Feedback On My Magazine Draft

I asked several people of my target audience to give me feedback on my first draft of my magazine..

I really like the colour scheme Faye has chosen and think the colours mix together very well. It will look even better once an image has been chosen for the front. The front cover layout is very stylish and attractive. All the sell lines are related to the genre of Faye’s magazine and interest her ideal target audience. By Faye keeping her contents quite simple it makes it look professional and not too busy. If I were to give any constructive criticism on her contents page I would say maybe use one more colour to make the artist names stand out more or put their page number in a bold colour. The double page spreads are well designed and will look even better once images are inserted. Overall i think that Faye has made an excellent start on her magazine but finding images to fit this design may be tricky!

I think the layout works well and looks professional, just like real magazines. However the colour scheme could be stronger, using colours like red or orange would make it stand out more and look even more like a real magazine.

I think that Faye’s magazine follows the conventions of a real magazine. He ongoing house colours of grey and teal-green work effectively as they contrast each other and aren’t the ‘normal’ colours you’d expect in a magazine therefore it would stand out compared to other magazines. On the front cover, the ‘Q’ logo would be easily recognisable and is similar to the typical layout of a real magazine. I like the idea of a double page contents with the different sections for each page as it creates easy navigation for the magazine so it’s easier for the reader – this is positive for the reader as it would attract them for this reason. If I were to give some constructive criticism I would try and use different images to give it a bit of variety so it is entertaining for a reader to look at.

I think throughout the magazine there is slightly too much grey used, and maybe another colour should be added to the house style. The teal on the contents page needs to be darker to stand out and so does ‘party’ as part of the quote on the front cover. The font of the quote on the front cover would look better and would make more sense if it switched to the other font used.