Feedback from the college magazine
Positive/negative feedback:
The front cover: I like the choice of colour as it Is bright
and would easily attract the reader’s attention, as well as that, the picture
used also grabs the reader’s attention as she has a firm smile and is holding a
folder which makes her look sophisticated.
Contents Page: The contents page uses sharp bright colours
which then again grab reader’s attention, and the things that are advertised on
the magazine contents page makes you want to read on and discover more.
The front cover: The picture that is used is engaging and
relates to the college magazine. The text and the picture relates as well. The
medium shot of the photo is good because we can see the background of college
pictures making it more interesting to look at. I would say more cover lines should be added.
Contents page: I would say give more information of each
pages and what they include. I like the pictures on the side because it makes
the content page look more appealing and relates to the information.
Front Cover: Good layout of the titles, but you could increase the size
of the main article so its stands out from the rest. The price is clear and
quick to notice; you could change the colour of it and position it closer to
the barcode. The picture is high quality.
Contents:The titles of the pages are clear but your contents page
could use more information about the articles included. The pictures could use
some information (what they are related to)
Front cover: Good choice of font blends in very well with
the image. Colours used are warm and attracts readers immediately. Not too much
writing on the front page but writing should be smaller and at the side so the
picture is clearer.
Contents: Interesting colours, very bright and intriguing
however warmer colours should be used so they blend well with cover.
College magazine evaluation
For my college magazine i didn’t like the front cover
because of several different reasons. For example the font colour was not as
good as I thought it would be. Also the pink colour made the magazine look very
childish and playful which was not what I was aiming for, and the pink folder
didn’t make the magazine look as professional as I wanted. However, if the
cover line wasn’t pink I think the folder would have had more of a professional
look. On my music magazine I will chose more presentable colours which would
suit my background very well. The colour
of my background was very professional and linked with the cover line as it was
talking about a trip to Italy, however I didn’t like how the background didn’t
link with the image but the background was still linked to college. Also my
front cover was very simple and empty and the main cover line didn’t stand out,
which made it harder for people to realise the main aim of the magazine- to
change this, I will make sure that my
music magazine has a main cover line which is clear and understandable. With the front cover image, I thought the
mid-shot were taken very professionally and the student instantly made the
magazine look like it was a college magazine. However, the front cover may have
looked empty but I thought that it concentrated on the main image. I thought the photography went well as it
came out very clear, another reason I didn’t struggle with the photography is
that I had a plan of how my model would be posing and that crops which I wanted
to use was easy to find. Also my college
magazine did not have a header which simply made it boring and made it look
like there was less information. The
layout of the front cover was not as good as i wanted to be because I didn’t
have enough time to finish it off, also I didn’t know where to place the cover
line, so I located anywhere that I thought would look presentable, however that
resulted in the college magazine looking very busy on one side and empty on the
other side. To change this outcome, I would make sure that both side of the
magazine had enough information to catch the reader’s attention. The masthead
was pink which I didn’t like but the location of the masthead was professional
as it was on the left hand-side. The content page of the college magazine
didn’t have information which made it look very empty and simple. However the images made the content page more
attractive towards the readers as it had a lot of images which linked to the
college magazine. Also the content page didn’t have much clear space which
could have separated the images and the cover lines. The masthead head of the
content page was very bold and clear which made it easier for the audience to
know it was the content page. When
making my music magazine, I will make sure that the content page has only two
columns which would make look less busy and more presentable. Also I would make
sure that I only have one main image which would only concentrate on them and
this would make more space and it would look professional. Also instead of using number i would use
bullet points which would make it easier for the readers. The colour scheme of the content page was
very bright because I wanted to catch the reader’s eyes. Also the magazine was
for student- students are more interested in less writing, and more images- so
I used less writing and more images and soft bright colours which would
instantly attract them. Using indesign
was very difficult task for me as I missed the induction lesson. However I
started playing around with it to see what each tool was, I sometimes had to
ask my teacher for help and my class mates. After a while of struggling with
how to insert images and using the boxes, I understood how to use and I started
being comfortable with it. One thing I found easy was moving around the images
and using the colours. One thing that made it easy for me to make the magazine
was a plan- the plan made sure I didn’t miss any important thing out.
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