Evaluation - Front Cover and Contents Page

Front Cover:

Overall I am very happy with the outcome of my front cover for the College Magazine. I believe the use of the Blue with the contrasting White fonts work very well together. In addition the bright trio of colours for  'Graphics Tutorials' pulls in the viewer and makes the Front cover more interesting.

Pros:

• Colours work well together
• Vibrant paint splashes
• Simple yet affective
• Free Membership

Cons:

• Could be more interesting
• Different font for Cover Lines
• More school orientated Picture

Contents Page:

I believe my Contents page has come together quite nicely and has followed on very well from my original Flat plan I did. In addition the slight tweaks I have made I believe are good ones. My favourite part is the contrasting grey margin where I have put the contents of the magazine, this is due the way it separates the page neatly without being too bold.

Pros:

• Effective margin
• Simple yet intuitive 
• The images work with the magazine

Cons:

• The images look out of place
• Not much information about the magazine

Peer Evaluation:

Front cover

Pros:

• Nice intuitive Puff
• Clear colour palette
• Picture suits the Task
• Mast head font links with contents

Cons:

• Boring Font for Puff
• Mast head is in two lines
• Free gym membership doesn't fit with context
• Cover lines cover face and come close to edge

Contents Page

Pros:

• Nice grey border
• Continued colour palette
• Font matches mast head
• Good amount of pictures

Cons:

• Need a variety of pictures
• Doesn't link to much with the Front cover

Preliminary Task - Construction

 Photo Analysis:

This is one of my favourite images I took for the front cover. The reason for this is due to the simple plain effect of a student, furthermore the student looks happy which follows the them of the school.

To use this image I will cut out the student and put a multi gender background colour of Blue or teal. This will be the soul image on my front cover to keep the professional look I am going for.

In addition to this I will crop the image to fit the Mid-shot I need for the task.

This photo is going to be used on the contents page of my magazine, the reason for this is because it shows a student educating themselves with a book from the library. In addition this photo shows the audience the resources people can gather from the school site.

Also this image of the student will also be used on the contents page. This is good due to the student holding an award they have received for a school activity/ subject. In addition it has the graphical background which shows what the school had to offer.

These will be my final 2 images on my contents page. They are both of students working in the mac suite on a subject. The first image is a mid wide angle shot of the students and my second image is of one student in a point of view perspective.

For this image I have focused on the subject and not the work, this allows for a good image whilst not intruding on the work on the computer.

I believe this will further appeal the the graphical inclined students as the picture involves computer works on iMacs. In addition the background is very formal and has students working.

These are my first flat plans I have designed, these will be used to help me design my final magazine. Although these are my concepts, I will hopefully use the same style, Colour palette, font and layout. However during the production of magazine I might realise an alternate font might suit the style I am going for.

For the Front cover I have used a simple grey and cyan colour palette, this is so it can follow my multi gender target audience.

When looking at my survey monkey 25% of people said they liked graphics or art, to incorporate this into my magazine I used a colourful paint splash with an incising offer ' Graphics Tutorials'. In addition to this I added a Free Gym membership voucher to appeal to the 50% of my target audience who voted for sports.

All of the school activities are fairly similar in votes, and for 'other' people said they liked doing graphics and art either in or outside of school. I hopefully will take pictures of all of theses categories and also follow a graphical route when designing my magazine.

I will use these results from my SurveyMonkey and use what my target audience want for my flat plans and final design. Hopefully If I can incorporate at least 2/4 answers to my magazine then it will appeal to the audience I was aiming it at.