SCHOOL MAGAZINE

EVALUTION BY AYSE OZER – AS MEDIA

September 2015

Positive aspects of the front cover Masthead: the masthead is an easy font to read with the use of bold lettering which contrasts to the background. This allows the eyes of the reader to focus straight on the title allowing them to engage in the magazine and be able to understand straight away what the concept of the magazine is. Puff:Used to add additional information to the magazine to boost its value and make it more appealing to the audience.

Barcode:I used a barcode to make the magazine look more realistic like it would do if it were being sold even if it is only a school magazine

Cover star:The photo of the model shows a young smiling girl in appropriate attire for a student of academics. This is the impression I want to give off to the other students who are reading this magazine. It gives them a positive outlook on the school and allows them to aspire to be the best they can.

Plugs:Short and snappy, gets straight to the point and the reader can immediately get a sense of what the ‘student guide’ is all about. It allows the a sneak peak into the contents of the magazine

Aspects of the front cover to improveCover line:There is not a cover line on my magazine which is a negative which could miss lead the reader as they may misunderstand what the picture is related to on the inside of the magazine. Plugs:All though all the plugs are seen to be flushed left which follows convention, some of the writing goes over the picture of the cover star which makes the writing unclear as the black writing merges with the black on the photo.

Masthead:The masthead, although is significantly bolder than the other text on the page, on a conventional magazine the mast head should take up at least take up 1/5 of the page and on my student guide it is too small.

Cover photo:The photo is very flat in terms of lighting and does not create the desired affected that a magazine image would. Also I did not use the ‘lasso’ tool to crop round the cover star therefore the background is part of the photograph which does not look very professional.

Logo:The logo was used to give off a professional look and makes it recognisable to the school, however it is not bold enough and it’s the only writing in white rather than black so it does stand out but the background causes it to become more unnoticed therefore having minimal effect.

Positive aspects of the contents page

House style: The font on the masthead of the magazine does stay the same on the contents page which allows you to know that these two pages are part of the same magazine.

Photograph:The photograph shows three students all looking at a book, this photo gives of the impression of students who are engaged in their learning and take their education seriously but the idea of three people being shown in this picture shows the students reading this magazine can make new friends and learn in fun ways. The picture evokes a sense of model students for the target audience.

Typography:The typography is an easy font to read, its user friendly and has a bold feel to the words. The words are also not too small so they stand out in the middle of the page. This gives the reader an easy access into the magazine and gives further information from the cover page of the magazine.

Logo:The logo in the corner gives the magazine a more professional feel to the magazine and again follows the house style of the magazine.

Aspects of the contents page to improve

Photograph: The photograph has not been cropped using any tools on Photoshop so the background matches the picture which isn't a very professional look and the background of the picture is very bland and uninteresting to a young audience who would be reading this. Therefore there is a line across my page where the photograph meets the background which is not how a typical magazine would be made.

Contents Text:The text is not flush right nor flush left which is very unconventional in a magazine and does not set out a neat layout to the magazine. Some lines use capital letters and others don’t. This is a very poor editing job and is highly unprofessional even for a school magazine

Page Numbers: The page numbers look very un neat and are the main focus before the actual text which draws the reader away from looking at the content that is actually featured in the magazine. Normally the numbers may feature next to different pictures that relate the to the text rather than next to the text itself. The whole body of text looks unconventional and not like a typical magazine layout.

Background: The background looks very dull, unappealing and not enticing to the reader. There is no sense of relation to the background to the contents of the magazine which doesn't convey the correct tone to the reader.

Tools used on the front cover

The arrow tool

Crop tool Brightness and

contrast tool

Text box tool

Tools used on the contents page

Arrow tool

Crop tool

Colour grab tool

Paint pot

Text tool

Brightness and

contrast tool