Evaluation

My college magazine uses many of the conventions used on a real magazine. It has a masthead which is 'Inspire', that every magazine has so that you know what it is called, and I have positioned it at the top of my magazine so that it is one of the first things you see and you know it is important. My magazines sell line is 'Your revision guide to life' which is short and tells you who the magazine is aimed at. I used a sell line as many magazines use these to make you want to buy it. It has a main image that covers most of my front cover which is another convention used, and my model is making full eye contact which is important. I have a main cover line that links to the main image and is written in large text and in a box so that you know it is the main one. I have also used other cover lines to draw in the attention of the audience, but are written in smaller text so as not to distract too much from the cover line. I have also used the college's name and logo which shows the institution of the magazine.
   The group of people my magazine represents is students. It does this through the sell line, 'Your revision guide of life', which implies it's for students at you use a revision guide to study. Also through the cover lines, which are various things that are happening around the college such as the Halloween party that Wyke has organised and also the fact that it is advertising NUS cards, which are for students. The main image represents students as it is of a girl aged seventeen dressed in casual clothes that could relate to anyone of that age group.
   The audience for my college magazine is students of Wyke college aged sixteen to nineteen. This is shown through the logo of Wyke college which is recognised by people. Also through the model who is within the targeted age range of my magazine. The cover lines attract the audience as they are related to the college, for example the Wyke Halloween party. The main cover line especially attracts dance students as it about the success of one. My sell line also suggests the targeted audience as it mentions revision guides which are associated with studying.
   By making my magazine i learnt more about the technologies that I used. I used Adobe Photoshop which I had rarely used before and so was still unsure how to work it. However, through producing this magazine I have learned how to use it better. I used it to edit my main image as I cut out the model from the background using the selection tool and the eraser. I also used it to add text to my front cover. Another programme that I used was publisher, which I used to produce the mock-up of the contents page. I had used this many times before and so had no difficulties.
   In conclusion, I am happy with the end product of my magazine but I feel it could be improved. My front cover is quite plain and bland and so if I was to do this again I would probably make it more colourful. Also I did not put on some of the conventions such as an issue number or date line.