Planning

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

8/20

Construction

Proficient use of software to construct pages. Good manipulation of images and text. The image on the contents page is a little over manipulated with no real reason. More images could have been used here. There is no evidence of construction.

45/60

Evaluation

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

8/20

Overall

61/100 Grade C

My magazine’s title is called ‘The Victorian’ and it is strictly aimed at the parents of the students that attend Victoria College.
I used an Apple Mac to edit my front page and my contents page for my magazine using Photoshop.
My front cover entails a photograph of Victoria College that I took with a camera and imported onto an Apple Mac, I added an effect to the photo to make it look interesting and slightly more sophisticated. For this project, we had to use a photograph of a student in medium close up for the front cover of the magazine. The student that I chose was myself, I tried to look as smart and as professional as I could, as I needed to look smart for the front cover, so I could proudly represent the school. If I had not looked smart, this would give a bad reflection on the school and possibly repel readers from the magazine. I used the same background effect for the photograph of myself because it makes me look equal to the background, giving the magazine a better overall appearance.
The title of my magazine was essential, I had to make the font stand out, and also make it blend in with the background. I added an inner shadow and many other effects in order to make the title look as if it had been professionally printed in. Below the title is Victoria College’s emblem that I also imported from my camera. I had to cut the emblem out using Photoshop using the magic lasso tool and import it onto my front cover. I also used shadowing to make the emblem blend in with the background.
The jingle located on the bottom right corner of the magazine is used to promote the magazine and to make the jingle memorable and catchy. ‘Opening doors to your future’ is quite a high status jingle which again promotes the magazine as it is aimed at the parents of the students.
The front cover is supposed to promote Victoria College and attract readers with the bright background and striking title.

The contents page includes all of the page numbers and details of the magazine.
The contents page was also edited and made in Photoshop (Using Apple Mac). The background for the contents page was a photograph taken by myself of the inside of the school. I thought this would be a unique picture as it looks very mystifying and tranquil. I edited the colour of the background to make it look more old fashioned and slightly more mysterious – giving the contents page a better appearance. The title of the contents page involved the same editing technique as the title on the front cover, including inner shadows and outer glow’s etc.
The page numbers and the actual contents had to be coloured in a specific way as the background was not one simple colour, I did this by adding shadow effects to the font(s) so it was easier to read.
The contents page is supposed to tie in with the front covers jingle ‘Opening doors to your future’ as the contents page includes the main door to the college.
Overall the contents page’s main attraction was the background, as it ties in with the jingle on the front cover, and also adds a mysterious glow to the background of the contents page – symbolising a clear future to Victoria College’s students.