Wednesday, March 3, 2021

PLANNING: Reflection on Moderators Report

 

  • It is best to have an overall design aesthetic throughout both editions of the magazine as well as on the website
  • The best designs had multiple images on the contents page, which included page numbers
  • Good to show features of "'cutting-edge' periodicals (e.g. Dazed and Confused)"
  • DO NOT use actual magazine contents pages, however using actual magazine contents as place-holders are allowed
  • Perhaps it would be good to look into InDesign for handling text - it is suggested Photoshop is not as good
  • It is clear when someone has participated in detailed research about magazines in terms of their code and conventions (eg. "assessing the conventional size for text on a contents page"
  • Less successful magazines tended to not follow the brief as strictly, meaning parts were missed, and did not adhere to the generic codes and conventions or expectations of the genre
  • The front cover image should not be a medium close up or a close up, as there is no focus on the fashion, and instead the model themselves. 
  • 'Call to action' is good to include, as it pulls attention to the website
  • Brief states it is sold to retailers, so BARCODE NEEDED
  • Quality of front cover = quality of the contents
  • The weakest websites relied heavily on the templates provide on Wix, without personalising them
  • Generally, home page was more detailed and stronger overall than the linked pages
  • Some of the best work included 'lookbooks', 'make overs' and interviews with 'designers'

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