Comparison
In order to assess my work efficiently I have chosen to compare my school magazine with another.
There are both similarities and differences between my magazine and the one I have chosen to compare it to.
My magazine clearly features a student and indicates what my issue involve. This is similar to 'high school illustrated' magazine as it too shows a student, however while my student is doing work, the 'high school illustrated' magazine shows a student holding an American football this is because their issue is about the 'player of the year'. Therefore both my magazines feature a cover model indicating the content of the issue.
'High school illistarted' magazine follows a typical magazine convention of having 3 main colours present. This is used to create interest while not over cluttering the cover. This is similar to my magazine as I have also featured different colours, however on my cover there only appears to be 2 main colours featured. I chose to use less colours as I felt the image itself involved a large variety of colours and so did not want to over clutter my piece. A similarities between the two covers is that they both prominently feature the colour yellow possible due to its connotation and positivity and its noticeability.
My magazine does not have many symbols or words used to attract the audiences attention, whereas 'high school' magazine features many of these. For example 'high school illustrated' uses words such as 'plus' to attract the reader attention as they are interested by the possibility of more. Additionally it uses boxes and + signs to make the cover aesthetically pleasing.
Overall there are a range of similarities and difference between my magazine and 'high school illustrated'. By comparing I am now able to clearly see the successful conventions that other magazines use and therefore will be able to apply them to my final piece.
In order to assess my work efficiently I have chosen to compare my school magazine with another.
My magazine clearly features a student and indicates what my issue involve. This is similar to 'high school illustrated' magazine as it too shows a student, however while my student is doing work, the 'high school illustrated' magazine shows a student holding an American football this is because their issue is about the 'player of the year'. Therefore both my magazines feature a cover model indicating the content of the issue.
'High school illistarted' magazine follows a typical magazine convention of having 3 main colours present. This is used to create interest while not over cluttering the cover. This is similar to my magazine as I have also featured different colours, however on my cover there only appears to be 2 main colours featured. I chose to use less colours as I felt the image itself involved a large variety of colours and so did not want to over clutter my piece. A similarities between the two covers is that they both prominently feature the colour yellow possible due to its connotation and positivity and its noticeability.
My magazine does not have many symbols or words used to attract the audiences attention, whereas 'high school' magazine features many of these. For example 'high school illustrated' uses words such as 'plus' to attract the reader attention as they are interested by the possibility of more. Additionally it uses boxes and + signs to make the cover aesthetically pleasing.
Overall there are a range of similarities and difference between my magazine and 'high school illustrated'. By comparing I am now able to clearly see the successful conventions that other magazines use and therefore will be able to apply them to my final piece.
Preliminary Task evaluation
I was set the task of producing a cover for a school magazine.
I originally planned to set the cover in a science lab and have a student use the equipment. Unfortunately, I was unable to do this and so moved on to plan B.
I decided that I would take my photo outside as I thought this would make my magazine cover appear fresh and positive. This sunny and natural picture would be appealing to a wide range of students and therefore make my magazine more accessible.
I chose to feature a student doing work as the issue revolves around 'back to school' ideas. By choosing an image that related to the issue's content, the magazine gives a clear indication of internal articles at first glance.
See original image below.
Due to the natural light, I edited the picture to make it standout by enhancing the colours and removing any background impurities. I think that this editing was successful as it makes the picture more attractive to my target audience and the enhanced colours create an enjoyable appearance which is essential to making the school magazine interesting rather than boring.
I chose the name 'Study Break' as it relates to education while still indicating leisure ("break"). To emphasise this I chose to make the word 'break' slightly larger and make it a different colour so that the students would immediatly see the word and therefore encouraged the reader to identify the magazine with relaxation; when asked, over half of the students said that the word 'break' immediately stood out to them. Additionally, the colour yellow is assosaited with positively. For this reason I chose the colour to eliminate the stereotypical negativity that students often have towards education.
Finally I adopted subheadings for the cover featured articles to add to the initial understanding of the reader. I attempted to create interesting and enticing headings to attract the audience, for example "call the caretaker" creates interest as it does not give away too much information. I attempted to make headings such as "exclusive offer" stand out, by enlarging it and changing its colour. I did this as my research showed that magazines draw attention to areas that they think will captivate their audiences.
Above is my completed piece.
To improve I feel that I could have composed the photo to be more visually interesting; for example by moving the focus of the image slightly off centre I could have created a more abstract impact.
Furthermore I should of taken the picture portrait so to make it into a conventional magazine, however I did not consider this until I began editing.
Overall I think that I was successful. I feel that I successfully draw attention to the cover and create a positive and interesting tone. I feel that the composition of the picture and the text is well balanced while still informing the audience of the contents.
I chose to feature a student doing work as the issue revolves around 'back to school' ideas. By choosing an image that related to the issue's content, the magazine gives a clear indication of internal articles at first glance.
See original image below.
Due to the natural light, I edited the picture to make it standout by enhancing the colours and removing any background impurities. I think that this editing was successful as it makes the picture more attractive to my target audience and the enhanced colours create an enjoyable appearance which is essential to making the school magazine interesting rather than boring.
I chose the name 'Study Break' as it relates to education while still indicating leisure ("break"). To emphasise this I chose to make the word 'break' slightly larger and make it a different colour so that the students would immediatly see the word and therefore encouraged the reader to identify the magazine with relaxation; when asked, over half of the students said that the word 'break' immediately stood out to them. Additionally, the colour yellow is assosaited with positively. For this reason I chose the colour to eliminate the stereotypical negativity that students often have towards education.
Finally I adopted subheadings for the cover featured articles to add to the initial understanding of the reader. I attempted to create interesting and enticing headings to attract the audience, for example "call the caretaker" creates interest as it does not give away too much information. I attempted to make headings such as "exclusive offer" stand out, by enlarging it and changing its colour. I did this as my research showed that magazines draw attention to areas that they think will captivate their audiences.
Above is my completed piece.
To improve I feel that I could have composed the photo to be more visually interesting; for example by moving the focus of the image slightly off centre I could have created a more abstract impact.
Furthermore I should of taken the picture portrait so to make it into a conventional magazine, however I did not consider this until I began editing.
Overall I think that I was successful. I feel that I successfully draw attention to the cover and create a positive and interesting tone. I feel that the composition of the picture and the text is well balanced while still informing the audience of the contents.
Contents page
To complete my prelim task I had to complete a contents page.
Through research I noticed that all contents pages had images present, I therefore chose a simple image that still indicated the purpose of my magazine.
Unfortunately due to my font cover being landscape rather than the conventional portrait my contents page does not fit with my cover. However I chose to do my contents page portrait as I noticed my mistake and felt that it would be more appropriate to appeal to the conventions.
Overall I feel that my contents page gives a clear indication of what is in the magazine and suits the house style of my magazine.
Deconstruction of my school magazine
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