I changed the fonts around and added a white border to make the page names stick out. I also added a picture as the backdrop as I felt it looked quite plain and boring. I made the colored bars under the text instead of over them, as to make the writing more clearer.

• page number?
• smaller WAV
• more cover lines and more detail
• cover lines headlines in a different font and then more information about the article. Feature in smaller font
• caption the photo…who is he?
• Some boxes for a competition, editors comment/festival dates?
• can the photo be sharpened in photoshop?
• check the cover lines for syntax and typos

Contents Page Draft 2

I have changed almost everything. I changed the fonts and added more cover lines. I added and photoshopped an entirely new image. I added a barcode. I resized plug and moved it. I rearranged everything.

• Sharpen the photo in photoshop to make it more produced and less naturalistic i.e. add a filter, fx?
• the plug for WAV could be smaller/narrower/shorter and less obvious i.e. the Rap magazine for you…or put that at the bottom and then repeat the red line under WAV to give some continuity to the page?
• move him up
• more coverlines with more information?
• move the barcode to the right hand side? price? issue?

Cover Draft 2

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Feedback from teacher.

• columns are unequal
• headline is not at all catchy
• photos are all too similar and too many of them….
• page numbers
• byline and photography by
• caption the photoss
• turn off hyphenate
• like the chevrons but is it a rap colour palette?
• standfirst needs to be in bolder, bigger font
• Drop capital for where the article starts.

Five Targets

• Work on placement of images
• Work on spacing out fonts
• Sort out heading
• Work with the fonts
• Maybe add a bit more colour

We went into town and to someone’s house who owns a snooker table to take some edgy pictures and capture the rap / hip-hop energy in our photos. I made my models pose in edgy rapper ways which worked very well in places with good lighting. I had a few mistakes with my cameras exposure and next time I need to remember to check my exposure in different places with different lighting.

These are my two favorite posts as they really put across the strong focused persona of the rappers. They both look wealthy in their expensive room and designer clothes playing pool on a nice fancy table showing off their success in the industry. They look arrogant and as if you should know them and that they aren’t bothered at all with anything.