Evaluation

My school magazine front cover is like a real magazine because I have used a central image, and I have also used headlines. Also included on my front cover, is a price, barcode and date. These are always on a regular magazine. In real magazines, I think the front covers are more filled with headlines, so if I could do this piece again, I would include more headlines. My magazine contents page is also like a real magazine. I have used a selection of images to connote different headlines and content. If I could re-do my contents page, I would include more content and make it look more like a contents page.

For my magazine front cover, I used adobe photoshop to create it. I uploaded pictures I had took previously, and revolved my headlines and other images around my central image. Also for my front cover, I looked at a magazine for guidence. If I could do my front cover again, I would use several magazines to help me along with creating my front cover. For my contents page, I used a program called Quark Express. This was a new program that I had never used before, and my contents page was a challenge to create, however, I found my way. I also used Quark to make my fonts and images more creative, also I enjoyed using a new program, and the fact it was layed out as a contents page. If I re-done my contents page, I would make sure I included more content to make it look more appealing.

The strengths and weaknesses of my magazine are very obvious. I believe my strengths of my magazine front cover and contents, is the fact they do look like a magazine, and I have followed the codes and conventions for it. The weaknesses of my magazine is that my front cover and contents page could include more, for example: more headlines, and more content.