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.

My evaluation progress

Today I have finished recording my evaluation. I recorded it within the school studio and did so within my free periods and media lessons for 2 days. I used the Nikon 5 100 camera to record like I did to take my photos. I will now plan how I will set out my evaluation and start editing of this weekend for the deadline Tuesday 2nd of may at 4:30 pm. I will upload my evaluation once it is completed. I will be using Adobe PremierPro in order to edit my evaluation.

Double page spread final cut

This is the final cut of my Double Page Spread, another page that I started again from scratch with after my rough cut. This is a finished product I am very happy with now it is completed. The thing I am most happy with is the photo itself. I don't think the photo could have came off any better than I anticipated. In fact I was not going to have it image dominated but I decided it looked a lot better than having sections on the page and so this is the reasoning behind this decision. Two little added touches I am particularly happy with are my quote and signature. I finished what I thought was my final cut and then reviewed all three pages to add in any details to improve my magazine and these are two I added in. The quote is a highlighted article from what the artist says in the article. Then the quote is the artist's signature. Again I am very happy with how this page has came out and feel there isn't anything I could intentionally do to improve it.

Contents Final cut

This is now my completed contents page which I very happy with, and this is something I am proud enough of to have as my final cut. I feel that I have used and challenged some codes and conventions of this type of genre and page. This page is based on one I saw in MOJO magazine and will do a comparison to it in a later blog. I really liked the idea of having a high angle shot as it was very unusual but seemed to work very well with how the page was set out so I tried to emulate this but also put my own touches on. This is a completely different page to what my rough cut was and I am amazed at the difference in both of them in such a short space of time. I feel this page now looks very professional with how it is in general and overall I have over the moon with the product.

Front Cover final cut

Here is my final cut for my Front cover and I am very pleased with how this has turned out from where I was a couple months ago with my rough cut. I feel the page has a very professional look and I have attempted to include and also challenge some common codes and conventions, some being like having no text or images over the top of the model's face. Now using my feedback I received from the rough cut I decided to start again which was quite a big decision instead of choosing to edit what I already had. The whole page has changed apart from the genre and target audience. The image is very conventional in terms of it have the model's head, shoulders and majority of the body in the shot. Also another element I am very pleased with is the cutting of the image so I have the affect where the name of the magazine is actually behind the model which is something that is very common from the research I have looked at. Also I have included a second image of another artist on this cut. The other artists have been put included in a more subtle way that before and looks a lot better in my personal opinion.
This page has certainly been a struggle but I am very happy with how it has turned out in the end and the overall product itself.