Teacher Feedback: Front Cover

Positive

-Having a reference to style of double page spread.

-Good layout and use of fonts.
-The overall layout is good.
-It looks conventional.

Negative

-Photoshop a bit messy.

-Plain white background not really working.

-No clear genre, find a style model.

-Find a more definite genre.

-Need a stronger photo with more ambitious mise en scene.

I am happy with the positives I received for my front cover design. Again I've been told my layout and fonts are good and work well to stay conventional. However I have been given some quite difficult feedback which I must act on. Again I have been told my photos aren't good enough so I must act on these straight away, I will spend a few days developing photos. I have then been told my magazine must stick to just one genre which is going to be awkward as I have used conventions from two genres. Because my article is about two rappers I will replace all the rock conventions with that of rap. This is probably the easiest way around it as it is the genre I am strongest with and already have quite a lot of features I have taken from rap. However, I will still keep to a bit of the rock style in order to give the effect of my distinct rap type.