Evaluation

My final front cover follows a lot of the general conventions youd expect to see on any magazine.I tried to include a lot of the conventions to create a more realistic looking magazine.I kept the mast head large to show which college magazine it was,and added relevant ocver lines that relate to that college during that edition.

My media product is not targeted towards a specific social group,I made it in the thought of that it can be readable and found intresting by anyone.I tried to include feature stories that cover every social group and that might intrest different people.By doing this I hoped any one would find at least something within my college magazine intresting and worth reading about.

The audience for my college magazine would be mainly college students (any age/gender) and also adults e.g parents,staff etc.I wanted to create a magazine that was mature enough to be read by adults but also be up to date with what the students was doing.I felt by incorporating all these things together I could create a college magazine that everyone would be intrested in.

To attract the audience I went with the well known college colours with a pop of lime green.I stayed with the college colours to keep in with the college theme and make it more realistic.I felt the colour scheme I picked was bold yet complimentary.I stayed with blue,greens and purpels,by doing this I felt I created a very eye catching front cover without it looking messy.

To attract the students I added a plug which offered ‘free printer vredits’ I did this because at wyke you have a £5  print credit limit each term,and for coursework based subjects this is extremely small.So by offerinfg free printer credits I feel it was a little incentive in roder for the students to pick up this magazine and read it.

To attract the adults I included updates on the new build to keep them up to date with whats happeing right now at wyke and also about UCAS applications as they may want further information on that subject in order to help there child/ren.The UCAS subject I thought was also good for students to as it may give them a littler advice about what to do.

In the making of this front cover I have learnt a lot,ive picked up new techniques such as fading text behind an image etc.Its made me more aware of wat customers want to see,and what techniques you need to use in order to sell your product.I really enjopyed making the college magazine,I only came across a few struggles but felt I delt with them quickly.

Looking back to my perfume advert I feel ive learnt a lot in terms of techniques.Coming to wyke my photoshop knowledge was limited but I feel I picked it up quickly,during the making of my perfume advery I was hesitant to experiment about with different techniques but now ive learnt a lot in terms of trial an error and how to make an overall good front cover.

If I had the chance to do it again I wouldn't do many things differently,I felt  everything went as hoped but in the future I need to manage my time slighty better.This is because I found some days I was falling behind and had to make up time,so I think if I managed my time better I wouldn't have had that problem.Also I would've maybe added another photo to my front cover,or toned down the brightness of the text,other than that im really happy with my final outcome.Im conclusion I feel this project went really well,I really enjoyed learning how important the conventions of a magazine are and how vital they are in ensuring the magazine is exciting and sellable.