Photography:
I went around trying to find the right opportunity to take sufficient images for my college magazine. Photography was one of the easiest thing that I did regarding my college magazine. In total, I took two images. One of a student and the second of a group of students studying in the library. The lighting of each picture was very bright and also the lighting was just right which I would say was a strength of mine. I tried to take images that related to my contents which was easy to do as I was in college at the time when I was creating my college magazine. When it came to taking my second image, I was looking for genuine facial expressions so that the picture comes across professional. However, I would say that one of my weakness regarding photography was that I did not take enough pictures, as taking a variety of pictures attracts the audience and also follows many magazines conventions.
I went around trying to find the right opportunity to take sufficient images for my college magazine. Photography was one of the easiest thing that I did regarding my college magazine. In total, I took two images. One of a student and the second of a group of students studying in the library. The lighting of each picture was very bright and also the lighting was just right which I would say was a strength of mine. I tried to take images that related to my contents which was easy to do as I was in college at the time when I was creating my college magazine. When it came to taking my second image, I was looking for genuine facial expressions so that the picture comes across professional. However, I would say that one of my weakness regarding photography was that I did not take enough pictures, as taking a variety of pictures attracts the audience and also follows many magazines conventions.
Image Manipulation on Photoshop:
I change the background and the image itself to black and white. I wanted it to have a formal context to it. As my image is smiley and its already welcoming people in to read the magazine, and so i thought the contrast would look good together.
Page layout:
Page layout is something that I focused on very thoroughly as I think that page layout is very important because it shows the effort you have put in creating the magazine. I made sure that my main coverline had the biggest font to ensure that it was readable and also catches the reader’s eyes. I included dark colours to my magazine only to make it look more formal.
Use of text (Masthead):
I used a dark maroon for my masthead to make it stand out from the colour of the background. Its font size is big and visible from far. The font style is very formal.
Use of text (coverlines):
I change the background and the image itself to black and white. I wanted it to have a formal context to it. As my image is smiley and its already welcoming people in to read the magazine, and so i thought the contrast would look good together.
Page layout:
Page layout is something that I focused on very thoroughly as I think that page layout is very important because it shows the effort you have put in creating the magazine. I made sure that my main coverline had the biggest font to ensure that it was readable and also catches the reader’s eyes. I included dark colours to my magazine only to make it look more formal.
Use of text (Masthead):
I used a dark maroon for my masthead to make it stand out from the colour of the background. Its font size is big and visible from far. The font style is very formal.
Use of text (coverlines):
I made sure my coverline was clear and bold. Something that would appeal to my audience and also something that would want to make the open up the magazine. I made my coverlines catchy in the sense that it would draw my audience to the magazine by just reading one line.
Layout on InDesign:
The layout on my contents page was very organised in the sense that the pages would be easy to find.
However, i don't believe the layout of it was appealing and may come across as boring or too plain to the audience of this magazine. My strengths of making this contents page was the photography part of it and my weaknesses was using the software.
Audience feedback for my college magazine was ‘
Layout on InDesign:
The layout on my contents page was very organised in the sense that the pages would be easy to find.
However, i don't believe the layout of it was appealing and may come across as boring or too plain to the audience of this magazine. My strengths of making this contents page was the photography part of it and my weaknesses was using the software.
Audience feedback for my college magazine was ‘
+ Good job for sticking to the
professional layout
+ Contents is clear and easy to understand
+ All the required details are present
- There's no consistent colour scheme or font between pages
- The contents page is too simple
- Next time save the picture as a jpeg before uploading them
Clear and simple but try to understand the software more’.
+ Contents is clear and easy to understand
+ All the required details are present
- There's no consistent colour scheme or font between pages
- The contents page is too simple
- Next time save the picture as a jpeg before uploading them
Clear and simple but try to understand the software more’.
What do I need to improve on:
.Practice using the software more to ensure that I have a clear idea on what I am doing and how to implement my ideas on the software.
.Structure my work in a way that the audience of the magazine find it appealing.
.Practice using the software more to ensure that I have a clear idea on what I am doing and how to implement my ideas on the software.
.Structure my work in a way that the audience of the magazine find it appealing.
Three key developments when producing the main task (music
magazine):
.Practicing using the softwares more
.Work more on the way i layout my work
.Think more clearly about my colour scheme
.Practicing using the softwares more
.Work more on the way i layout my work
.Think more clearly about my colour scheme
this is a strong evaluation and you have clearly followed the structure, making some relevant reflections. VC
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