This week was the final week to complete all of my products and hand them in, in time for the deadline. I have finished my products now and am quite proud of them. After all of the planning to create a front cover with a black background, the reality was not as I had hoped and did not look as effective as I had initially intended. I tried to keep the colour scheme as red, white and black as I had originally planned but the product just looked flat and unprofessional.
I then tried to change the colour to a pale pink to replicate the 'ELLE' front cover but this still looked quite flat and didn't really work as the background is too dark in comparison.
This means that I ended up going back to a pale background and adjusting the colour scheme so that it fits with the rest of my magazine (ie. contents page, double page spead 1 and double page spread 2). I used the colours from both of my double page spreads to create a colour scheme of black, pale pink and pale yellow and was quite happy with the outcome as my different pages did end up matching one another, which was something that worried me and looked quite professional.
The contents page originally looked very plain and bland so I had to add a lot more text and change the photo and positions.
I changed the colouring of my first finished double page spread to make it compatible with the rest of my product, by adding pink. As you can see, the article has been added too and the double page spread is competely finished. I also edited the background so that my text and clothes images looked more boxed off and there was more to my product, with a better structure. I also changed the title layout and size so that it stood out more and was the biggest thing on the page.
I kept the article from my "mock up 2" as my audience had really liked the structure of the paragraphs and the language but I completely changed the look of the product, keeping it classy but making it brighter than my first black mock up. I used the pink to relate to my other products.
Overall, I am thrilled with my products and think that The Northern Echo would be pleased with my work too. Time management was an issue at times but I managed to swap things around to ensure that everything was finished in time for the deadline set.
I left myself more work than I should have for this final week as I had not started my final double page spread, A Night To Remember at this point. However, this was not an issue as I knew that I had my images and my article ready to import from my earlier planning. Managing my time correctly earlier in the project allowed me the time to get everything completely finished by the time it was the deadline day.
I believe that this project has been a success and I am happy with the results.
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