Unit 51

EvaluationLuke Finlay

Research

For the research part of this task I read a

lot of magazines of a similar genre and

target audience of the magazine I was

planning to do. I looked at magazine’s

such as Q and NME to see what type of

content, pictures, colours etc. are used in

these types of magazines. I based my

research on the front cover, contents

page and double page spread.

After reading and doing research on both

magazines I decided to base mine ore like

NME as it is less formal and aimed more to a

target audience that I am part of so I

thought it’d be easier to do work on that

basis as I could just add content that would

interest me personally.

I then had to research the different parts

and components of a magazine. I had to

learn what was on every magazine

cover, contents page and double page

spread to make sure my magazine had all

these components and it looked more

professional.

Pre - Production

For pre – production work I had to write

an article for a double page spread and

take some pictures for my magazine.

I then chose the three final pictures I

wanted for my cover, contents page and

double page spread and edited them

with photoshop

Cover Photo

Contents Page

Double Page Spread

Production

I then had to put all my pages together

using Illustrator and Photoshop

Front cover

What went well – I think that the main

image is good and it looks like a

professional magazine shoot.

What I would change – I would change

the editing so that the background was

all white and no curtain showing. I would

also change the colour of the coverlines

font as they aren’t very visable

Contents Page

What went well – I think it has a good

layout and all the alignments are

consistent therefore it looks more

professional.

What I would change – I would probably

change the subscribe box so it is the same

size as the pictures next to it.

Double Page

Spread

What went well – I think the layout is really

good and looks like a professional article

and the content is also very good.

What I would change – I would retake the

main image so that all the band members

heads are in a straight line.