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Planning and feeback

Initial name ideas

I tried to think of quirky, relevant regional names and then try a small subject group of 25 people predominantly 15-20 year olds and of a ABC1 social background, in-keeping with my target audience. I asked my group to choose either their favourite name or offer their own idea. ‘By ‘Eck’ was the clear favourite with 13/25 votes due to its “fun”, “colloquial” and “youth-like” style.

I tried to use quite a conventional style incorporating the traditional masthead at the top and a main image whilst also attempting to subvert some of the conventions by creating an untidy, childish quality with the uneven subheading to create a friendly image and also further appealing to my target audience.

Initial draft

The image I had chosen both I, and my peers, felt was far too dark and became grainy when I attempted to adjust this. Fortunately I ran into this problem early so I have plenty of time in order to rectify this and still stay on schedule.

1st stage issues.

I issued this around my school and online, asking for feedback. On the whole people liked the house colours of blue, grey and limited-red while also feeling that the smoke effect at the top added a texture to the page and makes it stand out more.Some of the suggested alterations were:-• Changing the tagline colour to make it

stand out further.• Changing the placement of the ‘free’

and perhaps making it stand out more currently some felt it was just ‘placed’ on and not really incorporating into the page.

• Moving the image further into the middle.

First draft