School magazine evaluation

Chloe field

How I started

Firstly, I took a picture of one of the students in my class, to use as my front cover and put it onto the computer. I then used the ‘quick selection’ tool to cut out the background around the pupil, so it was only the figure and not anything behind her.

I then took the ‘paint bucket’ tool and chose the colour blue to be my background colour, and filled in the remaining space around my pictureblue.

Lastly, I placed different text boxes around my pictures, chose the font and size and added my information to the front cover, using the text tool

Front coverMasthead-Big and bold, with a dark colour contrasting the background, to stand out.

Cover lines-Information about the major articles. Again a different colour and font to show the differnce in text

Plug-Information about the contents of the magazine. Same colour as the cover line to show simularity

Feature article photograph-Used in the middle to attract attention to the main article. Linked to the contents, as is a pupil holding her results.

Contents page

Masthead-Again, big and bold with a fun font

Style-The look of the media text, a different colour to the title, and layed out on the page

Connotation-The image shows a fun, and enjoyable school, where pupils are happy

Demographic-The magazine is open to pupils, any age, and to adults to give details about the school their child is attending

Conventions

I used a masthead to name the titles of the pages, by placing them at the top in which theyre seen first

I used cover lines on the page to show the major article of the magazine. These were a different colour to show change.

I used a plug to show the different content of the magazine, these were in the same colour of the cover line as they hold simular information

I used a feauture article photograph on both the front cover and contents page, as it shows what the article is about by the photo.

The style of the magazine was bright and colourful to make people remember it and for it to catch their eye.

The demographic of the magazine is to school pupils and adults whose child/ren attend william de ferrers school.

How I would improve my magazine

To improve my magazine I would improve the background by doing something other than a block colour, so that it looks more professional.

I would also change the colours and font of the cover lines and plug to make them more serious.

I would also have liked to have spent more time on editing it so therefore I can make it look a lot better.

To also make it better I could have cut the background out of the picture better than I did, and make it look more neat.