Evaluating Sean's magazine.

•The picture matches the theme because the picture is in a circle and the theme has little circles in pink and purple all around the page.
•Were the little circles over lap each other the writing which is over top of them doesn't stand out as well as it would if it was all on one colour.
•The masthead stands out but it looks a little weird how is slopes downwards.
•The picture matches the puffs as the picture is of a girl standing next to a broken machine and the puff is about the broken machine.
•The writing hasn’t changed he hasn’t been adventurous about the style of writing.
•He hasn’t used the colour scheme for both sex’s e.g.. Blue and pink. He has only used girly colours pink and purple as black doesn’t really have a side.
•Clear date and price.

Mock Up Front Cover

Here it shows how I have created a mock up of my front cover of the magazine which I will be creating. I also did it in colour which is shown above.

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Evaluating Tarran's Magazine Front Cover

After looking at Tarran’s magazine front cover I thought that overall it is a good magazine. I think that the colour scheme is good as it looked professional and had only 3 colours this is good as it didn’t over power the magazine. The colours are very neutral and unisex, they are not just aimed at one sex. The only down fall is that the puffs could be shorter as they are quiet long winded. Also the text in the puffs could have been in capitals so that they stand out from the stars. Also that the Donate for shoes for Africa didn’t stand out as the foot prints are going through it, also the font could be changed so that the text is easier to read. Tarran’s text colours are relevant to the magazine as they are school colours and it is a school magazine. Tarran's photography is relevant to her puffs as they match in terms of meaning, for example one of Tarran's photographs is of a year 11 pupil doing his art work and her puff relates to the image as it talks about an art fair year 11 art students will be attending. I Feel that a band was created as the font she used for her masterhead and placing the logo were she did if you saw that on an advert you would know that it is a school magazine as it stands out from the rest of the front cover. I feel that this magazine is appropriate for its use as a school magazine. The magazine is aimed at the right aged audience as it is a secondary school magazine it has a professional feel to it.

My Magazine Evaluation

•Colour – I think that the colours of my magazine are very bright and go together really well in some parts the writing does fade into the pink but overall the colours of my magazine look very well presented.
•Image – the image I chose was decided on what I had done for my puffs and because I wanted to do the broken machine in the gym i thought getting a picture of someone posing in front of it with the sign saying broke would go very well with the puffs.
•Text – I didn’t put much thought into my font and size of writing so I could have improved them a lot instead of it being boring and dull. The positions of the writing is good because they fit well around the picture.
•Photography – the picture I took looks like it was done by a professional because of the quality and angle of the picture.
•Audience – this magazine is aimed at teenage students of Frank F Harrison School so I think that the picture and colours I have chosen for my magazine are very appropriate for the age range.

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Evaluation of Kristina's Magazine

On Kristina's front cover she has got a few faults but overall it seems quite good.

•Colours – the colours of her magazine are quite bright and go well with each other, but on some of her bubbles she has made the colour of them sort of cancels out the writing that goes over them.
•Image – the image she has got on her front cover looks really good because its is a large picture so it catches the readers eye and also she has inserted the image into a circle so that it looks more unique.
•Text – her choice in font for her front cover is a little bit plain and boring also the writing could have done with being a little bit bigger or bolder to make it stand out more to the reader. She has placed the writing around the picture and also the writing is talking about the picture so the way she has done this is very good. In her puffs she could have made them a little bit shorter so that they don’t give to much away to the reader and it would also make the writing fit better on the page.
•Photography – the picture she has took is very good quality, there is no blur around the image and you can see clearly what the picture is.
•Brand – Kristina's magazine is for Frank F Harrison school i know this because of the mast head and the logo in the top right hand corner.