Evaluation

Q1. For my media product I looked at other college magazines to gather ideas of how a college magazine should look. I have used the conventions of having a masterhead like other traditional college magazines. But I have developed this idea and made my own origanl sturcutre and put the master head going down the side of the page aswell as the top.

Q2. I have constructed a sense of reality by representing a fellow student of the college. I dressed my model in a very down to earth, every day look, this way you as a reader would be able to see she is from a college as this is how college students dress. The reason i dressed her like this is so that the college students reading this magazine will be able to relate. I also included a prop which was a book so it can connotates education. I have also done this for my content page, i used props in the photos so that you can see that its in a college.

Q3. I attracted my audience by using contrasting colours. I made the heading bold white on a black background so that it can stand out more to catch the students eye. By the model smilling and starring right into the camera it gives a welcoming feeling to the magazine, so it looks asif she is looking into the eyes of the students. Her make-up has been done so its very suttle to make her look asif she is going to a college. I chose to choose a model in the lower 6th becuase she looks younger.

Q4. I learnt about alot of the technologies while creating my products . I used a proffesional camera to take my medium close-up and used photoshop to put together my products. To take the models out of there frame an into the magazines i used such things as the 'magnetic lasso', this was what i used to acheive most of my goals. I used the gradient tool to draken parts of the background i used this pesific tool to get low key lighting. I also used the spot tool in order to give my models skin a smoother look. I also used the gradient tool for my content page in order for me to dim the ends of the photos so it can fade into the background.

Q5. Fron my audience feedback i have found that i have been quite successful in creating my front cover and context page. My strengths have been mostly the photos and the way i transfered the pictures onto the front cover and the way i have made it look like a real magazine. On my content page my strengths is the way i have used a number of photos to show the college . My weakness is the fonts i have used on both the products. Also the blue font on the content oage is to dark i should of used white.