Front cover evaluation

The media studies task that was given to me was to make a front cover and content page made completely by myself. The aim of the magazine was to attract college students and give them discussion topics of their choice, so I had to make a college magazine. For that task I had to take a reasonable number of pictures and also use photo-editing software, Photoshop, to edit the pictures I took. This was at first a challenge because I was not aware or familiar with the software, however,  after using it a couple of times I got the gist of it and soon started using it in my spare time which was a really good advantage because I really enjoyed and performed this task to the best of my ability. This part of the task was one the things I enjoyed the most because it’s a chance for you to learn different skills and ideas so that you can advance in this area.

But before we could do any editing we had to take some pictures. This part of the task was quite tricky because at first I didn’t what kind of angles to take in my photos. So I had to learn how to use the camera efficiently and appropriately so that I can produce good results. So in the end this part wasn’t tough or tricky and I ended up producing appropriate photos. However my first set of photos were done in landscape and not portrait so this was something that held me back, eventually I took another set of pictures, which I learnt how to put focus on by focusing the red dot that appeared on the camera to my models eye for great results, that were in portrait so that my pictures can come out looking more professionally done.

When making my magazine I made sure my house style was appropriate for my target audience. My fonts were impact and forte because I felt it would give my magazine a more young, modern and interactive look to it and because I know that it would attract my audience. I also learnt how to colour co ordinate my colours so that my Image can flourish and look more professional and attractive to the audience. I gave my mast heading texture and shadow to it because it shows professionalism and material, it immediately attracts the audience to the magazine and it adds an effect to it also. I also mad my mast heading colour purple because it is the main colour for my magazine and I wanted to keep my house style consistent and not messy, this is because it can immediately distract the audience to the message the magazine is trying to give out.

The strengths of my front page are that it was very easy for me to use the editing software and it helped my pictures look more professional and attractive. The results of my magazine is that everyone liked the style and the house style of it  and also how the colours didn’t contrast too much or distract the audience to the actual purpose of the magazine. My other strength is that I was able to reach my target and that is to make a fun and interactive magazine and that is exactly what my magazine looks like. Lastly I was able to hand in my deadline on time so I wasn’t unfinished with work and I could be able to relax and reflect on the work that I’ve done and be proud of my hard work.

My weaknesses, however, were that a lot of the work I needed to get down were hard for me to understand so it lead my performance to be a little be slack and underachieving. My questionnaire was very detailed, however I didn’t use many ideas that were given to me by other people, and the comments I received were not added to the magazine

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