7. What I have learnt from this process?
- Not to make the magazine too cluttered.
- To use new and different colours that you haven't seen used before in a
magazine to give it a fresh and contemporary look.
- Keep all the selling lines straight
-Add catchy phrases
- Make sure the title fits the magazine and themes in the magazine
- The content must vary.
I feel I have made a great deal of progress since my
preliminary task compared to my final product. However I
did keep some of the conventions as I felt they were
effective in my school magazine.
- Kept the main image a head and shoulders shot as I feel that is conventional of any
magazine and in my opinion a magazine that doesnât do that looks unprofessional for the
cover.
- I also kept the catchy phrases as I feel it adds a sense of humour for example âRita Ora is
HOT right nowâ- this is taken from her latest song called âhot right nowâ so I have used her
lyrics as a tag line to describe her and people who know the song will understand the sense
of humour
-For the tag lines I learnt how to soften them and make them more opaque as I learnt that
the main focus should be the masthead as this is the most eye-catching aspect to attract
the Target Audience.
- I have also learnt to keep the themes the same throughout the three inserts as I have
carried through the same colours and stories.
8. Overall..
Overall, I feel i have made a great deal of progress from my
preliminary task and I have learnt a lot and I believe this has
allowed me to appeal to my target audience more. I feel that I
have been influenced by magazines on the market and I have
had the advantage of being able to pick and choose what parts
I like out of the magazines and then use it in mine.
My market research was really helpful and I based most of my
decisions on that and research that I had carried out.
I also believe that drafting is the key to success as they say
âpractice makes perfectâ, but this way i was able to make minor
changes that really made a difference to the professionalism of
the magazine.