Planning

Good research into similar texts. Some research into audience, but no analysis of findings. No drafts.

8/20

Construction

Good use of software to construct pages. Good manipulation of images and text. The front cover is well constructed but the photos of the contents page are extremely poorly chosen.

37/60

Evaluation

No real attempt to address the seven set questions. Minimal critical analysis

4/20

Overall

49/100 Grade E

Questionnaire:

What would be the best colour scheme for the front cover?

85% of the people that took the quiz said that a bright colour scheme would be ideal.

What kind of involvement do you have with the school?

65% Parents

What kind of font should be used for the Masthead?

80% classic Victorian

What is your personal favorite section of the Magazine?

100% said sartorius house section

How old are you?

From this question i found out that 75% (the majority) of the people taking this quiz were 45+

This Questionnaire helps me to decide what kind of audience my magazine will be aimed at and what they tend to like for the contents of the magazine.

This cover in total took around three lessons including the lesson where i was coming to terms with the different controls of the Apple Mac and Photoshop. As shown below i have used Masthead writing for the title of the magazine and i have also used one main picture. Also seeing as 'The Victorian' is a school magazine i have dated my front cover (2009-2010) so people will know how recent the magazine is. I used a variety of different tools such as the magnetic lasso tool so i could carefully cut out the image of myself but with the assistance of the computer to make things a lot easier. I also used a blending tool to give the sky in the background a more realistic affect. The picture of the school that i used was taken by myself on Mr Winn's camera, it was then uploaded onto the Apple Mac and then i could start properly on my front cover.Evaluation:

To make the front cover of my magazine I used Photoshop on an Apple Mac computer, i found it hard to come to terms with the change of computer tools on the actual screen on a Mac and i had also never used Photoshop before but i got the hang of it after a few lessons and i produced a smart looking front cover and contents page for 'The Victorian'. My front cover shares many similarities with other magazines such as Carve surf magazine (which there is a picture of previously on my blog). Both magazines have bold writing that stands out and catches the readers attention, Masthead title which again helps to draw attention and a large main picture that can often sum up the magazine in one. It is like this for many other magazines also. The readers opinion on whether to explore further into the magazine is often based on how important the feel that it is. Therefore the larger the size of the writing on a specific article the stronger chance there is that a person will read it.The choice of words on a magazine can also be related to the main subject. For example a music magazine like NME may use quite funky writing whereas a magazine such as 'The Victorian' which is what i have done will use more posh words such as excellence.

During the course of this small project i have used many different assets of technology such as high powered cameras and computers. I have developed a far greater insight into the usage of an Apple Mac and Photoshop.

Reasons why blogger is bad:

Colour clearly isn't spelt color

No spell check (that works)

No text boxes

Takes about 3 years to upload pictures

hardly ever works and when it does work it says its broken

you cant copy things onto it.

people can change your work

on my computer the editor is a different layout to the blog page

The little editing bit is far too small

Basically just does what i wants and hates me