Evaluation Question 7

Question 7: Looking back at my preliminary tasks, what do you feel you have learnt through the progression of the full product?

For my Aquinas magazine I wanted to make a magazine that would be a magazine that was fun to read but also was informative. I used photoshop to do my publications because it gave me the best result. The house style that I used is white, black and red. The reason I chose these colours is that they all worked well together and stood out. The picture that I used was taken outside by college. The reason I took outside college is that it would give natural light. My cover star is someone that goes to the college, therefore meaning that the audience can relate to the star.

My masthead is the biggest writing on the page and takes up the top of the Mise-en-scene. I have done the first letter of the name in red because it's aquinas colours and also makes the a stand out on the page. The tag line I have used is "keeping you in the know". The reason I have chosen this tagline is it shows the reader that the magazine will let you know about what is happening around college. I have included Facebook, Twitter and Instagram links, this creates the symbiotic relationship because it creates a world around the magazine so people can get involved through social networking. Also because the magazine is aimed at college students, they are more likely to used social networking it will be posative to have it. In the top right hand corner I have included the issue number, date and the website. The reason I have included these is they are important conventions for a magazine to have.

I have included a pug on my magazine. The reason I have included a pug is that it makes the information inside it stand out to the audience so people will be drawn to the magazine by whats inside. Inside the pug it says "only £1". I decided to have this in a pug because it's a cheap price for a magazine and the audience will be drawn to a good offer.

At the bottom of my page I have included a banner. The reason I have done this is it makes the offer stand out and also breaks up the page. In side the banner it offers vouchers for different shops. This is a good offer to have because young people are interested in fashion and therefore would use the vouchers.

 I have used a continuing house style on both my front cover and my contents page. The reason I have doe this is to make it look professional and so it correlates with the rest of the magazine. I have made the contents page blocked, the reason I have done this is to make it easy to read for the audience and so that it looks neat rather than it being messy.

 I have included an editors letter on my contents page, The reason I have done this is it makes a connection between the audience and the editor and makes the audience feel welcome. I have also used a picture so that the reader knows who they are talking to rather than just reading it. In the right hand corner I have included the page number. I have done this because it is an important convention and will correlate with whats on the contents page.

 On my contents page I have put a a red box with competition details in it. I have chosen to put this on the contents page because it will draw the reader in straight away because it is one of the first things that the audience will see when they are reading the magazine. I have put the feature in a red box because it makes it stand out and goes with the house style. The reason I have chosen to have a competition is that it increases audience participation.






The masthead that I have chosen has the first letter in red. The reason that I have done this is it becomes a style throughout the magazine of having the first letter in red because it links with the logo Aquinas. In the right hand corner I have put the issue number, date and website. The reason I have done this is because it links to the front cover and also are important conventions the audience expect to see.



Looking at at my preliminary tasks, I feel that my skills have improved alot, for example I have managed to put more all the relavent conventions in the final product, therefore making it appeal to the audience more. Also I have improved my skills in photography more by using more than one person on my front cover, which was a challenge to get the
spacing correct. I have also used different kind of banners and pugs, in my preliminary
tasks I have used more basic shapes, whereas in my final product I have used the shapes and altered them so that they don't look so basic. In my preliminary task the house style that I have used is red, black and white. I chose to copy this in my final product because they are colours that stand out and look good on a front cover.

 Their are various differences I have made in my music magazine then in my Aquinas magazine. One difference  I have made is to put a picture of the front cover of the magazine on the contents page. This then correlates with the front cover and people know that its that issue they are reader. Another thing that I have done different is instead of using the word contents I have gone for instead "this week". The reason I have done this is it makes it a bit less formal which will appeal to my age group. I have also included more images in my music magazine to make it more visual and to promote the artists that will be features more.