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AS Media Studies
College Magazine Self Evaluation
How does your magazine
represent particular
social groups?
I believe that my magazine cover represents students
quite well. First of all, I have focused purely and mainly
on the photograph. I wanted it to fill the entire cover
and be the main focus point of the piece. To make this
viable, the cover photo had to relate to students. So to
completely fill this need, I decided to take it back to
basics; a centered portrait of student smiling throughly
displays the connection to its relevant social group,
while providing a very simple, but powerful and
minimalistic. The original was very bleak and dull, due
to bad lighting, and I wanted it to exuberate vibrance
and light. I wanted it to relate back to the happiness of
being a student and how you should be enjoying school
rather than loathing it. So, with a little editing, I had
managed to transform the photo into something that
would stand out against other magazines.!
!
The stories themselves are tailored to attract the
students from the information recorded from the
survey beforehand. This way I know that I have the
most appropriate stories
Overall, I am very pleased with how the cover
photo came out. When starting the editing process,
the photo was very dark in all the wrong places
and there was no life to the image. I had to add a
lot of colour to the face and be able to control the
overall brightness and contrast so that it was just
right. When looking back at the original, compared
with the final edit, they look like two completely
different images, with the final edit coming out
with a sense of joy and excitement. It fit in truly
with the theme of the magazine.!
!
Looking at the layout of the cover, I wanted it to be
very simple, symmetrical and central, so that the
eye of the reader is drawn equally to both the text
and the cover photo. I am also pleased with the
fonts that used and how they didn't contrast with
other in a way that would seem unprofessional and
sloppy. The use of a serif font paid off well, giving a
more formal look and feel to the magazine.
What aspects of your
work are you pleased with
and why?
What aspects of your
work are you pleased with
and why?
I was particularly pleased with how the contents
photos looked on the page, especially considering
that they weren't edited in any way. Also, I liked
the way that they were positioned, in a simple
block fashion that fell in place well with the
theme and feel of the magazine.!
!
I was also quite satisfied with how the images
were connected to the corresponding stories, by
simply using the folios of the the articles, and
putting them on top of the relating image. It was
another small, but effective, way of connecting
the images to the stories, while also being in
keeping of the simplistic theme of the magazine.!
!
Finally, I was also impressed by how the font
managed to still fit in well with the layout of the
contents, bearing in mind that the contents page
had a more modern feel to it compared to the
formal feel that the cover had.
What aspects of your
work could be improved
on and why?
Focusing on the front cover, I think I could have moved
the photo down slightly so that it didn't obscure so
much of the masthead, as viewing the magazine from a
distance could prove reading the title hard work, which
in turn would turn away readers. Also, the main body
of the image is centred slightly to the left, meaning that
that the cover story title only just manages to stay in
place against the cover image. This, once again, means
that the sense of symmetry is slightly lost and doesn't
fit quite right in the template of the cover.!
!
Looking further down, the subtitle could be marginally
hard to read from a distance, as the white text could
merge with the bright blond hair. Unfortunately, this
problem is quite hard to fix, because as I would need to
keep the text either white or black, the hair would have
to be darkened, or the entire layout of both the photo
and cover would have to be changed. On the other
hand, I could use a larger drop shadow on the text, but
there is quite a fine line between getting it just right,
and over or under compensating the shadow.
What aspects of your
work could be improved
on and why?
Finally, when studying the contents page, I feel
like there are a lot of things I could change to
make it look better and more professional. The
semblance of the grey triangle is wrong, and
doesn't quite fit in with the theme of the
magazine. The text is too big, and there is too
much blank grey space.!
!
Too improve on this, I would instead of having
one big triangle, use two smaller one's in
opposite corners of each other and use a lighter
or white background. I would still display the
images in the same block style, as I feel that
images can give a more in depth and aesthetically
pleasing look to a story rather than plain text.
But, this time, the images would be in between
the two triangles, making the images more
central so that the reader's eye is automatically
drawn to them.

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Magazine Analysis

  • 1. AS Media Studies College Magazine Self Evaluation
  • 2. How does your magazine represent particular social groups? I believe that my magazine cover represents students quite well. First of all, I have focused purely and mainly on the photograph. I wanted it to fill the entire cover and be the main focus point of the piece. To make this viable, the cover photo had to relate to students. So to completely fill this need, I decided to take it back to basics; a centered portrait of student smiling throughly displays the connection to its relevant social group, while providing a very simple, but powerful and minimalistic. The original was very bleak and dull, due to bad lighting, and I wanted it to exuberate vibrance and light. I wanted it to relate back to the happiness of being a student and how you should be enjoying school rather than loathing it. So, with a little editing, I had managed to transform the photo into something that would stand out against other magazines.! ! The stories themselves are tailored to attract the students from the information recorded from the survey beforehand. This way I know that I have the most appropriate stories
  • 3. Overall, I am very pleased with how the cover photo came out. When starting the editing process, the photo was very dark in all the wrong places and there was no life to the image. I had to add a lot of colour to the face and be able to control the overall brightness and contrast so that it was just right. When looking back at the original, compared with the final edit, they look like two completely different images, with the final edit coming out with a sense of joy and excitement. It fit in truly with the theme of the magazine.! ! Looking at the layout of the cover, I wanted it to be very simple, symmetrical and central, so that the eye of the reader is drawn equally to both the text and the cover photo. I am also pleased with the fonts that used and how they didn't contrast with other in a way that would seem unprofessional and sloppy. The use of a serif font paid off well, giving a more formal look and feel to the magazine. What aspects of your work are you pleased with and why?
  • 4. What aspects of your work are you pleased with and why? I was particularly pleased with how the contents photos looked on the page, especially considering that they weren't edited in any way. Also, I liked the way that they were positioned, in a simple block fashion that fell in place well with the theme and feel of the magazine.! ! I was also quite satisfied with how the images were connected to the corresponding stories, by simply using the folios of the the articles, and putting them on top of the relating image. It was another small, but effective, way of connecting the images to the stories, while also being in keeping of the simplistic theme of the magazine.! ! Finally, I was also impressed by how the font managed to still fit in well with the layout of the contents, bearing in mind that the contents page had a more modern feel to it compared to the formal feel that the cover had.
  • 5. What aspects of your work could be improved on and why? Focusing on the front cover, I think I could have moved the photo down slightly so that it didn't obscure so much of the masthead, as viewing the magazine from a distance could prove reading the title hard work, which in turn would turn away readers. Also, the main body of the image is centred slightly to the left, meaning that that the cover story title only just manages to stay in place against the cover image. This, once again, means that the sense of symmetry is slightly lost and doesn't fit quite right in the template of the cover.! ! Looking further down, the subtitle could be marginally hard to read from a distance, as the white text could merge with the bright blond hair. Unfortunately, this problem is quite hard to fix, because as I would need to keep the text either white or black, the hair would have to be darkened, or the entire layout of both the photo and cover would have to be changed. On the other hand, I could use a larger drop shadow on the text, but there is quite a fine line between getting it just right, and over or under compensating the shadow.
  • 6. What aspects of your work could be improved on and why? Finally, when studying the contents page, I feel like there are a lot of things I could change to make it look better and more professional. The semblance of the grey triangle is wrong, and doesn't quite fit in with the theme of the magazine. The text is too big, and there is too much blank grey space.! ! Too improve on this, I would instead of having one big triangle, use two smaller one's in opposite corners of each other and use a lighter or white background. I would still display the images in the same block style, as I feel that images can give a more in depth and aesthetically pleasing look to a story rather than plain text. But, this time, the images would be in between the two triangles, making the images more central so that the reader's eye is automatically drawn to them.