with the double page spread and found it hard to read

Clef Magazine Evalution

Evaluation from Connor Tovée-Galey

Music Magazine Photo shoot Plan

 

Final Clef Magazine

 

Clef Contents page - First draft

Here is my first draft of my contents page. After hot desking I decided to change the layout of the main articles.

Clef Front Cover - First draft

This is the first draft of my Front cover for Clef. After the hot desking and getting some more opinions on it, I removed the boxes around the cover lines and got rid of the quotes.

Music Magazine - Hot Desking

I got a couple of my peers to have a look at my work so far and assess it.

here it is:

Music Magazine Hot desking

Questions

1.       Name?

2.       Age?

3.       Opinion on front cover picture?

4.       Opinion on logo?

5.       How can I improve the front cover?

6.       Opinion on contents page?

7.       How can the contents page be improved?

8.       Opinion on double page spread?

9.       How can the double page spread be improved?

Answers

Jorgie – 17- slightly empty and picture is out of focus – does not correlate so well with the image (maybe using a drop shadow behind the logo can make it appeal more)- use accenting fonts as well as a more focussed image- seems good so far ( can see it is in development)- it can be improved by using stock images to gather an idea of how you want the appearance to be – the pages flow well together- maybe use outlines on the text boxes to make it clearer to the audience.

Paige – 18 – The front cover challenges typical magazine conventions, for example the use of alcohol and the fact the image is out of focus, as long as this is justified I think it can get you a really good grade. I feel the colour of the logo seems slightly random, yet is more justifiable when I realised the DPS is the same colour. The front cover could have more cover lines to make it feel slightly less empty. The contents page is good, yet I feel the blue colour is totally different to the cover logo and the DPS therefore it disrupts the continuous theme. Changing the blue to the same blue as the DPS and logo or changing it to a totally different colour may suit better because it feels like far too much blue. The placement of the text in the DPS is very interesting, I like it and the borders tie in with the logo on the front cover as I have already mentioned. It clearly needs images added, but so far really good!

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The conclusion I can draw from those responses are that the strengths in my magazine lie in my layout and house style but the pictures and colours need work.