EVALUATION OF MY SCHOOL MAGAZINE

By Rebecca King 12S

FRONT COVER:

Masthead

Plug: What the audience wants to read

Puff: Stands out because it is a different font.Feature

article photo

Demographic: Younger students

Style/ Mode of address: Informal (Fun typography / bright colours)

Cover line

CONTENTS:

Headline

Photo’s

Contents List

TO IMPROVE:

On my front cover and contents page I stretched pictures. Next time I will

crop and move them after saving them to my file instead of copy and

pasting it to ensure the best quality for my photos.

I will ensure that I use a variety of typography and colours that stand out

with the background.

My feature article photo will be a photo of a student making eye contact

with the camera to connect more with the reader.

I will make my magazine have a more formal to include an older

demographic.

I’ll put page numbers on the contents page to make it more functional.

CONVENTION:

The reason I put the feature article photo in front of the masthead was to

present how the magazine is well known by showing that people know what

magazine it is without having to read the masterhead.

I used bright colours and multiple fonts to attract a younger demographic.

The feature article photo is a mid shot with the camera directly level with

the student in the photo to give the magazine a more friendly approach that

will attract my demographic. Furthermore, because the student in the

feature article photo is not looking directly at the camera it comes across as

less intimidating and more interesting (as people will want to know what he

is looking at) to make more people want to read it.

PHOTOSHOP TOOLS

For my feature article photo I used the quick

selection tool to cut the main photo from its original

background.

To get the text for the masthead, plug, puff, cover

line and other writing on the contents page. I used

the text tool

I used the fill button to cover any mistakes and for

the contents page background.