Draft Evaluation Feedback

From my feedback I will adapt my magazine slightly in a few areas and change quite a lot in others in order to make it look as professional as possible. There are a few simple things that will make it look a lot less messier, and i will also change a few things that I will change drastically.

My front cover doesn't need much changing, the front image relates to my magazine title and genre well so I am going to leae that. However, the rest of my front cover only needs a few small changes to make it look as good as I think it can, for example, it could use a few alignments to make all of the text line up and look professional. Also, the barcode could do be slightly smaller as it it too large on the page. Other than these changes I think that my draft front cover will be good enough as my final hand in.

The feedback I have received on my contents, I would agree with quite strongly. My draft contents looks unfinished in comparison with my other pages. Due to this I think I need to drastically change my contents layout and also adapt it to fit in with my genre and the style of the other pages. I.e colour schemes and picture style. I think if I go for the same style of magazine I have been inspired by I definitely need to fill my contents up more, to make it look more interesting and professional.

My double Page Spread, only needs a few minor changes such as alignment and sizes to fit the page. My article needs to be slightly longer to fill the page up and not make it look awkwardly placed. However, if instead of adapting my article I could also put in another picture of my model, I could cut the image to include more skills to up my mark.

Feedback sheet.

Name: Katie Bosworth  Title: FOLK

Mood Boards	Yes
Examples of other texts/style models	Yes
Analysis of magazine covers	Yes
25 word Pitch	To Do
Pitch feedback	To Do
Mock ups	Yes
Test shots	Yes
Colour palette	Yes
Audience Profile	To Do

Comment: Cover- Leave as it is! DPS- Article needs to be a bit longer. Have your intro as a single block of writing. Contents- Looks unfinished in comparison to contents and DPS. Maybe add 2 more pictures? -          Take contents image again on a different back ground? R & P Level: 2 Practical Draft Level: Low level 4

Draft magazine

With my draft magazine, I think that all the pages link together with use of coloured back grounds and fonts. However, I think that my front cover and double page spread are the stronger pages and my contents is weak in comparison.

mock ups

this is a mock up of the style of how i want my draft front cover to be. I have used the same layout, style and fonts as I will use. The 'look' of the front cover is definitely how I would like my magazine to look, the use of special guests and features isn't usually something I would go for, however I think that with this style it works oddly well.

The simplicity of the contents is what I like most about it, I don't know if I will actually cut of my model as sometimes I think it can look quite unprofessional. When I do my real contents  I will include more colours that tie in to my genre and the rest of the magazine. I may also include more than one image on to it, this I think would make it seem more full and interesting to the eye.

This double page spread is a very similar to how I will lay mine out, however I may do a quote over the picture to add more detail onto it to make the page look more enticing to the reader. The style of the picture isn't what i will put on the final DPS as I think I will use a picture with more of an interesting background. However, I will still use just one model and not a 'band'.

Draft essay

Foggbrooke are rising legends in the alternative indie rock scene, a cross between Caribou, grizzly bear and Everything Everything, this brings a new style to mind! Can this work?! Yes. Surprisingly so, Foggbrooke amazed many when they played on the introducing stage Reading/Leeds '10, grabbing passers by with their intriguing new sound!

Starting out with just a guitar in the basement playing together, smoking and drinking excessive amounts of beer, to smashing local venues with their new style of music and small fan base. Foggbrooke needed to break out of small town 'Lutterworth' and hit the music scene hard with their new sound. With new singles out such as ‘Sacred Wars’ and ‘Suburban express’ it's inevitable! They are a different style within this genre and with their lead singer being a woman they’re not just a typical band. Foggbrooke are like a rolling stone in the snow, slowly gaining a loyal and strong fan base, including current radio legends such as Zane Lowe and Annie Mac, with this sort of support, Foggbrooke are going places and going there fast! 

Hey Kog nice to see you!

Cheers, it’s good to be here.

Are you surprised and shocked to have made it this far already?

                Well, yeah i guess I am. I can’t really grasp it yet, but I’m so glad we have. I mean it’s weird ‘cause it feels like yesterday when we were just fuc*ing about in Toms’ (guitarist) basement making songs and getting pissed. Now people actually know who we are, it’s crazy. I think that this is just the beginning though, I hope we can get the most out of our music.

Would you say that the band has become much more serious of recent then?

                I think in some ways it has a little, like when it comes to actually making the record we try not to mess things up, but it’s not over serious, we still have a laugh whilst doing it. Well, it’s our career on the line at the end of the day if we do mess it up. We still spend alot of time fu*cking about, making songs and getting wasted though. *laughter*

So Kog, how does it feel to be the main man, or should i say woman in this new uprising band?

                It’s unreal! So many new things to get used to! It still baffles me that someone might know who we are when we go out... I love it though, and I know I can speak to for the rest of the band when I say we all do!

I expect with you being the only woman in the band you get all the male attention?

Surprisingly no, James (pianist) has a really large male fan base. Gentleman’s man. *more laughter* I’m joking, but no I don’t really notice any, if I do, I consider myself to be ‘one of the lads’ anyway, what with the rest of the bands being guys.

 How are you feeling about the debut release of your new album ‘Blue Coat Systems’ ?

                I guess I’m mostly excited, I can’t wait for it to be released! It would be sweet if people are into our album as much as our singles, we know our music is weird, but we like it and most of our fanbase like it that way too. I couldn’t give a f*ck if some pop DJ decides it’s shit, just as long as some people enjoy listening to it, we enjoy making it.

How does it feel knowing that you have other big popular DJ’s like Annie Mac and Zane Lowe fully backing the release of your new album?

                It’s immense, I couldn’t believe it when I heard. It’s good to know that we have support from people who can get us noticed by promoting our songs. It’s brilliant that they actually like us though.

A little rumour has been going around that Foggbrooke are going on tour, can you confirm this?

                Yes, I can. We’re going to start just before summer, and head all around the country and Ireland. Our gig list should be up on our site before the end of the week. We would love to do some festivals again this year, I mean that would be incredible! Personally I’d love to do Reading and Leeds again, they were nuts, it was such a laugh. In the future though,  Glastonbury is somewhere I wouldn’t say no to playing!

How was it for you playing at a festival last year? You played on the BBC introducing stage, and were very popular.

                The hype of everything at a festival is just brilliant anyway, even when you just go with your mates for the weekend...but actually playing in front of an audience there was amazing, everyone gets so into it, and nobody holds back I think that’s why I enjoyed doing it so much.

Would you say it was better than a normal gig then?

                I wouldn’t  say that as they are totally different atmospheres. At a festival people get more into it, and the atmosphere is so much more nuts and everyone is just doing their own thing. When you’re just playing a gig though, the audience get more involved and dedicated to the music. I love playing them both as much as each other!

Are you planning on doing another album straight the way?

                Well, we’re going to wait to see how well this one does first, but I expect that we will be writing loads on our tour and we have some we didn’t put on ‘Blue Coat Systems’. If this album takes as much as our singles, and people want more, we are happy to keep going!

Well thanks for meeting up with me kog, and good luck with the Album and tour! I’m sure it’ll be massive!

Yeah, thanks!