Evidently with my magazine front cover now complete the only major adjustments that could be made were improvements to the existing conventions already presented, this ensured they were the best quality and can be perceived as accurately as they could possibly through the use of text style, colour scheme and positioning stated to enhance their overall performance on the document.
With me having altered the placement of the additional byline to the centre feature, my next phase was to align them so each was situated in near vicinity to one another and that they each began in a similar length from above and below. This was another straight forward method of enlisting the ruler tool for the second time to act as a marker device, under this editing style I could move the wording closer to it so they all were situated in an optimal distance to one anothers proximity.
During the final review of my magazine cover before its ultimate submission to the exam board, my lecturer completed her final feedback scenario in which she would detail to me privately any last minute changes that could be potentially implemented to my publication before it was drafted. As I was overall in the penultimate stages of construction, this was going to be vital to me in order to determine whether what I had produced satisfied expected standards whilst also identifying potential setbacks which could undermine the entire perception. The only error I could be targeted for was the 'Festival' circle situated now in the right hand corner of the document. Since I first inserted it my lecturer was never content with its presence, she always described it as 'floating' and drawing away necessary gaze from the centre attractions (the main image and masthead respectively) due to its underlying unusualness. Personally I felt it had nothing to do in relation to how it was located, but with the colour scheme instead. When I was delving into my instiutional research I uncovered an issue of Q magazine that had incorporated a solid blue circle that indefinitely contained vital information detailing recent album reviews, however I was most intrigued by it because the same shade of blue was repeated on the main headline, I believed this provided that essential continuity displaying how all the conventions correlated well together. Taking what I had discovered, I retained it so I could reproduce this technique on my own cover , which cane witnessed in the above screenshot to enhance my continuity more thoroughly. Personally I felt the elements corresponded in relation to one another, however my lecturer disagreed because she perceived that the blue in the circle was drawing attention away from the centre fold of my product which was ultimately the male artists headline itself, under this impression it would be more difficult to identify the most important selling point. In this respects my concept I had reproduced has ultimately failed as it did not connotate effectively with my theme or layout of the front cover. With this in mind she suggested altering it to a more neutral shade so as to divert the attention away back to the main feature. I opted to switch it to grey with it being a submissive tone, therefore eyesight was turned back to the bold, prominent blue of 'Cypher'. This tone still allowed the 'Festival' circle to be recognised so it was not dismissed entirely, despite that it was now inferior to the headline which is how it should have been portrayed in the first place.
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