School magazine – PREACH

Evaluation

FRONT

COVER

COLOUR does not seem to fit in with the scheme, however using different colours can make the front page more eye catching and draw attention when desired. FONT is relatively hard

to read. It is not sophisticated and does not match the font of the quotation marks, which makes it look odd. However using different fonts can make the page more interesting.Does not target a

particular AUDIENCE. The feature article photo is appropriate and suits the requirements however not specific.

What it is lacking:• A sophisticated puff • Fillers • House style • Specific tone• Mode of address

To much NEGATIVE SPACE, this can be avoided by using fillers

CONTENTS PAGEBLAND AND EMPTY looking background, a lot of negative space, which can make the overall page uninteresting.

Hard to follow, the page seems to be quite chaotic

TYPOGRAPHY is not at all varied, it can seem boring and dull and not very imaginative.

A varied COLOUR SCHEME can make the page seem busy and possibly hard to follow or alternativelymake it eye-catching.

What it is lacking: • Fillers • House style • Specific tone• Mode of address • Sell • A specific standfirst• Flush left/right• Photograph

FUSH LEFT/RIGHT is not considered, which can impact how visually interesting the page is for the reader.

Very little information.

TOOLS

FRONT COVER

CONTENTS

RECTANGLE TOOLI found myself using the shape tool for boxes a lot when constructing my contents page.

HORIZONTAL TYPE TOOL

This was handy to use during this exercise

with regards to taking into consideration the typography. I used it

frequently throughout. All my text was

produced using this tool. It allowed me to edit font style, font

size and colour.

HORIZONTAL TYPE TOOL

This text tool enabled me to quickly add text

to my pages.

MOVE TOOLI used this to move about the shapes and the text that built up my front

cover.

PAINT BUCKET TOOL This tool aloud me to

colour the shapes that I put the page numbers in

on my contents page.

SET FOREGROUND COLOUR

I used this to colour the shapes in which I

incorporated for my page numbers.

MAGNETIC LASSO I did not use this

during the making of my front page,

however I could use it if I wanted to

specifically or precisely crop a section of my feature article photo.

Improvements

My magazine front cover and contents page could have done with:• A sophisticated puff • Fillers • House style • Specific tone• Mode of address • Fillers • Sell • A specific stand first• Flush left/right• Photographs• Use of the magnetic lasso and

overall more in depth and intricate use of tools.

• A quirky colour scheme

• Maybe an edited feature article photo