Question 7- Evaluation

Question 7- Evaluation

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  LOOKING BACK ATYOUR PRELIMINARY TASK , WHAT DO YOU FEEL YOU HAVE LEARNT IN THE PROGRESSION FROM IT TO THE FULL PRODUCT EVALUATION QUESTION 7
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  Y PRELIMINARY TASK-FRONT COVER For my first task I was to create a school magazine front cover which when I started I had not much knowledge on what magazines include and the typical conventions of a magazine, I was also quite unfamiliar with the programme and how to create the magazine. I think my magazine looks quite good although it does not look very appealing to Students, The masthead looks good as is the largest object so it stands out however the smaller masthead underneath is slightly colour merging with the black folder in the image behind, so its harder to see and makes the words not stand out as much. The image looks okay but the heads of the people are cut off so it looks less attractive and we ant really see who the people are so it does not look that important, however we can see that there are people on computers which connotes learning and shows that the students are being educated which links to being in a school. I also used a small pug which has a picture of table tennis tables to attract readers With a blue outline to also make it stand out. I would rate this 4/10
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  My contents pagelooks quite good however there are many disadvantages which I found with this product, I found firstly I added the price and date onto the top where it should be on the front cover, also the main image was quite poorly edited as there are quite sharp clumps of where I have cut out some of the person when I was taking the background out. Also I had left some white pieces within the writing so to cover up I added some white smudges to make it look better. The positives of the contents page is that I have kept to the house style as the front cover which is blue and black, making sure I also wore appropriate clothing for the house style. Also I kept the same font and masthead so they still understand its the same magazine and hasn’t changed. The text is also clear and images and pictures link together which are clear and have the page number next to the images so the audience will know what is on what page. I would rate this 5/10
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  I was reallyhappy with my final design I can see how I have really improved not only with my knowledge of how to create a magazine but also with using software and editing to do so, with the program Photoshop I was able to create everything on my magazine, by experimenting with different effects. With this magazine I used all conventions of a magazine, such as the left third, mastheads, cover lines and pugs, this made my magazine look more professional and attract audiences more. Compared to my preliminary task I think I have full improved, which my music magazine looks 10x better and I have also overlapped and under lapped images making it look more compact and filled. I was able by the end to start to understand all different tools and photoshop and use them effectively to make my front cover look better such as strokes on words and filters on the main image. I would rate this magazine 8/10
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  This contents pageis I think is my most professional looking part of a magazine due to the layout, I have sectioned of different parts to make it look more stylish and for different sections of the magazines content such as, features, specials and albums. I have also added images to link to different articles pages, which also look good. I also kept consistent to the house style with the colours black blue and white which are also in the magazine cover. I also kept the masthead at the top and included a small editors article which I saw were quite common in other magazines contents pages so It made it look better. I would rate this 8/10.
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  My double pagespread looks really good I think by how the background follows through to both pages and the main actor is on the left side so you automatically know who the article is about, I have also included a small coverlines about the article by the actor. The text has small borders and sections which makes it look more professional and better, I also used changed the opacity of the blue background to blend it into the background more to have a better effect. I also used a street location to target my audience better and kept consistent once again with the house style with white blue and black. I would rate this 7/10