Evaluation of preliminary task

A bit late but here is my eveluation for my preliminary exericise. For this we had to answer seven question regarding the final cover for our college magazine.
Here is a brief evaluation

I think my preliminary project follows the basic format of how a college magazine cover would look realistically, as the picture’s aim is to reflect the purpose of the magazine. The picture used for the front cover establishes a group of typical teenagers looking studious, with the picture being the cover and background for the magazine. I think the picture used for the cover would be a picture represented for a college magazine cover.

I attracted and addressed my audience by using the picture I thought best reflected the college atmosphere and environment, and also the one that stood out and had more appeal. The picture used features the students (Rachael and Vicky) portraying happy and hard working the students, giving the impression that they are happy to be at college, creating the general idea that the college is a happy and hard working atmosphere.

My target audience for the magazine would be students and staff of the college, and also parents and school pupils, who may consider the option of going to college. The price for the magazine was low and to some extent probably as accurate as a price for a college magazine would be in real life.

During my first draft of the cover, I noticed some aspects that I could alter in order for the magazine to look more professional and stand out. For instance, due to the background of the picture, it made the top sub-heading difficult to read, therefore by changing the style and making the text bolder and bigger, it made it easier to read. Also there was a lot of space below the title, so by moving the price number from the top right corner to underneath the issue number, I changed the size of the title, before stretching it to fill the remaining space left.

I think from this task I have gained some knowledge and grasp on how to use Desktop Publisher, which will be the basic guideline when I come to do my music magazine.