Planning

Very good research into similar texts. Some good research into audience, but could have used graphs to show results. Some good drafts.

17/20

Construction

Proficient use of software to construct pages. Good manipulation of images and text. The front cover is ambitious and a bit weird, but well constructed. The contents page is very well constructed, but could contain more images

51/60

Evaluation

Some attempt to address the seven set questions. Some critical analysis but could contain more detail in places.

14/20

Overall

82/100 Grade A

Evaluation of my pre-production work:

my magazine develops the conventions of magazines by keeping the masthead at the top of the page, it also develops the conventions, particularly of college magazines by having a picture of their building on the cover and also includes pictures of people on the cover of the magazine. The use of a slogan is also a convention that i have developed in my magazine. However my magazine challenges the conventions of magazines by not including highlights of articles in my magazine on the cover and it doesn't have any seperate images on the cover, also my magazine challenges the conventions of magazines because it does not include a dateline as it is not going to be sold on a widespread basis and just sold within a niche audience.

My Magazine cover represents the school as a school that has plenty of history behind it and has great traditions that go back many years, a school that many great minds have come from that are well-known and respected people.

The media institution that would distribute my magazine would be the school, it would give it to the families of students and even past students and members of staff, to see what has happened in the school over the past year.

the audience for my magazine would be for parents of students, i have tried to attract my audience by keeping the magazine traditional and simple by using an old fashioned font, and keeping the cover and contents page formal rather to inkeep with an adults more intellectual approach to a magazine and including articles that parents would be interested in.

by making this Magazine front cover and contents page my knowledge of adobe photoshop has improved dramatically also the use of photography has been important in producing the product.

finally I added the articles that were going to be included in the magazine and incorporated the colours of the houses into the headlines of the articles

i then added the crests of the school to the contents page to give it a more homely feel and make it seem more like the school's magazine

i then added a drop shadow and bevel and emboss effect to the text to keep it the same as the front cover

then i added the title for the context page, using the same font as the front cover to keep with the schools theme

then i added an image of a student to the contents page, then I added a gradient to the page in order to make the text of the contents of the magazine more readable

i adjusted the background image to make it brighter and more cheerful then edited it to fit the page

I then added a drop shadow and a bevel and emboss effect to the extra text give it more meaning and to make it stand out on the page

I then added a phrase to go with the ethos of the school and give the magazine and school more stature

finally i added a bevel and emboss effect to the title to give it more depth and make it stand out even more

i then added a drop shadow to the text to make it stand out on the page

i then added the title of the magazine to the cover using an italic and a serif style font

i then added a colour overlay to the head to merge it with the clouds in the sky and add a more proffessional look

next I cut out the other students head using the lasso tool then shrunk it down to size and placed it in its place

next i had to cut out the student using the lasso tool, then i had to shrink him to size and place him in the correct place on the front cover

my first job was to enhance my background image to make it more bright and pleasing then i sized it to fit the page

this is my second draft with more detail including the type of text I am using and how i am going to include the criteria of the task into my front cover

this is my very first draft of the basic layout of my magazine front cover

When I asked 50 people if they read the Victorian 35 said yes 5 said no and 10 said sometimes.

Then I aked them how they were involved in the College, 20 were students 17 were family members 7 were teachers and 3 were others.

The next question I asked was who the magazine should be aimed at 22 said students and the other 28 said the magazine should be aimed at parents. This means that i shall make the magazine more informative about what has happened over the past year, and that the language i use can be more complex due to the higher intellectual capability odf the target audience

Then I asked what picture the magazine front cover should have. 7 people said sport, 3 said academic, 16 said a student, 14 said the building and 10 said the CCF. This means that i shall use a building on the front of my front cover and may include a student to make the cover more interesting.

I then asked what the colour scheme of the magazine should be, 27 said black and yellow, 6 said red, 2 said blue, 3 said green and 12 said red and yellow. This will mean that i will go with the colour scheme of the school to use in my magazine and shall be used throughout the magazine

When I asked what the type of text should be used in my magazine 7 said bold 22 said italic 18 said serif and 3 said sans-serif. So i shall use an italic font on the cover of my magazine but I shall use a serif font to inkeep with the schools old heritage.

Then I asked where the title should be placed, 33 said at the top of the page, 12 said it should be at the bottom and 5 said it should be in the middle. This shows me that i should place the title of the magazine at the top of the page

Then I asked what should be included in the magazine, answers included house information, CCF information, events, awards, sport, new arrivals and new features, i shall include as many of these things in my magazine to make the magazine more interesting and more diverse to the readers.

I asked if the magazine contents page should incorporate the colour of all the houses in it, all of the people I asked said that it should be included, this means I shall try and incorporate the colours into the headlines or the different features of the magazine.

Finally I asked who the articles of the magzine should be written by, 12 said students, 17 said members of staff and 31 said that they should be written by both, this means that the magazine will be more diverse and will have levels of depth that could not be shown if the articles were written by one or the other

As i am going to be designing a new front cover for the schools magazine the 'Victorian' i asked these questions to different people around Victoria College:

School Magazine Cover Questionnaire

Do you read the Victorian:
Yes
No
Sometimes

How are you involved with Victoria College:
Student
Teacher
Family member
other

Who do you think the Victorian Magazine should be aimed at:
Parents
Students

What type of picture would you prefer to see as the main image on the front cover:
Sport
Academic
Student
Building
CCF

What Colour font should the title of the magazine be:
Black and Yellow
Red
Blue
Green
Red and Yellow

What type of font should be used for the title of the Victorian
Bold
Italic
Serif
Sans-serif

Which part of the page should the title be on:
Top
Middle
Bottom

What would you like to see included in the Victorian?
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Would you like to see the colours of the different houses used in the colour scheme of the contents page:
Yes
No
Not sure

Who do you think should write the articles inside the Victorian:
Students
Members of staff

This college magazine is targeted at students and the family of students at Boston College follows similar conventions to the West Point magazine:

• Articles based on why this college is the best at what they do
• use of several colours to attract readers

But this magazine goes by many different conventions not used in the other magazines:

• the Masthead is seperated from the rest of the magazine
• the main picture is not of a peron but of a building
  
• the largest text on the cover is not the masthead it is a key word that would most appeal to the students of Boston College
  

this magazine was targeted at people who are or want to be at this college

Because my magazine cover will be for my college i will now look at this college magazines conventions:

• Masthead - in the largest font for readers to identify the magazine easily in a store
  
• Interesting Articles for attracting readers
• use of several colours to attract readers
  
• main picture in medium long shot
• articles talk about why they are the best at what it is they do
  

This magazine is directed at cricket fans and players and follows some of the same conventions as the Rugby World Magazine:

• Masthead - The largest text on the cover to attract the target audience to this magazine when it is on the shelves in a store
• Main Article is in the next biggest text as to draw the eye of the reader
• Interesting articles to attract the target audience
  
• price on the cover
  
• Well known players in larger font or different colour
• Smaller picture of well known player
  

But this magazine follows some conventions that Rugby World does not follow:

• Main Picture is a medium long shot rather than a close-up shot
  
• picture interfears with the Masthead
  

this magazine is directed at a rugby playing audience it also follows certain magazine conventions:

• Masthead - biggest writing
  
• Main picture at Medium Close-Up - usually of a famous or well known person
  
• Main articles in bigger text and bold
• Interesting articles for audience
• Price on cover
• Big names in seperate colour or size text
  
• Smaller Picture of another well known player