PRELIMINARY TASK Evaluation

For my preliminary  task I create or knowledge on how to use it since this isn't my first time doing media. I used many different tools to create the magazine front cover I desired. I wouldn't say it was the best front cover but a college magazine. I created the cover page and a contents page.

First of all I created my front cover on photoshop but we all had a taster lesson on how to use the software. But I had already had pr it was unique to me. This is why I decided to break convention, and instead of having a typical Caucasian on the cover i used a black boy with a basketball on the cover which is stereotyped for the sport, but it broke the convention of a typical front cover for a college magazine.

caucasian teenager with school equipment on the front cover. I decided to have two black males

What went well?:

1. Firstly I believe my cover stars or background for my front cover was a countertype to what's expected for a college magazine front cover. This also sold the idea that the magazine is about sport. This is what I wanted to present to the audience. To have a successful magazine your audience needs to know what the genre is from just the look of the magazine.
2. Another section where I believe I think i’ve done well is my 3 colour scheme. I think my colour scheme is clear to all people that look at the front cover. Even to those who don't know what a 3 colour scheme is on a magazine I believe my colour scheme is clear. My colour scheme is black red and white.
3. One final thing I think went well was my contents page. It follows my black red and white colour scheme, and it has the typical images that a contents page would have.

 









What didn't go so well?:

1. Firstly I think I could've had better structure on my cover lines. I think that it doesn’t look professional. I feel like I could've used more codes and conventions of college magazines.
2. Second thing I thought I could improve was my contents page. I didn't follow any code or conventions for my background for my contents page. I wouldn't say it’s bad but it's not conventional for a college magazine.
3. My  final flaw in my cover lines. More on the content I could've said better things that are more specific to the research i had originally done for my college magazine.

Improvements:

What i think i need to improve on is my contents page. I think I could follow more of the codes and conventions of a contents page, and the spacing between the content could be improved so it doesn't look off. I would also change the colour of the background to make it look more like a contents page.