Evaluation

For this task I was set, I had to plan and then go onto create a college magazine. My first thing to do was to research what actually goes into a magazine or the codes and conventions of a magazine. I then went onto what went into a College magazine, so after analyzing all of this and researching a couple of more things that I needed to then adding them all to this very blog I then went on to planning it.

I first looked at who would my magazine be aimed at audience wise, then going on to say what programs I would be using to actually create my final pieces. I then went on to looking at which ways I could present the magazine to the student population. I then started creating drafts for the contents page and front cover this would then help me decide how I would present my work in the final copy. After I had done this I then set out my layout, this would then give me a better idea of where things will be placed.

After doing more planning (seen in this blog), I started to take photograph, my original idea was to take photos of a student stood outside the main building with the wyke sign placed behind the model, but these shots weren't up to good standards so I had to go back to the drawing board, after deciding on what I will do I then went on to taking the final photos which were of a student looking/working on the table, I took multiple shots and picked the best one I was going to use.

I then went on edit my image, using photoshop I highlighted the model, then selected the outside area (the background), I then made the background black and white whilst the the model and folder stayed the normal colour. This will appeal to the readers because it will be something different to look at and original

In publisher I started to create the front cover of the magazine, seen as though I had already drafted the front cover it didn't take me that long to create the final front cover . My masthead is the strongest point of the cover because it has a USP which is that its going down the left grid, which is different to most magazines out there. I used bold purples with a blue background so the magazine would stand out well then other competitors. I think these colours will appeal to the student population.

I used most coventions of a magazine for example a masthead, barcode, articles and much more, this is good because then alot more people will see it and know its a magazine.

I learned how to use publisher in this brief, so from now on i will have a good knowledge of publisher for future briefs.