After listening to the feedback that Tia gave, I have experimented with the following:
Font size: The original font size for the white writing along the left hand side is a size 12. As she thinks that it is too small, I have changed it to a size 14. After seeing the font to be bigger, I like it, however I think that it makes the front cover of the magazine look more like a paragraph instead of eye-capturing headlines. Further research into conventions of magazine elements (and the font size) I have found that font size should be no more than 10pt. Research was found here.
After listening to the feedback that Sadie gave, I looked at the following:
Front cover image: I like the idea that Sadie suggested, about making the image more darker to help create a contrast between the colour of the text, however it isn't possible with Photoshop.
The amount of text: As I have religiously followed the original front cover of Sight & Sound, I don't feel that it would be appropriate towards the style. If this magazine was to be following the codes and conventions of a magazine such as 'Empire' or 'Total Film' then I would agree with her suggestion.
Questions
1) What do you think about the red writing on the word "greatest" and do you think it should be changed to a white colour?
2) What do you think about the font along the left hand side?
3) How could the front cover be improved?
4) What do you think of the overall magazine front cover?
After listening to the feedback that Tom gave, I looked at the following:
Anchorage text: I looked at adding in an extra line to fill up space, however, I don't think it fits in with the style of Sight and Sound.
This also meant that the bottom half of the front cover looked more crammed, thus meaning that if I was to add more information at the bottom, I would have to balance it out with the story lines. For this reason I will not use this idea from my particular target audience member.
Font size: Tom also mentioned that the font size could be slightly bigger, so I will change the font size to 13pt. Even though I have only gone up +1, it has still made a difference, which could potentially make it easier to read for my audience. The font change has also meant that I've had to move down the text slightly, however, this has not created too much of a problem.
