•Really plain, the magazine doesn’t offer any information about what the magazine is about/what will be in this edition.• small pictures•The saturation of the photos are really high – can’t see what is in them•Doesn’t explain what is in the school magazine•There are no headers/cover lines.• The School Emblem that is on the cover, makes it know as a school magazine.

•Good masthead•Font is bold and clear•Clear scan path•Cover lines are clear, stories are interesting and they are relevant to the audience•Symmetrical photo•The explanatory text – could be more detailed. • The magazine looks very professional, this is through the use of different colours on different editions.

Comparison of Past School Magazines:

The comparison of two magazine exercise, was used to give us an insight into what would make a good magazine cover. This would be particularly helpful for me because I have never made a magazine before, and so it enabled me to have a starting ground on what should be included in my magazine.

Practicing skills in Photoshop:

This was just a practice for me to be able to come to terms with the tools that are in Photoshop and their uses. This helped me when editing my own photo for the school magazine as I was able to change some aspects of the model and change the lighting, allowing the picture to be more visible. The changes that I have made to this are changing her eye colour (making them a more piercing blue), changing her hair colour, getting rid of most of her blemishes (such as the one on her check and chin, also getting rid of the nose piercing) and have blurred the photo to make it look more softer.

Plan of the Magazine cover:

My magazine will have an eye flow of an S shape. This makes it easier to read as it is the most natural was of looking at magazines (left to right). Also, all of the text on the magazine is based around the picture, this means that the picture that I use will be on the right hand side of the page.

First and Second Draft of my own Magazine

First Draft Second Draft

First Draft:

I have made some changes in terms of what I have got on the magazine and the cover lines and explanatory text. I have, however changed

Peer Feedback

This feedback was used so that I could make changes to my work, following the words that my peers gave me. As they are the same age as me and the audience for the magazine is also my age, it was more appropriate and was therefore more affective. This feedback also helps makes the magazine more appealing to an audience of my age.

Improvements made from feedback:

From the feedback that I was given, I was able to make changes to the cover. •The font of the cover lines were changed to Stencil font, allowing the text to be more noticeable when looking at the magazine, this allows it to be more readable and it wouldn’t fade into the background as the text did before on my first draft. • For the rest of the writing on the cover (i.e the explanatory text), I have used Trajan Pro. This is the same font that I have used for the magazine title, meaning that there will be a sense of fluidity and recognition on the cover. • For all the writing I have used a drop shadow (hard edge). This has made the text stand out against the background, allowing the text to me more easily read. • I have also aligned my texts, this is so It doesn’t break up the magazine as much as it did before on my first draft. It therefore makes the magazine cover more fluid and easier to read.