AS Reflection

Looking back at my AS course work, i have picked out the strengths and areas for improvement from all three pages. All elements of this magazine have improved since creating my college magazine. 

Within in the music magazine, one of the strengths was sticking to the chosen colour palette. I found that this was very important to consider as keeping the house style consistent makes the magazine look professional and gives the magazine it's unique look and colour scheme. 

Another strength of my magazine was the use of media language. By making sure the mode of address,  is certainly appealing to the audience which the magazine is mainly aimed at. I also found that consistently using the same range of font and text colours, made each page of the magazine relatable and gave it a professional and neat look. Making sure the cover lines are specially bold, eye catching and interesting is very important to get audiences to purchase the magazine. I found that this was one of my strengths, however each headline on the front page could have been placed more effectively around the chosen image, so the image is still clearly visible as it draws attention to the target audience; but still making sure that the most interesting cover lines are used so no space is wasted by unwanted text. 

One of the areas for improvement would be the mast head on the front page. It needs to stand out from the background a lot more, so it is clearly visible as this is the magazines unique selling point which audiences will first notice. Also by using tag lines such as 'exclusive' on the front page will also draw in audiences. 

One of the strengths on my contents page is the layout. I found that using not too many different coloured text and selective images that match with some of the headlines worked very well. The image used also worked with the layout as the models faces aren't hidden at all by the text. Another strength was keeping the the title of the magazine in the right hand corner of every other page as this is the unique point. On this page i could have made the mast head a lot more eye catching and make it stand out against the background a lot more. 

The layout of my double page spread was defiantly a strength. By using the image as a mirror image, under the media text of the interview. The layout of the text is also a strength as it is all in a font that is understandable and the size is suitable for anyone to read. Also i used tags of social networks, of where to find more information about the band, this was a strength as the target audience of the magazine are mainly who use social networking websites. Also by using a catchy masthead for the interview, draws in attention to read the text. Also the pull quote over the image on the right hand side, draws attention to the most interesting part of the article and also the image. 

Over all i have developed skills when using Photoshop and Word documents, in which i edited both the images and the magazine. I used these skills to create a more professional look to the magazine.