Main Task: Post-Production Feedback

In this section I will be talking about feedback I had got from the public on my music magazine pieces.

Front Cover

Strengths
The audience very much liked the lay out, design and colour scheme of my front cover and believed that it was really effective. To be more specific, they believe that the lay out and text of my front cover was simple but very effective and at a high quality standard (looking professional). They also felt that there was a lot of continuity on and it is not too busy. Furthermore they believe it looks like a Hip-Hop/Rap magazine which means the magazine has the right message across.
Weakness
I didn’t really receive a lot of constructive criticism, but one critic believes that the character on my front cover is covering the masthead. And another critic believes that the character looked separated from the background and could have been synced in better.

Contents Page

Strength
Judging from the audience, the contents page looked clear and everything that featured in the contents page was spaced well. Also they believe that it is unique and the choice of font is very classy and that the colour scheme is consistent from the front cover.
Weaknesses
For some the green colour should be changed to a colour around red. For some the green colour should maybe be a bit lighter as they feel it’s boring. And one critic believed that the colouring of the pictures above the editor’s note looked a bit odd.




This is an edit from one of the audience to show me what they would do to improve the contents page.






Double Page Spread








Strengths
According to the audience, the lay out is good and very engaging. Also the heading on the right hand side which reads ‘Hard work pays off!!!’ is really effective. They also believe the idea of the polaroid’s was really good and believe the black and white images with only the yellow designer logo in colour on the polaroid was very smart and effective. And lastly some believe that the stars used on the left hand side give the double spread a sense of balance and symmetry.
Weaknesses
There was not much constructive criticism given which indicates that there was not much error involved but some criticism given was that more questions could have been included. And another was that the sign that reads ‘Exclusive’ looks too small to see.

Conclusion
Overall judging by the response I received from the audience, I believe that my music magazine project was a success. But although I may feel happy with the work I produced, I still think I could have improved it some ways.

I believe that if I had to opportunity to do it again, I would have used another lay out for my contents page. The lay out I would use if is the third example of my mock up designs. The reason for this is because I believe that it would have been more engaging and looked more professional then the lay out I used on my current contents page design. I would have also tried to find different tutorials in order to enhance my creative skills even more and make my music magazine pieces look more unique in terms of style.



I would lastly try to add more questions on to my double spread since it seems limited.