Evaluation Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression of it to the full product?

Looking back at my preliminary task of creating a college magazine cover and contents page, I feel like I have improved a lot and have learnt how to edit a lot better and how to get the right effect wanted. I learnt that you really need to focus on the target audience you’re aiming your magazine towards and focus on them and what they want and to constantly get feedback. I learnt about the usage of space on the cover page and how to fill empty space and when empty space can be effective. For example you can see from my college magazine that I had a lot of empty space and barely any headings so did not stand out and looks dull. I learnt that main images are important and they need to match the theme you are wanting to achieve and that the image always has to appeal towards the target audience because it is the first thing that they see when looking at the magazine, so it has to be relevant and eye-catching. The text has to be clear, large and readable but the font has to match the theme of the magazine.

My contents pages still follow a similar structure of text and images being completely split, as I still find it is most understandale. However I have learnt that at least 8 headins of articles are needed on the contents as it the main form of information for the reader of the magazine. I also learned that you should not have the word page to show a page number as I did for my college magazine. I also learnt to fill any dead space with ads or pictures in order to get the most out of the page and to keep the readers eye moving. Another thing that I learnt was to keep colours the same all the way through the magazine to keep the same theme. Also to keep the same theme I learnt you can put a image of the cover onto the contents page.