My Progress

In my first term I feel that I have made a lot of progress as I hadn't even done one lesson of media before starting this class.Our first major task was to design a magazine for a school.At first I found this task really hard as I wasn't familiar with any of the software we using, I wasn't even that sure about using the apple Macs to be honest.So my first attempt was okay I guess for my first try, however when we went through it I saw the mistakes I have made and I know now not to make them therefore i've learnt something I guess.You can't really see the title and even then it was a mouthful to pronounce.I made common mistakes like underlining and not lining my page up probably therefore I will not be making them next time but overall for my first magazine I feel it's an okay attempt.The feedback I got was:

• Underlining makes it look abit tacky.
• Colours like on the tytitle are abit confusing to read.
• Make sure th page is lined up probably.
• Make sure the fonts match as the acticles spoilers dont match.
• The starat the top looks tacky and makes the magazine looks cheap.
• The magzine doesn't really have a focus.(No Main image) 

My contents page I found was easier to design then the front cover and this was because there is less of a resisted convention towards a magazine.I took a picture of a friend over the age of 16 and used her arm to carry the numbers.My contents page looks alittle bare and I know there are alot of images and they make a busy theme throughtout my content page.It's a school magazine therefore I knew pictures of people in uniform and educational props may be the way to go.The people on the left are under the age of sixteen therefore we had to get consent from there parents to photograph them which they all had signed,and authenticated as one of the children is another person in my classes sister.The feeback I got for my contents page:

• Your page numbers dont match as your first page would be your front cover.
• The colour of the textmakes the magzine look cheap and un even.
• You must follow the rule of thirds as the 3 people down the left hand side of the page are not in line.
• The images of just the business dress and the arm is quite effective.
• The page in it but it's quite plain next time add a quote or something.