evaluation

1. Visual
Evaluation
Stephen Royle

2. Production Process Evaluation

3. Research
Strengths
• Helps to see what a professional magazine looks like and find out positioning and
layouts of them.
• Can give you colour scheme ideas and content ideas.
• See what has previously been made to avoid copyright.
Weaknesses
• Time consuming.
• Difficult to find magazines as you need exact names.
• If you do surveys people could lie and you could get inaccurate results.

4. Planning
Strengths
• It helps to plan how you will construct and execute your ideas.
• Helps to develop initial ideas further.
• Helps to be more prepared and puts any obstacles into perspective.
Weaknesses
• Time consuming.
• You don’t get a visual idea of what you are going to make fully.
• Might not have fully developed or thought out your idea.

5. Time Management
I believe I managed my time well. This is because I stuck to the deadlines for each
PowerPoint and completed my product on time. If I had more time on this project
then I would have maybe looked into editing some different images on the front cover.
This would make me push my editing skills further and give the audience more to look
at. Some things took shorter than I expected such as the masthead. I thought that the
masthead would take a lot longer than it did as I thought that I would be looking for
different fonts and technical qualities. I did however know how to make outlines
around the masthead already therefore that sped the making up. On the other hand
some things took longer. This was in the making of the double page spread. I had to go
back a few times and change some grammar and spelling mistakes. I also had to
change some placing of the images as text didn’t fit or they didn’t look right. Overall
that was the only fault in my time management and I thought everything else was on
point.

6. Technical Qualities
Both my product and the
existing product use
existing cameras. This is
done to draw the audience
in and relate to them as
they would know about
certain cameras.
Both products have
one main image that
strikes the audiences
immediately.My product is a very
natural picture with limited
editing whereas the real
product is highly edited
and inverted colours.
My product has
a black outline
surrounding it.
The real product
is very simple
and basic.

7. Aesthetic Qualities
I think my work did look good and aesthetic. I
think it was creative and I explored lots of ideas
and editing that was out of my comfort zone.
Some aspects of my my work that I like is things
such as the superimposed image of the camera
over the masthead. I like this because I think it
makes my work look more professional and
makes the audience believe that my magazine
is well known. Some strengths in my work
would be my colour schemes. For example I
believe the main heading links well to the trees
and looks very aesthetic. I also like the little
hints of yellow in my front cover as they link
well to the environment. Some weaknesses in
my work would be the arrow at the bottom of
the page. This is because some of the red
colourings stick out from me not drawing
carefully in my guidelines. This does not look
very professional and if I had more time I would
go back and make it more precise.

8. Audience Appeal
I have appealed strongly to my target audience because I have spoken about different types of
cameras and different settings that come with them. Only my audience would be able to
understand these types of settings as they will have cameras and personalised settings for
themselves. They will want to read about more cameras and settings to fully maximise there
photography experience. They will also enjoy some of the pictures as they are a good quality
with lots of themes and colours that will give my audience inspiration and will maybe give them
more ideas about natural photography and how to do it.

9. Peer
Feedback

10. Feedback 1
• What did you like about the product?
– Very good colour scheme pulls everything
together
– Very clear and organised easy to read
– Very good images and good layout
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
– Move bar code on front magazine or try and fill a
little more space

11. Feedback 2
• What did you like about the product?
– I liked the variety of pictures and that the camera
angles were very very good.
– I liked the layout on both the front cover and
double page spread as it brings everything
together.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
– Try change the barcode position.

12. Feedback 3
• What did you like about the product?
– I liked the colours and the layouts.
– I liked the fonts and font colour.
– I liked the masthead edits and effects.
• What improvements could have been made to
the product?
– Maybe add who took the pictures to every picture
just to make it clear to the audience.

13. Peer Feedback Summary
• What do you agree with from your peer
feedback?
– I agree that I should have signed off every image.
• What do you disagree with from your peer
feedback?
– I disagree that the barcode could have been
moved.

14. Peer Feedback Summary
The barcode could have been moved as I tried it in multiple
places and the place I had it was the only possible place that it
fit. I thought about not having it on and saying that it was on the
back of the magazine but to fit guidelines and to be professional
I had to use it. I could have used some more space if I made the
barcode smaller and utilise it more but I thought I had got
everything that I wanted in it. I should have signed off every
image as it would make the audience fully understand that the
images I took were mine. It would also make my work more
personal and make the audience believe that in the future my
magazines would be personal and copyright free.