Evaluation.

This is my front cover of my college magazine. I think this is definalty the best part of my preliminary task and works well for a college magazine as it looks as if it is aimed at college students. I think the way i have used colours draws the eye in and makes it more exciting for a college magazine as they are usually quite boring. I didn't want the background to be plain so i decided to use a brick background, i thought by doing this it makes it look more busy and eye catching, instead of just a plain white background.

I think i could have made it more stylish instead of just conventional and also a bit more adult, even though i do like the way i have used colour on the front cover, i do think it is a bit childish. I think i could have made some of the stories more interesting as well.

This is my contents page for my college magazine. I think that contents pages should be simple and easy to read, i don't think they should be busy but they should be interesting to look at. I am quite pleased with the way i have done my contents page because i have stuck with the way i think a contents page should be like. In most of the magazines i have read the contents page always seems to be quite plain and simple. I decided to do a white background because it makes the colours in the writing stand out more and makes it easier for the reader to find what they are looking for.

I did student comments at the bottom of the page because i thought it would be good to include comments from students who have already read the magazine, so that students that have never read it can see the comments and help them to see what the magazine is about. I think it would be a good idea too, as it gives the magazine designers good feedback about the magazine.

I think i could have made the comments section look a bit more interesting and possibly include some pictures. I think doing this would make it a lot more eye catching.

Overall i think this task went really well and the front cover and contents page look quite good especially the front cover. I asked some students about what they thought of the front cover and contents page, most of them said it was really good for a college magazine and they would probably buy it to find out what was happening around the college and keep up to date with everything. A couple of students said it looked quite plain especially the contents page. To inprove for the next task i will use more pictures and more colour, i will also use the students feedback to improve for next time. I can use the skills i have learnt in this task to make the next task better.