Evaluation
1. How do your magazine pages conform to (or depart from) the typical Conventions of magazine design.
1. How do your magazine pages conform to (or depart from) the typical Conventions of magazine design.
The magazine I have been working on (in which it centre's around a college magazine for Priestley) has many conventions which have been played by the rules and also some which haven't. For starters, my magazine provides the typical masthead of the conventional magazine and also uses techniques like the left third( which is the majority of text on the front cover of the left hand side). Of course, My magazine also includes a model with an close up shot in the middle of the page and it also includes many over devices like prices and bar codes, slogans and minimal colour. Unlike my front cover, My contents page differs slightly from it. More colours have been used, there is staggered images in spaces and text filled in the columns, and there is a use of convergent media.
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2. How are young people represented in your magazine?
Considering it is in the theme of a college magazine, young people are definitely going to be portrayed in an optimistic way. Usually in newsletters surrounding schools/businesses, there is always something to be achieved by students/workers. Unlike in the popular media where most of the time teenagers are portrayed with a reputation to party and drink, College/school magazines shine in a completely different perspective. Unlike the pessimistic portrayal of teenagers in which its view is over exaggerated, the college magazine portrays teenagers in a good way but yet it is rather subtle.
3.What have you learned about technologies in the process of producing these pages?
Being introduced to new software I have never used before or barely use, you can easily pick up vital basics in creating things. For example, I have never used Quark before and have barely used Photoshop a lot, but slowly after a couple of weeks i got a good grasp on it. At first, the production and software seems a bit hard, but by using it frequently, I managed to develop a decent looking piece of work considering OI was a beginner.
Considering it is in the theme of a college magazine, young people are definitely going to be portrayed in an optimistic way. Usually in newsletters surrounding schools/businesses, there is always something to be achieved by students/workers. Unlike in the popular media where most of the time teenagers are portrayed with a reputation to party and drink, College/school magazines shine in a completely different perspective. Unlike the pessimistic portrayal of teenagers in which its view is over exaggerated, the college magazine portrays teenagers in a good way but yet it is rather subtle.
3.What have you learned about technologies in the process of producing these pages?
Being introduced to new software I have never used before or barely use, you can easily pick up vital basics in creating things. For example, I have never used Quark before and have barely used Photoshop a lot, but slowly after a couple of weeks i got a good grasp on it. At first, the production and software seems a bit hard, but by using it frequently, I managed to develop a decent looking piece of work considering OI was a beginner.
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