Analysis of my Front page first draft

In this blog post I will be analysing the front page first draft that I have recently posted. I will give feedback both positive and negative aswell as including what changes and improvements can be made.

Firstly the masthead, I really liked the name and font, working together they are both simplistic and plain, this is the look I was going for. However I'm not too sure on how I feel about the letter "C". I was not certain on whether I would have the letter bigger than the others to signify that it is a capital letter however I do find that having the letters all at the same height looks rather nice. I shall work on this to see what will look better in my final draft.

The clothing used on the 'artists' is too similar. Usually in bands these days each band member wears different clothes to suit their different personalities and to show that they are individuals aswell as bend members. Each of my class mates have a different style of wearing the clothing, the costume is still basically the same. The only altering of the picture I will make is that I will retake the picture but with the cast wearing different clothing to show their originality.

On the banner at the bottom of the page I should try to include more exciting features that will want to make someone read the magazine. I will try to make the banner stand out more so that it draws the readers attention, like it would on a  professional magazine. The lettering could be bolder and also in a different colour as right now it is the same colour as two of the artists shirts. This means that the white text may go unnoticed due to it not standing out.

The headline that I have used "The end of an ERA" relates to the story that I will make up for my double page spread that I will be creating. By deciding on the story at this stage will give me more time when creating the double page spread rather than spending time trying to think of a story line. This also allowed me to give a name to the group on the cover in which I named them "New Era", this sounds realistic, but can also be used as a play on words in my headline which speaks about the band breaking up.

The rest of the cover seems satisfactory to me. The main changes that I will make during the re-draft will be; Playing around with the masthead, trying to make the banner more exciting, and finally changing the clothing of the band members.