Final Magazine

Comparisons between my final magazine and my draft magazine

I have compared my draft magazine and my final magazine but only the pages with the most changes as I feel those pages I spent the most time on as I had a lot to improve and change on.

Production Log: Friday 8th March 2013

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I completed 6 out of 7 evaluation questions completely by putting them into different media formats. I also completed all the improvements that I had to do from the feedback given. I went through my blog posts and realised that my 'Existing Names and Mastheads' task was not done to the best so I added more detail to improve it. Additionally, I made a list of all the things I have to do such as add in a tutorial video and continue going through my blog and improve on anything else I need to or can do. Also I need add feedback on some of my tasks such as the proposal, audience, names ideas, chosen images, etc.

Production Log: Monday 4th March 2013

I continued to improve on my blog today by adding commentaries on my posts and improving posts which I thought they were not up to the right standard. I also asked a friend who had never ever seen my magazine and did not do media to give me constructive feedback. This is what they said:

- 'Taylor Swift', 'Chart Heat' and the other words in that same font aren't easy on the eye; there's just something about it that doesn't quite do it for me

- You know on the next page, shouldn't it say 'replaced with'?

- And you're repeating yourself a bit with the 'replaced'

- On the first sentence of the next page, shouldn't it be 'we asked her a few questions'?
- 'its a waste of money' should be 'is a waste of money'
- 'I started feeling my face to see if I had anything on it'
- 'when she took an interest in music'
- at the bottom of the page, you missed out a space between 'secret' and 'in'
- 'people judge a book by its cover'
- the food bit, 'I would eat anything'
Basically, just proof-read
- Liking the layout of that page and the signature at the end - nice touch
- Liking Sophie's pictures too
- 'two weeks' looks better as opposed to '2 weeks'
- should be 'on the hunt'
- 'close family' not 'close families'
- Check the spelling of 'scheduled'
- I don't understand the 'proposed' bit
- 'two ways to live your life'
- Liking the layout of that last page!
Just proof-read for grammar and spelling and punctuation and you're good to go! and its good how your theme is consistent throughout.

This feedback really helped me as I hadn't noticed any of these grammar and spelling errors despite the times I had read it. Even though I didn't receive too much constructive feedback on the design side I feel it is fine as I asked someone from my target audience and they didn't criticise it meaning they are happy with it the way it is. 

Production Log: Friday 1st March 2013

Today I asked for some feedback on my magazine as I felt it was finished. The feedback I received was to add in a thumbnail of the poster on the front cover so readers know what the poster looks like. 

I also edited my contents page and double page spread analysis' Prezis as they were not as appealing as the front cover one. So I added some colour into it. I also continued to go through my Blog and improve some of the posts. Additionally I improved my Question 6 of the evaluation and added details about how I used Blogger and how it helped me throughout my coursework. 

Magazine before feedback given

Production Log: Monday 25th February 2013

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Today I created a list of what things I have to do to complete my coursework as there is only two weeks left till the deadline. I decided to make a list as I may forget the tiny things that I have to do such as make the Blogger background more media based and add commentaries on other blog posts. I didn't do anything productive today as I was looking at grade boundaries and how much each section of the coursework is worth. This gave me a good indication on how much more I need to include to get the most possible marks.