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Double page spread final cut compared to inspiration

Here is my final cut double page spread with my inspiration which is a article with David Bowie from MOJO magazine. I have based my DPS on this page for a few parts but also changed some things I thought I could improve.
Firstly. I asked my model to have a similar pose to the of David Bowie as I really liked how it looked so I tried to emulate a similar pose. Also I liked the black and white colours scheme and my image looked a lot better when it was within this colour scheme. I was very happy with how my image came out, so much so I decided make this page image dominated instead of the boxy look which is what I intended to do originally. I feel this worked well for me and how my magazine ended up. I then also included 3 columns of text which is very conventional. I did include a quote though it is not as big as the on from MOJO magazine.
I am very happy with how this page came out in the end and it may be my favourite that I created.

Contents page final cut with inspiration

Here is my final cut contents page along the side of my inspiration which again is a MOJO contents page. Now for this piece i did decide to base my contents page on this one which includes Terry Hall. I first decided to emulate this page when I first saw it really after I decided to restart my page after my rough cut. I just saw this image dominating page as very interesting as it challenges standard conventions which is something I wanted to experiment with.
Something I really liked and wanted to emulate was the angle shot as this was something I had not come across before. Now since this is not very conventional it my not look very good but since I have based it on this page it works well and it is a page that stands out. For the high angle shot I had to stand on a table with a tripod which was safer than it may sound. I did not intentionally mean to emulate the colour scheme as I originally started the colour scheme on the front cover and then put it on the contents without realising. I have included the date and issue like the inspiration. Also I made it so the stories are down the left hand side and do not overlap the image at any time.
I am happy with how the final cut for this page turned out and I think the page I used as inspiration played a large part and I am glad.

Front cover final cut with inspiration

This is my final cut of my front cover with the magazine I have based mine on; MOJO magazine.
Now I have not tried to emulate this exact page but I wanted to go for a similar look to a MOJO front cover so I have used this issue with David Bowie on as a example.
AS you can see I have followed some key conventions that MOJO have used, the first being the dominating image being in the centre on the page and consisting of the model's head and top half of body. Also I have made sure that not text goes over the model's face or top half of the body on the page. I also put the name of my magazine behind the head of the artist which is very conventional. Then I have also included what is actually inside of this issue and the artists involved. as well as this is had the main section of text along the bottom of the image about the cover star himself as I had found this from the research that I had done. I have also included more than one image on the front cover which is seen as a conventional touch to my magazine. However I have challenged the conventions by including my bar-code on the middle left in stead of being found usually at the bottom of the page.
I am very happy with how my front cover has came out and am very glad I chose MOJO as my inspiration.

Comparison of rough cut compared to final cut DPS

Here is my Double page spread for both my final and rough cuts. The final cut is the top image and the rough cut the bottom image.

As you can there is a lot that is very different from one another. I am happy with as I wanted to see a big change from my rough cut to my final cut. The layout my look similar but in fact they are actually quite different in terms how they are set out. The rough cut has a background level which includes the gradient and the image is a separate layer on top of it which does not look particularly very good in my opinion. However the final cut is all one image and is used as the full background, so the background is actually part of the image I took. The two images are very different in terms of quality and relevance. The rough cut image has green lines around the side which is poor editing and the image itself is not a great photo. The final cut image is more relevant to the page and is of a higher standard of photo. Another missed convention in the rough cut is that there is only 2 columns of text when conventionally there is usually 3 which I have put right in my final cut.
I am very happy with my final cut and feel I have learnt a lot from the mistakes I made with the rough cut which I feel made me want to work harder so I did not repeat the same mistakes again.

Comparison rough cut and final cut of contents page

Here is my final cut and my rough cut of my contents page. The final cut is on the left and the rough cut on the right.
The difference between the two is very noticeable in terms of how conventions and quality. There is a  different design and idea for both of the cuts. The first being that the final cut is based on Mojo and the rough cur on NME. Also the final cut is following the image dominated look where as the rough cut is more of a blocky look contents page. However that isn't the only difference. The rough cut is just all round poor in terms of the quality overall and the conventions used. The images for the rough cut look like floating heads in a sense and have no real correlation to the rest of the page. This is no longer an issue for my final cut as the image is clearly the main focus point and this is clear to see. The colours for the rough cut aren't very conventional and the gradient used is nothing sort of poor. The final cut has a clear colour scheme and is very effective as it gives it a professional look.

Comparison of rough cut and final cut Front cover

This is the comparison of my final cut and rough cut of the front cover. The final cut is the image on the left and the rough cut is the image on the left.
I feel the two pages couldn't be further apart in terms of the quality, codes and conventions and how happy I personally am with each of them. I feel the final cover is just as a whole a better product and fits better with what I wanted to achieve. Now saying that I had to do what I did for my rough cut to realise how to right my wrongs and but them right. However I did not feel that I could fix the many issues I found with the rough, thus leading me to restart the page. I thought if I have a blank canvas  would be able to produce a more quality product than fixing the improvements. This ended up proving to be a real good decision and my magazine has benefited from it. The main difference between the two magazines and pages is that I based the rough cut to NME and then the final cut to MOJO. I think you can really see this from the layout of the pages themselves. The brutal truth would be that I took more care with my final cut than perhaps the rough cut but I think that is shown with the products and also the quality itself. The two images contrast massively with not only the quality of image and editing but suiting within the genre.