This is my attempt at a magazine cover, any feedback is appreciated the image quality could use improving but that is something for a later date. This magazine also has a lack of cover lines which could do with increasing.

Thanks,

-O

College Magazine case study

Front cover analysis:

-The magazine masthead is a simple white font, the have shortened the name of the college to something more informal to create a more personal and casual feel with the reader. 

-They include allusions to other popular culture things in the cover line "The Big Fat Greek Trip". -There is change between the font of each subject corresponding with the subject that is talking about. -The main image of the cover confuses the eye as it does not necessarily correspond to the three colour scheme of the rest of the cover which is white, red and turquoise.

The Contents page analysis:

-the contents page of the magazine does not have any sub-sections, it just lists them chronologically. this makes it more difficult for the reader to find a article that interests them.

- the font on the contents page is completely different to the one on the front cover.

- The editors note is above the contents page reducing the amount that could be fitted into the contents.

-there are no pictures relating to the  articles of the magazine on the contents page but there does appear  to be white frames for them so this could just be a formatting issue with the PDF.

Evaluation of my first article

Evaluation of my first indesign effort.

 The first time I used indesign was on that first article I posted up here. In this article we were tasked to write about the effect that piracy had on the changing face of music. We wrote this article in word first so it would be easier to edit and break up into chunks that would fit into the column boxes.

I was writing the article for the guardian so the plain background was part of the design of the article, but on revaluation I could've used the blue heading underlining that the guardian is known for and the minimalist design that is its signature of the newspaper.

I could have also added more colour to the article by highlighting the quotations in a different colour this could've  added a more interesting aspect to the article.

in conclusion I have learnt a lot about the format of indesign and my work on it can only improve the next piece will have many more features to it and hopefully look much improved than the first piece.

Q magazine analysis- keep posted for my comments.

New Project coming up.

Starting my production schedule for my music magazine cover, contents page and article. Get ready for lots of updates and news on this next project. I would appreciate any advice and adjustments that you might see being helpful. The two main programs I will be using are Adobe Indesign and Photoshop.
-O

This is my Finished piracy article, think i might need some more indesign practice.

Getting started on my first article.

Getting started on my first article for media, Not quite done yet but its on its way!

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