Magazine EvaluationMy preliminary coursework is to produce the front page of a new school magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in a medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead by using DTP (desktop publishing). Also i must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page. The program which i will be using it's called Photoshop- to create a new school magazine for 2010.
However, i didn't want to come with one similar to those available school magazine's which are in internet so I was trying to be original and different. I then was thinking about how could my magazine looks like, which colors, connotation, convention and language i have use to appealing an audience. In comparison to other school magazines, i feel that my magazine is different and creative as i wanted.
For my school magazine i have been used a bright pink, purple and red colors on the top where is subtitle (MASTHEAD) which say: 'Vous' for french 'you'- it makes the reader feel special and also different people say it in different ways. On my layout I has been used a big picture of Dannie- she is from 6th form, where i has been used close up as it says on my preliminary task and on the backgrounds i put the titles e.g. school activities, GCSE results, new teachers in our school etc- I has been put all these stuff in my magazine which are young people interesting in it. I choice it because i think is that, what young people like to see on the school magazine e.g.- bright colors, layout, image etc. I have been used all things because i wanted to made this magazine original- which will be stand out from other magazines. I think is giving me a big plus for showing something different and also to make it popular between young people- to makes them read. I think my magazine would satisfy my target audience as it is laid out in a conventional way and the bold and bright colors involved would give a positive connotation of fun to read and also give some information's to readers about their school.
When i have been challenges design of my school magazine i found some problems with the right colors for text writing on the cover page because i put white background so I was trying to put bright colors as for example: pink, purple, red - positive colors . However, I'm really happy with my colors scheme which i has been used because i have changed it many times to find the right colors for my school magazine. If I could do my school magazine again, i would choice more different images from what i put on now.
Brief
i have chosen 'Print' because:
However, i didn't want to come with one similar to those available school magazine's which are in internet so I was trying to be original and different. I then was thinking about how could my magazine looks like, which colors, connotation, convention and language i have use to appealing an audience. In comparison to other school magazines, i feel that my magazine is different and creative as i wanted.
For my school magazine i have been used a bright pink, purple and red colors on the top where is subtitle (MASTHEAD) which say: 'Vous' for french 'you'- it makes the reader feel special and also different people say it in different ways. On my layout I has been used a big picture of Dannie- she is from 6th form, where i has been used close up as it says on my preliminary task and on the backgrounds i put the titles e.g. school activities, GCSE results, new teachers in our school etc- I has been put all these stuff in my magazine which are young people interesting in it. I choice it because i think is that, what young people like to see on the school magazine e.g.- bright colors, layout, image etc. I have been used all things because i wanted to made this magazine original- which will be stand out from other magazines. I think is giving me a big plus for showing something different and also to make it popular between young people- to makes them read. I think my magazine would satisfy my target audience as it is laid out in a conventional way and the bold and bright colors involved would give a positive connotation of fun to read and also give some information's to readers about their school.
When i have been challenges design of my school magazine i found some problems with the right colors for text writing on the cover page because i put white background so I was trying to put bright colors as for example: pink, purple, red - positive colors . However, I'm really happy with my colors scheme which i has been used because i have changed it many times to find the right colors for my school magazine. If I could do my school magazine again, i would choice more different images from what i put on now.
Brief
i have chosen 'Print' because:
- It's a good way how to improve my computer skills.
- I did it last year- so i have some experience with this brief -print.
- Photoshop -it's the program which i has been used to creative my cover page of magazine
- it's wasn't really hard for me to use Photoshop.
- also, because it's interested me the most of all four briefs e.g.: video, audio, website and print.
- it's fun to put all my own images together.
- it's fun to messy around with Photoshop- try to find some new things (e.g. how to change the subtitle, colors, background etc.)
- I really enjoyed to use Photoshop.
