Evaluation of my magazine

Helen Bargmann

I made the title of the magazine ‘Kings Style’, as it is reflecting the school as well as making it bold to stand out as the masthead. I made it white so it would be bold against the red background, and to fit the colour palette.

The ‘WIN’ expression is displayed on the left hand side because of the place it would be on the magazine shelf. It has a yellow background to attract attention to it.

I blurred out the test tube in the picture so that the main focus of the magazine would be the student, but would still relate to science. I also made them wear a lab coat and goggles to represent science.

I wrote ‘PLUS’ in the same colour as the background to fit with the colour palette.I also made the text larger as to attract the reader’s attention as to what else the magazine has to offer.

‘Science is FUN’ is written in quotes to share a mutual opinion. ‘FUN’ is also written in the same yellow as the ‘WIN’ background to gain a comparison.

Alliteration as well as exclamation marks in the content, to attract people to what’s inside the magazine. ‘What’s really inside AREA 51?’ to try and make people want to read it and find out big secrets. ‘AREA 51’ in capitals for attention.

‘Science Special’ is written larger than the other texts, with the exception of the masthead. It is so to bring importance to the magazine’s topic and also to attract the reader’s attention by being bold and large.

The colours are the same as the background of my front cover to fit with the colour palette. The contents is in bold to show exactly which page it is, to give a clear idea to the reader.

The front page has various cover stories. I made them the main headlines of my contents page because it is what people would be interested in when seeing the magazine and buying it in store. The cover stories are the main topics in the magazine, so they have been expanded on within the contents.

The picture I included is another science related picture, to maintain the science-theme of the magazine.

Evaluation of my Magazine CoverWhat would you change if you could do this again and why?

If I could do my Magazine cover again, I would have written more on the sides of the magazine so that it looked more informative and detailed. I didn’t think there was enough text, especially on the left hand side of the magazine, so if I had written more then I think it would’ve looked more like something someone would want to pick up at the store, rather than buying something that only has a few stories inside. Also, I would have edited the photo a bit more in the background, possibly blurred out the test tube a bit more so that the main focus of the magazine was obviously the student’s face, but with a definite science-theme.

Evaluation of my Magazine contents If I could do my contents page again, I would instead place a landscape photo on the top of the page, and have writing over the top of it with the picture blurred out. I think that it would have made it look more professional, rather than just a plain photo on the right side of the magazine. I would have also changed the layout of the text. When I completed my contents page, I was disappointed because it looked quite bland, so I would’ve changed the layout of the font, picture and structure. Lastly, I would have changed the background colour so to make it look more interesting and to grab the reader’s attention.