preliminary task-peer assessment

1. PRELIMINARY TASK-PEER ASSESSMENT
My assessor – Mr Thomas
Masthead- professionalmastheadsthat are used on well-branded popular
magazinesare always clear, unique, appropriateand professionallooking.
With the feedback I have received I know that my assessor believes that my
magazinehas a clear masthead, however not unique. I used a typical black
fontwhich looked rather bland. I used a modern styled fontthat was
relevantto my magazinehowever was quite far-fetched.
Font style/positioning/colour/size-Iused thesame fontfor all my sub
headings and a differentmore title styled fontfor my masthead. With my
feedback I have concluded that at times on the cover the fontsize I chose
was too large (for example, the date and issue number). Ihad subheadings
on the left and right side of my cover page which was correct however I
decided to use a white font for my subheadings and at certain point’s
blendsin with my background. Therefore I have decided that if I wereto do
this task again I would usea differentcoloured fontfor my subheadings
(maybe a light/pastel colour) and decrease the font size of my issue
number and date.
Cover stories/language features-Iattempted to usecover stories that
were short and eye catching (to students)yet still relating to the topic of
school. My assessor said that my cover stories were well worded and
contrasted wellwith each other but how moreinformation at times would
beneficial. I also failed to includethe page numbersat the end of my
subheadingswhich are vital as they allow the readers to find the page of a
certain article. Through my feedback I also noticed that on of my
subheadingsthat related to ‘MrsDuram’wasunclear and had a
grammatical mistake; therefore if repeated I would makesurethere are no
mistakes, all my subheadings are clear and that I includepagenumbersat
the end of my subheadings.
Main image/framing/costume/setting-fromanalysingmy feedback my
assessor said my choice of setting was very good as it related to my theme
of the magazine. My costumeand propschoice wasappropriate(Niall was
wearinghis school suit and holdingwork folders, which also links back to
my theme). However my assessor said that I could have framed my photo

2. better which with practise with photoshop I will hopefully be able to
incorporateinto my final magazinecover.
Layout components-in every magazinea barcode is essential as it lets the
reader easily find out the pricewithout hassle. However the barcode on my
magazinewas very blurry, which therefore would notbe appropriateif it
was on an actual magazinecover. My assessor picked up on this and said
that it would needed to be changed for my magazineto be considered
professional. I did also includea date and an issuenumber but as they were
too big they would need to be changed.
Colour scheme-I used a black masthead with a white fontas my
subheadings, date and issue number. My assessor criticised this and
claimed my colour choice was very basic and morevariety would have
been morebeneficial. After analysingmultiplemagazine coverssince I have
concluded that the most popular coloursused on magazinesare black and
red, therefore if I were to repeat this task I would try to incorporatethese
coloursand to also colour match my colourschosen.
Overall look- from analysingmy feedback I have concluded that my
assessor believed someelements of my magazineto be professional
however some factors let it down. My strongestpoints weremy choice of
photo yet the quality of the photo was a weaknessand also the positioning
of my text. As said before if I had the opportunity to repeatthis task I would
make sureI changed the colour scheme of my fonts, change the fontsize of
my issue number and date, take my background photo on a camera instead
of a iPhone and ensurethere are no grammatical mistakes in my
subheadings/masthead.