Main Task: Feedback from mock up products

I have asked a couple of my peers for feedback on my mock up covers, contents pages and for my double page spreads.

For my Front Covers, i received the following information:

All of them have good layouts; the headline stands out so you know what it is called with no images obstructing it. The article for the Chris Brown magazine stands out and it is clear who the article is talking about. The Usher article has a kicker so makes it more unique and differentiates it from others so is moving away from conventions. The photos on the Cover photos link with the font colour, so using skin tone to link it up and only uses a few colours. A good thing about the image used on the Usher magazine is that although the image is small, it still doesn't look out of place with the titles and headlines above.
However, bad points on this would be that the Chris Brown mock up needs more colour because it only uses grey colours, so it is a little bit plain. The bar code on the Drake magazine doesn't look in place, so it could be moved. On the Usher cover, the kicker could be moved a little bit down because it overlaps the photo. Also with this, the hat he is holding gets lost in the background colour.



Feedback for my Contents pages:

For my contents pages, the feedback resulted in advantages in how i presented my text and image, for instance no writing covers the image so it isn't obstructing it and is clear to see. Another positive aspect of one of my contents pages was that the page numbers are clear so it is well presented to the target audience. On the Beyonce contents, i received feedback that the colour scheme was good and all linked in and it was good to use her lipstick colour for the font colour on the title, kicker and the headlines. I was also told: 'a good use of using boxes around the features and this week, it makes it different and still looks sophisticated by linking together and it doesn't look out of place.
On the other hand i received feedback which will help me to develop ideas and improve. This included things like on the Iyaz contents, although the page numbers and text is clear, it looks like a list so i could make it look more intriguing to the audience. Also that the title is in a white box all across the page whereas the background is more of a beige colour so it doesn't look like it is connected together and doesn't link, from this i could make the box smaller around the contents page to make it stand out from the rest so it is clear it is a contents page.

The disadvantages of these however, were that the image on the Beyonce magazine, i could of made the picture bigger so that it fills up more space and doesn't look too plain. Also another bit of feedback on the Beyonce contents page that i received, was that i could make the writing bigger so that the background isn't as visible. I was told that for the contents page of Iyaz, i could add another photo so that it isn't just concentrating on him. Mainly because within the stories mentioned on the contents page, it includes Chris Brown, Usher, Drake and Rihanna. I used a kicker on the Contents page #3, i was told it was good and different, but i could be made bigger to stand out more and put in a different place.



Feedback from my double page spreads:

The disadvantages of the Drake double page spread are that i didn't include a headline so it is misleading to the audience as they won't know which story it is about. Also there is more text on one side so i should even it out so it looks easier to read and attracts the audience more. Where the image has a shadow, it covers some of the text so it could be unclear to read. Another disadvantage for this double page spread is that i shouldn't of blurred the image, i did this because it would take all the concentration from the image and evenly spread it between the text and image.

The advantages of this is that the image of Drake doesn't stand out but isn't all that the audience would look at when first glancing at the double page spread. The way i have contrasted the colours with black and grey colours i was told looks professional and fits well, not bringing all attention to one point. As well as this, i was told the way i have got the background colour from the colour of his t-shirt and handkerchief looks good.