research and planning: magazine evaluation

I think that the product materials are appropriate for my college magazine, because it’s a medium close up and it has reviews on what students want to read. Also the colours of the picture stand out and is quite eye capturing.

I think the layout of the magazine, is quite effective because it has something related to the college in the background. Addition, the slogan of the magazine helps you draw your attention in. But I think what I could of done if I had more time was to make the writing f the stories stand out and make them all one colour instead of 3 different shades of blue.

I think that the content page fit in well with the front cover of the magazine because it has similar fonts and the stories are the same. Also the page has a picture of Danny who is on the front cover. But on the other hand the colour isn't really the same which I think I need to improve on.

The font sizes of the front page it, are like what they would have been like on a magazine, the masthead is the biggest font on the page. I think what I could of done better is the layout of the magazine, because normally you get the stories standing out at you, where as I fitted the colour in with the background.

Unfortunately, the magazine doesn't follow the 3 colour rule it was really hard to contrast the colours out of the background, I think when I do it again I will do the colour background and make the image stand out more, instead of blending it in with the background, also I will blur the background to make it stand out more as well.

I think the is enough stories on the front page because normally a magazine will do about 3-6 stories on a magazine photo and I have done 4 stories. Also the stories relate to the college as well which id good because it lets people know about what going to happen.

The photographs, was well taken but because I had to edit it on photo shop, the side of his face looks quite flat on one side. The picture of Danny in the photo is appropriate because it is relating to one of the stories on the magazine. Also the background of Costa is appropriate and has been too good. I contrasted the background and brightened parts of it with photo shop tools. The background of Costa is effective as well because it also relates to one of the stories on the magazine. In the content page there is a couple more photos on it, and a couple of more stories, for each of the stories there is a small picture to go with it, to make it more appealing to the reader.

Altogether, I am happy the way in which my magazine and my content came out, and the fonts that I have chosen, if I was to do a magazine again I would change a couple of things, like the font of the masthead, and relate it to a college, also I would make the image of on the front page stand out and make it have bright colours.