Evaluation
First being
introduced to the assignment of creating our own Magazines for LSC, I needed to
gather some pictures to present just like the other magazines we’ve been
analysing. Gathering information and learning from them I wanted to create a professional
kind of design and look for my magazine so it can stand out like the rest of
what we saw.
After
collecting my photographs I used both Photoshop and InDesign to create a front
cover and contents page as well as the beginning of my Double Page Spread. From
the knowledge I acquired through analysing and comparing I was able to
distinguish what a bad and good magazine should look like; such as the right
fonts, colour schemes and terminology used for example masthead, cover lines
and puff used throughout most magazines.
Furthermore,
to accomplish my goal of producing a good cover or even a professional one I
used the basics and put them into detail; such as ordering the Puff, Masthead
and even the barcode to make a good layout so everything is presented neatly, not
to forget the 3 colour scheme ‘rule’ which I used. The reason I put this to
mind is because the whole point of producing a magazine is to make it
presentable and not too flashy (depending on the genre) however this was a
college magazine therefore I went with a more simple design with some features
to get some attention to it.
Self evaluation
There were a
few problems for sure, however there are many aspects that I liked about my
magazine cover and contents page. Both were of acceptable quality, even though
it looked simple it still could serve its purpose as a college magazine because
all the information and necessary features are included in the magazine such as
a barcode, masthead etc.. And images to link with the main text and headlines.
Peer
evaluation
Similar to
my self-evaluation, the viewers of my college magazine thought it was simple
which made it look professional, classy and easy to get all the information in
because the layout and fonts were clear and easy to understand as it’s not
jumbled up together in one place.
Points
for improvement
• Add more
detail to the cover, some more pictures or even have a big one fill the page
like I did in the contents page. And produce a more appealing and colourful
design for my cover.
• Adapt the
context page with the front cover, the style was a bit different and it only had
2 of the colours from the colour scheme.
