Spread Feedback and Final Revisions

    This article will be about the 2-page spread that I will be creating/using for my magazine. Included in this blog will be peer feedback that I have received on my spread, as well as the editing process/final revisions on the spread I have chosen to use. I will also include analyzation of the changes I made, and explain the editing used based off of the feedback that I had received.

Non-Revised Spread

Peer Feedback

    This section will include the different feedbacks I had received, and I will also include not only the things that were recommended to change but also those that people liked about the spread. If a point has been restated by multiple people, I will only include it once. Here are the points of feedback that I had received by six different peers:

Liked:

• Paragraph structure and organization
• Instructional steps
• Top image
• Content and layout
• Drop cap

Needs to Be Revised:

• Bottom image should be changed and decreased to fit the content better
• A wider variety of color and fonts should be used to make the spread pop
• Bold the subheadings so that they stand out
• Change the background color to look more professional

Revised Spread

    In my revised spread, I used most of these points to create a better version. On the positive side, I kept the first image, layout, and paragraph structure; I did decide, however, to change the second image from the original orange mousse to another picture of the same mousse without any topics; this is so that the image corelates with the content and other main image evenly. I also changed the background color scheme to a light orange/cream color, which helps the text and images to pop/contrast much better than the plain white background color scheme before. In terms of font or layout, I changed the color and font of the title to a lighter grey with a shadow; this helps the title stand out against the dark base colors of the main image. Along with this, the subheadings are now bolded in order to stand out compared to the rest of the text.

Conclusion

    In conclusion, the revised version is my final decision of which spread will be used in my magazine. This 2-page spread contains all the key components of a food magazine spread, including page numbers, a title, a main image (or two in this case), and subheadings with a detailed instructional article. In the future, I will be using this spread to help in my CCR (Creative Critical Reflection).