Changes To My Double Page Spread

After feedback fro my teacher these are the changes that I have made to my double page spread. It was mentioned that the original looked quite box and I agree with that and so I took inspiration from existing products to see how they combated this. Most products added an outline to the images to break them up a bit and didn't have them in regimented formations and so I altered my work slightly to look more like them. However, I'm not sure I like the effect too much and so I will talk to my teacher again and see if she has any suggestions on whether she thinks it looks professional or if I should change it and what I should so if I am to change it. 

I was also considering getting some more photos for the lounge wear part but I wasn't able to get any and so I stuck with the ones that I had that I thought were the best. 

In addition to changing the layout of the photos I also synchronised all of the text so it matched to create more continuity and I added in a slug line at the top and a page number/issue number at the bottom of the page.

Changes To My Second Page

I received feedback on my original second page from my teacher and there were several things she mentioned that I could change to improve my grade Some things she mentioned would be worth looking into changing were:

- maybe adding a slug line

- the yellow/black text being hard to read

- the boxes of text breaking things up (take them out?)

- maybe add the issue number/page number to the bottom of the page

As you can see I have completely changed the layout of my page. Instead of having information boxes beside the images of the objects I have instead put all of the pictures down one side of the page, with each image being given a number this number can then be found on the other side of the page with the relevant information. I have also taken on board other suggestions my teacher made, including adding the title 'beauty' and the name of the magazine to the top of the page as well as the slug line 'get gorgeous this winter'. In addition to this I added the issue and page number to the bottom of the page.

I have made these improvements and I will give the page to my teacher again to see if she thinks there is anything else I could do to improve my work.

Double Page Spread Layouts

Because it was suggested that I change the layout o my double page spread slightly to make it look less boxy I have looked at some existing ones.

I picked these ones as these were examples of ones that use 'boxy' images in their work and how they make them look professional. In all of them they have separated the images slightly with boarders (and overlapped some to make it more interesting to ooh at) and divided the boxy images up with cut out images. I think I am going to try the former - putting borders around them and over lapping - as I don't have many images of items of my model's clothes that would be very good but I might try to get some more when I am down at christmas. Also it was mentioned to me by my tutor that the loungewear images were of a lower quality then the outside ones so I am considering redoing them altogether. 

Feedback Of My Main Product

I received feedback on my main product (4 pages of a regional fashion magazine) from my tutor and I am going to take the advice she has given me and apply it to my work so as I can achieve the highest level possible on my coursework. 
Some things she has pointed out include maybe taking the boxes out of my second page as they're quite distracting and I will see how this works and have a look at some fashion/beauty magazines to see how they avoid using them. She also pointed out that the tag line on the second page is quite hard to read which I agree with.
On my double page spread it was mentioned that my layout is quit boxy which takes away from the professionalism of it which I agree with and a friend actually mentioned to me before I submitted it. To maintain continuity between the two pages it was also suggested that I keep the same font in the text boxes but having a separate font for the items actually makes it stand out quite well. 
As well these small changes my tutor also mentioned it might be worth adding a slug line to both the second page and my double page spread, along with adding the page number, masthead and issue number as well as maybe the website to the bottom of my page.  

Final Billboard Image

I was unsure what image to use for my final billboard image out of the final 3 that I chose so I asked some friends what they thought of them and this was the most popular answer. However, a few of them did mention that the text was quite hard to read and so I will be altering it to stand out more against the green of the leaves for my final product. 

There are a couple of alterations I could make to this to make it better I think, for example, the image is slightly blurred and so I think I will try to sharpen it in photoshop. The 'sit down and... doll up' bit is quite hard to read against the green as well and so I think I will outline it to make it clearer. 

Website Templates

As part of my brief I have to create two ancillary tasks, one of which is the billboard that I have talked about in previous posts and the other is the website that goes with my main task (a regional fashion magazine). I will be using Wix website designer to help me create this website which is a program that I have never used before so I will be updating how I get on with using it.

As I have nearly completed my main task and the billboard ancillary I have decided to turn my attention to the website. After going through many of the templates that are available I have narrowed down my choices to these four. All four are from different sections but all could be applied to a magazine and all offer the sort of layout I'm looking for in my website. 

Of these four the 'menswear' template actually has the closest resemblance to what I was planning on doing for my website but I actually really like the 'fashion stylist' and the 'fashion photographer' layout. I will have a bit of a play around with them and see how well they give the effect I am looking for before I  choose for certain which one I will use for my final product. 

Time Management

As it is nearing the end of the first term I am doing an update on how I think my time management is going. In my first time management post I had hoped that I would have my main product and both ancillary tasks completed by the christmas holidays but at the moment I still have some finishing touches to make on my main product. I also have to choose the final image that I am using for my billboard and I am yet to start my website. However, The billboard won't take very long to do and neither will the last touches to my main task. I am allowing about two weeks for my website over the holidays and the start of the next term as I have never used Wix before and from experience, when I was learning to use Dream Weaver, it shouldn't take me too long to work out how to use it and complete my product.