Hand In Magazine Feedback

This is the feedback I have received for my magazine from my target audience.

Magazine Double Page Hand In

I have finally finished my double page spread, I have exported it and placed in the hand in folder having slightly changed the layout.

Magazine Contents Page Hand In

I changed the layout of my contents page in order to be more conventional, I reduced the amount of images I  used in order to do the same both of which seem to have an effect which makes the page easier to navigate and clearer to read. I also changed the image I used on the right as I felt the personal gaze exhibited seems far more emotive and personal. I am pleased with how my page looks. Having taken in the feedback I changed the font used for 'contents'.

Magazine Cover Hand In

having changed the image I used on my front cover to be a far more conventional one which is not as close up and displaying a far more rebellious facial expression I am pleased with the way the magazine has turned out.

Double Page Spread Seventh Edit

To further the album cover I created I used a skull font in order to add artwork to the album cover I featured. I also changed the layout of my page by lowering the quick facts and added the author’s name to meet conventions.

Magazine Cover Seventh Edit

I added a bar code and a price due to the fact without it the magazine did not meet conventions and it would be useless if it were to be truly released. I have started to create a bar along the bottom of the page to plug the bands features in the magazine. I also added a Brit awards logo as I felt this reflected the idea that the magazine provides it’s readers with the most up to date information on the latest events and news in music and culture.

Double Page Spread Sixth Edit

I changed the colour of the font used for the quotes to a bright rainbow colour so it looks vibrant and exciting to reflect the youthful feel of CULT! Magazine. I have decided to add an album release info box at the bottom of the page to make better use  of the space while also being able to provide the reader with a greater amount of information I created an album cover for my artist in order for the page to look for conventional.

Contents Page Sixth Edit

I added page numbers underneath my images in order to make the contents page clearer and easier to read as well as to be more conventional.

Magazine Cover Sixth Edit

I added more text to the cover in order to make the cover look more conventional while eluding readers to the content that can be found inside of the magazine. I also deleted the bottom bar as I felt in did not meet conventions and provided little use.

Double Page Fifth Edit

Having completely gone over my feedback in it's entirety I have spent the past two days taking photographs to replace the precious image and completely change the layout of the double page spread. I feel this clear look (which does combine some of the stylistic features of the previous look to the spread) looks far more conventional and adheres to the feed I received from my target audience. I changed the photograph to one that was brighter and more vibrant. Acting on my feedback I also changed the layout and the font in order to be more conventional. From the analysis of existing music magazines I came to the decision of embedding quotes which I have also added.

Contents Fifth Edit

I decided to add an extra image as I felt this looked more stylistically interesting.

Magazine Cover Fifth Edit

Today I decided to get rid of the bottom bar on my magazine as I felt it didn’t meet conventions, I changed the font on the FREE! Sticker as I felt it didn’t suit the magazine stylistically. I also changed the layout of the ‘2016 this year in music’ headline so it fit with the layout of the magazine better (so the cover flowed better) making the cover cleaner, clearer and easier to read.

Final Article

I have redrafted my article and here is the finalized text:

Who: Gh0stWhat: Musician, entrepreneur, director and all round cool girl

Song That Changed Her Life: Stairway To Heaven, Led Zeppelin

Favourite Movie: Vertigo

Netflix Binge Pick: Twin Peaks

Style Icon: Courtney Love

If you haven’t been living under an extremely soundproof rock for the past year then you’ve probably heard of Gh0st, but for those who do happen to habitate on a desert island with no forms of communication she’s the strong female artist rocking the alternative scene who’s known by close friends as Katie. She’s the hot new female artist who stunned the world in 2015 when she dropped her new album ‘Game Over’ which went straight to  number one with sales of over 7.5 million (even topping pop favourite Adele with her album ‘25’).
The Techno, Indie, Grime queen writes and produces all her own music as well as directing and acting in all her videos all the while running her own recording label “Oblivion Records”. Her life is viewed by millions via her famous instagram page but she wants you to know that it’s not all fun and games being a star.
When meeting Gh0st you’ll first notice her one-of-a-kind, stylish dress sense. It’s sort of a mix between a 1980’s cartoon character and an alien, combined with the iconic style similar to that of (dare I say) Elizabeth Taylor. Yes, she’s THAT cool! Everybody wants to be her, everybody wants to be with her but she says she’s “totally over that. This whole prestige that comes with fame, it’s just a concept, it’s not physical it’s just counterfeit, unreal.”
Her fame all started with her release of her 2014 single ‘Virtue’ which she said she “Didn’t expect to take off so fast” according to the idol herself, record  labels were turning her down because her music was “too artsy”. When asked by Cult! how she felt about this she replied “Well it’s just fucking degrading, you put all your shit out there, you know, in your music, in the lyrics, and then they turn around and tell you it’s too much! It makes you feel mad, it made me feel like a crazy. But sucks to be them because I guess people like that openness they find in my music, I suppose it like resonates with them. It must be like a therapy session, you know, sharing your problems?”.
Her most recent album ‘Genesis’ gives an even more intimate look into her life and reveals about her past as a teenager. “It was hard growing up” she says as she sips on her coffee. She laughs, “I was a really bad kid so I don’t know why I’m laughing. I mean, everyone hated me, the teachers, the girls at school, the guys at school. I liked being bad, I liked messing up, I must have just wanted attention”. This rebellious streak however, seems to have worked in her favour. She produces music that completely defies conventions, and as for her music videos… well you’ll just have to see for yourself. The only way one can describe such a visual treat is a manga blade meets the millennial with an undertone of 80’s and 90’s nostalgia. It’s a combination which should be experienced by everyone!
This intrusive style is a running theme both in her music and her online life. Her face lights up as she informs me of how important it is to “share your problems”, and while the cannot be named record labels that turned her down apparently told her that it was ‘too much’ she says listeners “love it because in a world full of lies people just want to know the truth. It sounds a bit vague but I don’t want to pretend that I’m perfect or that everything is swell because life just isn’t like that”. She heaves out an annoyed sigh, “Life isn’t about rolling out of bed with a perfect face and throwing on size 0 jeans to wander around L.A in. It’s about falling out of bed with last night’s makeup on, with about one million pimples, a red, puffy, hungover face and dog breath. We shouldn’t be telling little girls and boys that they need to be perfect because perfection just doesn’t exist, it’s one big fat lie and I don’t want to lie to people”. You’ll see this notion on her Instagram ‘Gh0stbustaa’, sweaty tour buses, acne, dirty hair. She’s just a real woman, and she wants everyone to know what a real woman looks like.
According to Gh0st, her “fans are at the heart of the music”. She lives, works and breathes for her fans. “I just want them to know that you can do what you love and you should do what makes you happy” she says with a stunning grin on her face. She provides her devoted fans with a very personal instagram feed with which she posts hourly to present followers with an insight into the life of a musician, entrepreneur and director. “I love to show people what life’s really like on tour. There’s this idea that life on the road as a musician is cool, you know, sex, drugs and rock’n’roll, but there’s just no time. It’s more like cramped tour busses, smelly bathrooms and a lack of showers. It’s all worth it though, the shows bring me alive, it’s just magic on stage. It can’t even be put into words…”
And so with those very compelling final words; Katie (AKA Gh0st) takes a last sip of her coffee, grabs her nostalgic, 90’s backpack and flashes me a smile. A brash grin, the type a child would make after saying a swear word, rebellion with a streak of pride, a smile which perfectly summarises her attitude and work as a paradoxical mix of both the pretentious and an infectious, genuine down-to-earth attitude.

Target Audience Feedback: Contents and Double Page

From this feedback I have decided to change change the pink font used in the contents and change the image I used in the double page spread as it is too blurry.

Target Audience Feedback: Cover

Again using this feedback I have decided to change the bubble font, the close-up image and add a bar code and price.

Teacher Feedback

From this feedback I have decided to add more stories to my front cover add add a ticker to the bottom of the front cover with band plugs.
I have decided to sharpen the image on the contents page and change the page number fonts on my contents page.
I have decided to change the layout of my double page spread, change the font used on my double page spread and change the layout of the text boxes.

Rough Cut Feedback: Student Feedback

Using this feedback I have decided to add a bar code, add more stories and add a price to my front cover.
I have decided to change the layout of my contents page and edit the pictures on my contents page.
I have decided to change the layout, the pictures and the fonts used on my double page spread.

Double Page Rough Cut

In my rough cut hand in I have added a drop capital to make the spread more conventional and changed the layout of the text so that it flows better.

Contents Page Rough Cut

I have completed the rough cut stage of the magazine project and have added more images to the magazine and page numbers/titles underneath these images in order to appear more conventional to the alternative music magazine genre.

Magazine Cover Rough Cut

I have finished the rough cut stage of the magazine project and  added more links to articles (using a printed style, bold, jagged font) to adhere to the general conventions of music magazines. I also added a FREE! Sticker in order to gage the reader’s attention and make the reader feel as if they are getting more for their money.