Evaluation Activity 7Unit G321 Task 25 Tom Sharman

Preliminary Magazine Music Magazine

Above is the two magazines that I created. The first, for an educational

magazine created in Task 7. The other for 60% of the coursework, a music

magazine called WHO?

Cover Page Layout

Similarities

• Both magazines have the masthead

reading from left to right.

• Both mastheads are at the top of the

page

• Both pages contain a left third section

to the magazine containing images and

text.

• Both feature a large headline which

goes across the page

• WHO? And DARE contain many

conventional elements that real life

magazines contain

Differences

• The advert on the WHO magazine is on the right, whereas, the advertorial on the educational magazine is on the bottom left of the page.

• WHO? Magazine contains content on the right side of the page, whereas, DARE magazine has a blank space.

• On DARE the barcode is at the bottom right of the page. Compared with WHO? Which is at the top on the right side of the page.

• The image on DARE is a medium shot, whereas, WHO?’s image is a close up shot

• The house colours for DARE was blue, red, green and yellow. Compared with WHO which is Black, Red and white.

Cover Page Layout

• From the layout of the cover page I have learnt that Its

important to pick popular house style colours to attract

the right target audience.

• I have also learnt that information about what's in the

issue is important and have learnt to add information like

captions on both the right and left sides of the cover page.

What have I learnt?

Contents Page Layout

Similarities

• Both pages have the title as “Contents”

which are both located at the top of the

page.

• The index is an essential convention in

the contents page to provide a sense of

navigation on the page.

• Both contain featured articles on the

contents page with page numbers to

the article.

• Both contents pages contain an editors

note.

• Both contents page contain an

advertorial on the page.

• Both pages follow the house style of

their magazine.

Differences

• The index on WHO?’s contents page is

similar to the left third and looks to a

higher quality.

• WHO? Magazine contains a website

address and date/issue number

• The WHO? Magazine contains a page

number on the page.

• There is a lot more information on the

WHO? Magazine rather than the

DARE contents page.

• WHO?’s contents page’s main image

is also the background image.

Contents Page Layout

• Throughout making two contents pages, I have learnt that it is good

to put the title of the page at the top of the page so users can easily

identify the page.

• I also learnt that having a featured article on the contents page is a

good idea as it adds contents and looks professional.

• I learnt that adding an editors note is essential as it is a convention

used by real life magazines and looks professional and adds contents.

• Adding page numbers to the pages in the index is important as it

leads to easy navigation.

What have I learnt?

Images

Similarities

• A similarity between the two photo-

shoots is the three point lighting used

to create a natural light for better

quality images.

• Another similarity is the white screen

used for the background images.

• I used a mixture of shot sizes for both

photo-shoots to create different moods

and make it more interesting.

• I used different angles to take the

shots.

• Both photo-shoots contained props and

costumes.

Differences

• A difference is the amount of images

taken for both photo-shoots. For the

preliminary magazine I took very

few, compared with over 150 photos

for the music magazine.

• I used a few different locations for the

WHO? Magazine photo-shoot.

• I experimented with lighting a lot

more on the WHO? Photo-shoot to

play with low-key lighting.

• Framing was important in the WHO

magazine to create a nice shot for my

contents page image.

• I used a tripod with a better camera for

the better quality images for a more

professional look.

Images

• I have learnt that three point lighting is very good for a professional feel to

the images. As the lighting is natural and means that images are a higher

quality.

• That camera quality is essential for the photo shoots to get the best quality

shots using a tripod to make the images clear like real life magazines are.

• Framing is important for affect and for fitting other elements on the page.

• Shot size is very important for giving effect and focusing on particular

things.

• Different locations give variety to the shots and add a more interesting feel to

the images.

• Props and costumes are a good idea to create a certain perception.

What have I learnt?

Fonts

Similarities Differences

• A difference between the two magazines is the fonts used. In WHO? Magazine I used a music more clearer house style with consistent fonts compared with the DARE magazine.

• The fonts in DARE were very colorful, compared with WHO? Which are mostly black and white

• A similarity between the two magazines is that I used a similar amount of fonts in the magazine to keep a consistent house style.

• I used mainly Sans Serif fonts throughout to give a more informal look to the magazines.

• I kept the magazines fonts throughout all the magazine’s pages.

• Fonts all followed the house colours of both magazines.

Fonts

• I have learnt that the fonts used must reflect to the house style and be

consistent throughout the magazines pages.

• I have also learnt that the fonts need to be sans serif as they are a

much more informal and casual type of font which is what you want

in magazines.

• Font colour and size is important as it much look good, have depth

and fit with the house style of the magazine.

• The character spacing between the letters needs to look good so it is

clearly readable and looks visually appealing to the customers.

What have I learnt?