As Preliminary task school magazine front cover

Analysis and evaluation

Masthead

• The name Is ‘Khs News’ I think it’s basic but effective, as it’s simple it helps people remember it. I could of used something more original, however.

• I have made the word ‘news’ smaller to fit with the background, and I think the word ‘KHS’ would draw a reader in rather than ‘News’. When you see the words ‘Khs news’ it has relevance and makes you think of the school and news associated with it.

• The colour scheme of the masthead is appropriate as it fits into the corresponding background, set over the blue sky so it stands out.

• The masthead is a sufficient size, it’s not to big as to clutter the page, but not too small to make it hard to read, but still has potential to draw potential readers to the magazine.

Images

• The main image is originally of a landscape pose, but I edited it and resized it to make it portrait, from the image you wouldn’t know that the males are of a folk band. The main image is an appropriate size.

• The main image is composed through two people posing sitting on a wall, with a space in between them to emphasize nature, and the lighting of the sky and sun in the background.

Language

• Strap lines and sell lines have been used on the cover

• The strap and sell lines give quite a clear indication, as someone who went to the school would know what KHS mean't, but someone not from the school wouldn't know what it means.

• The language is informative... with the coverlines giving potential readers an idea of what's going to occur in the magazine.

• No puns or alliteration were used, the spelling and punctuation is all accurate! With different fonts being used in both the coverlines and masthead, and I think the font size is clear and appropriate as it sticks out and is easy to read. No consistent colour scheme has been used for the sell/strap lines, it should of, however.

Layout and DesignThe layout of the front page is clear and well organised, for example the coverlines are arranged neatly to the left. The front page, I think, is quite appealing as it's main image has a lot of focus on nature, and not school, which would be quite suprising for readers so they'd want to read it.The design of the magazine isn't that recognisable as a front cover of a school magazine until they read the masthead/coverlines etc, it isn't that recognisable because of the main image.

Strengths and Targets for improvement

I think the three aspects of my front page that are strengths are the main image, I think the colours used are of a good quality and look aesthetically pleasing, the layout, I think is also well, with 'KHS NEWS' fitting between the two males heads and thirdly I think the words used in the coverlines is very fitting and appropriate.

I think the three aspects of the front page that need to be improved are the colour scheme used of the fonts, I don't think the colour of some of the words dont fit very well with the main image, I don't think the barcode in the bottom right fits well and I also don't think the font used for the masthead is appropriate.