Real products and previous A2 work:(LEFT)
In class we looked at real magazine spreads as well as spreads done by the previous media studies students. We studied these in detail and annotated them with what was done well so that we knew what to include in our spreads to make them as good as possible. It taught us what worked well and what did not on a double page spread, this would allow us to avoid making the same 'mistakes' when we started designing our own ones.
Real product:
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When the hearing dog charity people visited us for the interview they gave us their magazine, 'Favour'. This was helpful because it was very related to our documentary. I used this to look at how to structure a magazine spread as well as what type of content to include. I then applied these skills, such as pull quotes and appropriate images, when designing my own spread.
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After researching how to design a magazine spread and learning what elements I should include to make it the best it could be I started drawing out some rough ideas. This helped me to where I should put the titles and main body of text etc. and what worked well in each position. When I had a solid idea of what I wanted my spread to look like, I started to edit it on the computer using a 'Sony Vegas' editing suite.
Feedback and improvements:
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After I had completed a first edit of my magazine spread I showed it to people to receive feedback on how it could be improved. I was told that I should include a picture of the presenter to accompany the 'A chat with the presenter' segment. I was also told to reverse the alignment of the text as well as remove the image of the hearing dog charity logo because it looked too much like an advertisement. It was suggested that I replace this with a pull quote. These improvements can be seen on the final piece.
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