Evaluation
For my cover page I first used a
photograph of my friend although he was not looking at the camera and was later
told that he had to look at the camera as the cover page usually only uses
photographs where the person being photographed is looking at the camera and/
or audience. Again like professional magazines I used a clear portrait, medium
close up of my friend who features in the cover story (the main article of the
magazine). A medium close up is used to give a clear image of the person;
against the clear, bright orange background the person stands out and seems
more attractive to the audience. For this image I did not use photo
shop although learning how to use it in the future could/ would improve image
quality.
How the image layout on the page allows space
on the either sides of the head of the person and the black background created
by the clothes allows me to use a brighter font to attract the audience with
colour coordination of text and the image. Ashran Says “The colours go
well together”. Black and white text have been used on either side of
the cover page, these colours were used because they stand out on the bright
orange background. Lining the sides of the page with text make way for the
cover story and represents the importance of the cover story. The masthead in
the top-right corner of the Cover page is placed there in magazines, I
personally done this because in my research I discovered that many other
established magazines such as XXL place there mastheads in the same place. I
later learned that this is to do with attracting the audience because when the
magazines are displayed the masthead and text down the side are visible and
will catch the audience’s eye. I easily gained a barcode from the internet and
place it in the bottom right corner of the cover with the number of the issue
laid on the left side of the barcode.
On the cover page not much writing is
needed. I had to decide what masthead would be; I did not want to be the same
as some of my friends by including LSC inside the masthead instead I came up
with the study which is also a study area within the college I also placed the
black, white and orange version of the LSC logo which goes well with the orange
and black cover page image. The rest of text for cover lines only had to be brief
but interesting for the audience. So I used appealing words to describe some of
the articles within the magazine such as the newest and free. I used the same
bold font for the cover lines and masthead although the size and colour was
altered.
The photography of the contents page
could have been better because it was poorly organized and I did not take my
time to take the photographs. The first photograph of the trainers was quickly
taken with no patients and time to waste all thought the composition of the
image was ok and was taken by a quality camera from an I phone. The second
picture of the poster from a media class in Leyton was a quick idea because I
desperately needed another image on the contents page. This would have been
better if I had a copy of the poster on the computer that I could easily place
on the page because the picture did not come out how I wanted even after many
attempts .Another image would have been good because there is one empty gap on
the page which should be filled.
My layout for my contents page is
different from what I planned in my contents plan. The title of the contents
page is located on the top of the page and clearly underlined with a bold line.
The contents information is arranged in three columns although the columns are
not clear and organized properly because I did not use the rulers on either
side of the computer screen to create lines to make and separate equal columns. The first content
listed is the cover story this is done because it is the main attraction of the
magazine therefore it is more important than the rest. The rest of the content
is listed in chronological order. The images are not placed randomly but placed
next to the related contents. If they had been placed randomly then the
audience may not know which part of the contents they are linked to.
The contents page needed less writing
on it because more writing will be needed to describe the different contents
within in the magazine. Again I used descriptive words to draw in the readers
and get them interested in the magazine. I also gave my contents catchy titles
to get the readers interested because the younger audience might not be into
reading a lot so I would have to use words and language that appeal to them in
order to get them further into my magazine. The title of my contents page (open
sesame…) was chosen because I didn’t want to be like
the rest of my class mates and just name it contents page. All the text on this
page is the same font as the cover page; as I said before I rushed the contents
age and so I didn’t think of changing the font of the text. The font should
have been changed both for the contents and cover page, especially for the
cover page because the masthead font is the same for the cover-line font and in
most magazines it is different for the two; maybe I could be different. The
Pages numbers of the contents are placed under each bit of contents in big font
to make it stand out.
I am now able to use indesign alot
better which enabled me to quickly make my contents page. One thing i could of
done on indesign when creating my ccontents page was to make columns so that
the text was allined neatly and accurately.
What do i need to improve?
In
order to make my cover and contents page better in the furure i need to invest
more time into them to make them as good as i possibly can. Because i didnt
organise my time properly i did not have enoughn time to take enough quality
photos for my contents page also the the arrangement of the text and images was
poor, i should have put more though into my plan. I do not think my cover page
had any it problems with although i could of placed columns on either side of
the page where the text is to make the text look neatly arranged.
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Organising
my time to allow me more time to create my final music magazine.
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Be
patient and take time on t qaulity pictures that are appropriate for my music
magazine.
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Make
sure layout of my magazine is well planned and completed using the right tools
on the software for the cover page, contents page and double page spread.
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