Evaluation

My media product has similarites to a real media product for example the conventions, I have a large image on the front page aswell as text which is similar to a real media product. My magazine is similiar to a real media product becuase it had specific criteria to meet (as specified in the proposal) and used the similar programs to the industry standard.

The audience for my magazine is college students and I feel my magazine will be appropraite for my target audience because the image is on the front page is neutral and doesnt aim to a specific gender. The image on the front has positive connotations because the model has a smile on his face despite being in a mixed colour background (representing the change of the seasons and also the dull feelings/moods that can be present during the autumn/winter months and the challenges faced with college work), the model gives optimism to the negativity in life. The image is likely to attract the audience well because it is a warm, welcoming image on the front cover.

A college would distribute the magazine because it builds the colleges reputation of having good communication with the student because college news and various other information can be easily acknowledged in a magazine because fun and work are being mixed. Also the college is likely to distribute the magazine because it increases the students college experience and may also generate revenue which could be invested and used to improve college.

In this assignment I am dissapointed in the photography because the original photographs taken were lost due to a fault in the technology so more photographs had to be taken which had to be set in different scenery because of the lack of time. Also, time management was an issue with this assignment beacuse of the lack of knowledge/support because of the teachers absence however, I feel overall I completed the task well and I am pleased with the end result. I particularly like the effect on the image with the gradient because I think it looks nice and gets the desired message across, however I feel it would've worked better with the original photographs because of the brighter colouring.

In the next assignment, I would improve the logo used because in the media industry, the logo would be used for years and I don't believe the logo I desgined would be suitable because it is too plain. In the next assignment, I would rather design the logo in Photoshop so I can add styles and effects so it looks more professional and of a higher standard rather than just a text box in InDesign.