School Magazine Evaluation

1. BY AYSE OZER – AS MEDIA
September 2015

2. Masthead:
the masthead is an easy
font to read with the use of
bold lettering which
contrasts to the
background. This allows the
eyes of the reader to focus
straight on the title allowing
them to engage in the
magazine and be able to
understand straight away
what the concept of the
magazine is.
Puff:
Used to add additional
information to the
magazine to boost its value
and make it more
appealing to the
audience.
Barcode:
I used a barcode to make
the magazine look more
realistic like it would do if it
were being sold even if it is
only a school magazine
Cover star:
The photo of the model
shows a young smiling
girl in appropriate attire
for a student of
academics. This is the
impression I want to give
off to the other students
who are reading this
magazine. It gives them
a positive outlook on the
school and allows them
to aspire to be the best
they can.
Plugs:
Short and snappy, gets
straight to the point
and the reader can
immediately get a
sense of what the
‘student guide’ is all
about. It allows the a
sneak peak into the
contents of the
magazine

3. Cover line:
There is not a cover line on
my magazine which is a
negative which could miss
lead the reader as they
may misunderstand what
the picture is related to on
the inside of the magazine.
Plugs:
All though all the plugs are
seen to be flushed left
which follows convention,
some of the writing goes
over the picture of the
cover star which makes the
writing unclear as the
black writing merges with
the black on the photo.
Masthead:
The masthead, although is
significantly bolder than
the other text on the page,
on a conventional
magazine the mast head
should take up at least
take up 1/5 of the page
and on my student guide it
is too small.
Cover photo:
The photo is very flat in
terms of lighting and
does not create the
desired affected that a
magazine image would.
Also I did not use the
‘lasso’ tool to crop
round the cover star
therefore the
background is part of
the photograph which
does not look very
professional.
Logo:
The logo was used to
give off a professional
look and makes it
recognisable to the
school, however it is not
bold enough and it’s
the only writing in white
rather than black so it
does stand out but the
background causes it to
become more
unnoticed therefore
having minimal effect.

4. House style:
The font on the masthead of
the magazine does stay the
same on the contents page
which allows you to know
that these two pages are part
of the same magazine.
Photograph:
The photograph shows three
students all looking at a book,
this photo gives of the
impression of students who
are engaged in their learning
and take their education
seriously but the idea of three
people being shown in this
picture shows the students
reading this magazine can
make new friends and learn
in fun ways. The picture
evokes a sense of model
students for the target
audience.
Typography:
The typography is an
easy font to read, its user
friendly and has a bold
feel to the words. The
words are also not too
small so they stand out in
the middle of the page.
This gives the reader an
easy access into the
magazine and gives
further information from
the cover page of the
magazine.
Logo:
The logo in the corner
gives the magazine a
more professional feel to
the magazine and again
follows the house style of
the magazine.

5. Photograph:
The photograph has not
been cropped using any
tools on Photoshop so the
background matches the
picture which isn't a very
professional look and the
background of the
picture is very bland and
uninteresting to a young
audience who would be
reading this. Therefore
there is a line across my
page where the
photograph meets the
background which is not
how a typical magazine
would be made.
Contents Text:
The text is not flush right
nor flush left which is very
unconventional in a
magazine and does not
set out a neat layout to
the magazine. Some lines
use capital letters and
others don’t. This is a very
poor editing job and is
highly unprofessional
even for a school
magazine
Page Numbers:
The page numbers look
very un neat and are the
main focus before the
actual text which draws
the reader away from
looking at the content
that is actually featured in
the magazine. Normally
the numbers may feature
next to different pictures
that relate the to the text
rather than next to the
text itself. The whole body
of text looks
unconventional and not
like a typical magazine
layout.
Background:
The background looks
very dull, unappealing
and not enticing to the
reader. There is no sense
of relation to the
background to the
contents of the magazine
which doesn't convey the
correct tone to the
reader.

6. The arrow tool
Crop tool Brightness
and contrast
tool
Text box
tool

7. Arrow tool
Crop tool
Colour
grab tool
Paint pot
Text tool
Brightness
and contrast
tool