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Dear moderator
My name is Francesca Watkins and my candidate number is 9151.
I have completed my front cover, contents page and double page spread these are all at the top of my blog. I have also completed my evaluation on prezi with the link, as well as the preliminary task of the School front cover and contents page.
I hope you enjoy looking through my blog!

Evaluation

This is my evaluation of my music magazine. Overall I am happy with the results and I think I have improved in all aspects of photo shop since my preliminary task. Below is the link to my prezi evaluation.
http://prezi.com/cktmf4gbt9ww/media-as-red-evaluation/?kw=view-cktmf4gbt9ww&rc=ref-28776965

Final double page spread

This is a picture of my final double page spread. I changed it to a JPEG file so it was easier to read.

Overall I am happy with how it looks; I like the pictures I took the most as I think they work well with the interview. One think I don’t like as much so the character profile although it looks good I think I could have changed the colour to add a bit more variation, other than that I think the double page spread I have kept the house style the same with the JOE. and I chose not to fit another picture up the top as I think it looks professional enough without it.

Final contents page

This is my final contents page, i saved it as a JPEG file so it was easier to open and see.

Overall  i am happy with how my contents page looked. My favourite part is the sub headings and the front cover with the page numbers a lot of magazines tend to use this and i think it worked well for my magazine. One thing i don't like as much is the add us on Facebook it worked well on the front but because of the particular background colour i don't know if it stands out to much.

Final front cover

This is my final Red front cover. I saved it as a JPEG so it was easier to open and see.

Overall i am happy with it, although i couldn't fit all the small pictures on the left hand side i still think it looks good. I think the colours blend well together and it does look like an indie magazine aimed at females. My favourite part is the masthead and the main cover image both ideas didn't take much planning, but worked really well. My least favourite i would say is the other cover story's on the right hand side i don't know if the look realistic enough. Although i am happy with how it all came together.

Preliminary Task Contents page

 

This is my preliminary task contents page, i decided to stick with the same colours on the front for a constant house style, i used gold for the heading like i used on the masthead at the front, this is so people are intrested in it as if i used the plain black then the contents page may not have looked as appealing for people to look at. My original idea was to use black for the page numbers i decided to change this to gold as i wanted to match with the heading and as i didnt really know what colour i wanted the heading to be at the time i decided to just chose black, but i think it now looks better using gold. I kept the same font for this so it was cinsistents. I deicded to include a welcome message as i wanted it to look professional. I decided to change the font on this so that it didnt all look the same, i also included a box round it to seperate it from other text on the page. Although some of the layout has changed from the original idea i have included eberything i wanted to add. The picture i used has changed from the original idea as i wanted to make the sixth form look more like a community and i felt this picture worked better to show this. I also include a speech bubble with a gold back and black text as the magazine is for students so i hoped this would make it more entertainnig. I original though of the idea of putting a star around the 'Dont forget to pick up your next free magazine from the library', but as i already uesd this on the front i didnt think it would look as good to show it again. I also changed the text of the contact details to the same as the welcome message so it all didnt look the same. I also chose not to put a box around this message as i didnt want it to look to similar to the front page. I chose to use the same background as the front cover so that it was constant, and did actually look like a school magazine.

Preliminary task Front cover

 

This is my preliminary task magazine front cover. For the background i used a red to stick with the School colours i decided to make the colour change from lighter to darker reds so that it made it look more interesting rather than one solid colour. I then used gold for the masthead which is the same colour as the St Marks logo to make it recognisable. As i did my magazine for the sixth form i decided to add this in black so that it looked more interesting. As this is the first St Marks magazine  i also included this so that it looked more professional. I decided to use the medium close up shot on the front and put a quote from the student about what they like about the sixth form, this is so that people can find out what students do actually think of the sixth form. I also included the St Marks sign at the front of school so that friends and family of the student would recognise it, if they ever drove past the school. As this magazine is for Students i also included a star with "Find out about new clubs!" as students might not realise that there is opportunity's for them to get involved. I also used a profile shot on the front page but i changed it into a circle so that students know that there is access to computers in the school so they can complete there work. I decided to use 3 small photos as people can start to recognise students from the sixth form. Using the logo also meant that people knew it was specifically for the School rather than just a magazine for everyone.