Feedback and Tips from Phillip Chamberlin

Phil is a professional magazine editor/creator who i was honoured to meet and receive feedback from on my music magazine. We went through each page (contents, front cover and double page spread) one by one and discussed what worked well and what i could do to improve. 

Front cover comments:

He loved how i had created my own background for the whole of this magazine and it helps link the front cover to the other pages. He also said it was risky to use a thin font for my title as it could easily be over powered which is one of the things i considered when choosing this font, however he said it works well and adds to my magazines 'simple look'. He advised me to make the font for "TOP 10 R&B HITS THIS YEAR" the same as "EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW" to stop my magazine from looking so busy and said it would look more professional if i cut down the amount of different fonts i used. He also said i could bring up the image of my model a little higher so the top of her head was underneath the title slightly so that area didn't look so plain. 

Contents comments:

Phil suggested i added more pages to my magazine so it has more content which i agree on after looking at other magazine contents pages. He also discussed the idea of making the titles for my pages on the contents all the same length as this would make the page look more organised. I had to explain why the strip of photos at the bottom of my contents page were there, and this gave us the idea of writing above them something along the lines of "previous artist's that have featured in DOMINO. Go to www.dominonline.com to get hold of the issues you missed" which would inform the readers the purpose of them being there. However he said he loved my contents page and thought it looked very professional and likes how i have placed my image so half of it cuts through the O in "Contents". 

Double Page Spread comments: 

Phil liked the layout of my Double Page Spread but advised that i used a slightly different image on the left hand side of the page. This is because my model is doing a similar pose for each photo so to make my magazine look more interesting i am going to select a different image to use. He also thought it would be a good idea to create two columns on that page to break the text up a little. He mentioned how it would be a good idea to fill in the 'O' of "UPCOMING ARTISTS" like i have done on the front cover for "DOMINO" which would be another way of linking the two pages together. Im going to lighten up the background of this page so my text doesn't disappear into the background and also switch over the text font so that my interview questions are in bold and the answers are normal. 

I am going to use all this feedback to help me improve my magazine as much as possible.