Evaluation

Evaluation of the preliminary task

“Representations of youth tell us little about the realities of life experiences by young people” (Osgerby, 1998) I wanted to use this as a basis for my magazine so that I appeal to the real life teenager and not the one represented in the media. So this idea heavily influenced the making and the overall deign of my magazines cover and contents.

From my survey I found my main demographic are students 11-19 who don’t read or take much interest in their school magazine they are both male and female and interests are a wide spread and almost even variety.

The main thing is that most of them did not read there college magazine so I had to think about some reasons why and it is probably due to lack of interest and bad design. So I made my design both simple and eye-catching so that it becomes easier to read and makes the average student more likely to pick it up and look at the magazine.

The front cover went very well and is based on the magazine GO. I chose to model it on GO due to its elegance and simplicity. I put the biggest and more interesting to those who don’t read much in the sweet spot as it will immediately make them go and open the magazine. The spacing on the letters is not only consistent throughout the cover but also consistent in professional magazines.

The content page is has a similar feel to the front page and uses the same pallet of red white black and yellow. It has a fair amount less white than the front cover but it goes. It also follows the same conventions as the front page as it is simple and not at all difficult to read.

However the front cover could be improved by having a more average looking model and by having a more interesting story in the sweet spot. The contents page would look better with more photos and less se of the color yellow.

In the main task I will able the cover and content on a more music and mainstream magazine like kerrang, for example.

The contents page is trying to emulate the front cover n its style and basic set up however is was difficult to make them match in terms of style but I tried to match the font almost exactly and it uses the same pallet.
next time I will be more sure and definite on who my audience is.

Overall I have a fair amount of work that needs to be done so I can effectively create a magazine effectively and overall I will create a good cover but i have successfully represented youth accurately in my magazine.