PRELIMINARY TASK: Evaluation

Evaluation

Front cover:

What went well was that the layout and image fits in great for a college magazine and the yellow puff added a pop of colour. The colour scheme is really professional and compliments the picture very well also, the choice of the image and colour scheme is good which fits as college magazine. However, the improvements that could be made are to make the skyline and ‘star pupils’ more visible as it is hard to read. This could be fixed by changing the colour and making the size of the font bigger. Colour scheme isn’t noticeable to some and text isn’t noticeable because of where it has been placed and this could change by adding a shadow on Photoshop or put an outline on the cover lines and for the colour scheme I could use a colour that’s already on the image so it’s more noticeable. Another improvement that needs to be made is that the cover page is clustered and visually busy and this may be unappealing to some consumers this could be fixed by taking some cover lines off or space them out evenly. Due to no colour scheme the puff seems to be out of place visually- to avoid this I could use a colour of the text of the colour lines for the puff.

Contents page:

What went well was that the design on the background and the sharp edges created a professional look. Page allowed the text and images to stand out and relevant images were added to the magazine. Contents page is simple and links to the front cover. What I need I improve is that the contents page looks empty and it’s missing some. I could add a paragraph from the publisher of the magazine so the audience get a rough idea on what is inside the magazine. Also, I could add numbers on the images and subheading’s to make it look less dull.