Evaluation

Evaluation

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  Evaluation By Lily Curtis
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   For thisunit we had to create any type of production that we wanted e.g. a short film, music video, magazine, cartoon etc.  I decided to create a film magazine because I thought that this would be fun to make and I could create a good final piece.  I decided that for the genre of my magazine I would pick film. I then had to come up with a name. I came up with a few ideas but I decided to pick Directors Cut because the name ties in with the genre and its short but easy to remember and quite catchy. Unit 21:
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  Front Cover Contentspage
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  Double page
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   First ofall I researched different magazine covers and company's. This helped to inspire my own magazine and give me some initial ideas of what could go in my magazine and what it might look like. After this I created my production schedule, a front cover sketch, outlines of what articles may be included, locations, personnel to be used and any equipment I would need. This helped to start making a draft of my magazine and what I would be doing for it. The next stage was to go through important things like clearances, copyright, health and safety, legal and ethical and codes of practice. These are important to research and know about because it gives an idea of what professional magazines have to do before they actually publish their magazine. After completing this I went on to creating ‘Directors Cut’. Pre-production
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  Finished product -Initial idea -finalproduct I think with my final product I have followed my sketch very well. I have placed everything from my sketch onto my final front cover. For example I have used the same title, articles included inside, a puff etc. I like the way my magazine has turned out. I have followed a colour scheme throughout which Is black and white. This makes my magazine look more professional. I have also used the same font type and colour. This would help readers recognize the magazine by the colours and text. I also think that my target audience is suitable, I was aiming it at film fans, any gender, aged 15-30. The magazine isn’t to formal/ informal so it targets for a young adults.
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   For myfront cover I like how it has turned out. I think it looks professional and it will stand out. The bright coloured puff helps to make the magazine stand out because the ‘pop of colour’ against the black and white colour scheme. To improve this I think I could of used a bolder font because I found that the font that I used looked creative and different however, for the title of the magazine I should of used a font that stands out more. But I found that this text type was my favourite from the Photoshop fonts.
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   I thinkmy contents page has turned out really well. I had to change it a few times to finally get it to look like this, But I think doing that has really improved it. Having more detail added to what’s on each page makes it look more professional and there is more to read on the page now. Adding a background image shows what is featured in the magazine as well as having it written on the side, it also makes it look more interesting. To improve my contents maybe adding more information about the magazine on the page to make it look more realistic.
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   Throughout mymagazine I have followed the colour scheme and included and clipper board at the top of each page like a sort of logo for the magazine, readers will recognize this. I really like how my double page spread has turned out. I have layed it out like a real magazine would and added a few pictures with statements on them to make it look more intriguing for the readers. To improve it I think I should of again used a bolder font for the title, however using the same font throughout the magazine is more professional because then the text will be recognizable for usual readers. Including interviews into my article also makes the magazine more realistic. If I was going to create another double page on this article I would of included more information so that the readers will understand more about it, but at the end of the article I have stated that there is more information/ interviews on the “website”.
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   Overall Ithink my magazine was very successful, I think it looks appealing and follows my target audience. It wasn’t rushed due to my production schedule helping, so it doesn’t have anything missing that I needed to add or look messy. I think the ideas that I came up with were developed very well. Advantages with my magazine is the way it looks and has been layed out e.g. the colour scheme following the whole way through, layout of my double page spread how it looks like a real magazine. Disadvantages would be the font used. I needed to have a bolder font so that the titles stand out from the text. Also I forgot to add page numbers to my actual magazine, which makes my magazine a little less realistic.  If I was to do this again I would improve my disadvantages to make my magazine as best as I could and so that its easier for the readers to read and spot out key information e.g. the title. Also adding other pages would be a nice idea but it would take up more time. Post-production Advantage Disadvantage