Student analysis2 slideshare
- 1. STUDENT ANALYSIS Look at an existing project – analyse the strengths and weaknesses and what you would like to take forward from it
- 2. This is a 25 mark magazine and from first looking at it I can immediately see why. The front cover is crowded which would make some readers instantly turn away and this ruins the magazine. If there had been a plainer background, then it may make the image stand out to the readers even more. On the magazine front cover these students have made a common error which is to include too many different colours on the front of their magazine. If they had stuck to two or three colours this would make the magazine more presentable and therefore would engage more readers. The headline doesn’t have great relevance to the image which is shown because there is no evidence that they have received a mobo award. I also think that the other headlines let the student down, as by reading these they do not interest me to read further on into the magazine as I feel like the magazine producers are actually not bothered about what their magazine includes. I like the fact that they have included the issue number of the magazine but feel like it has been wrongly placed as this would suit better being under the title of the magazine. Overall I feel like this front cover is too crowded, and doesn’t exactly follow the structure of the magazines I have researched. I feel like if the front cover was stripped down a bit then I may want to actually open the magazine but the use of so many different colours provides distractions and therefore people are not focused on what they should be.
- 3. I like the fact that the contents page uses the subheadings “regulars” and “features” as I think this gives a sense of the magazine being frequently wrote so readers will know what to expect. I think that most of the page descriptions are accurately sized, as they are not to long and will not bore the reader. I feel like the images are just placed there to fill in the rest of the spaces and the yellow and blue background takes away from the colour scheme of black red and white used on this page. If they had kept this consistent on the contents page then I feel like this could have improved their grade and also enabled them to have been able to say they used a house style throughout the magazine. I feel like the background is again taking away the feel of the magazine and makes the page feel too crowded and that too much is going on. I’m going to avoid a busy background which could cause the reader to read on instead of focusing on the contents page because I believe that the contents page is one of the main pages and where the reader will find the most information about what to expect throughout the magazine. I also don’t see why they have included the small Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and Flickr icons at the top because there is no evidence as to what the links are and as it is a magazine they are not able to click and be directly taken to these sites.
- 4. From looking at this magazine I can see exactly what not to do especially on the double page spread as I feel like this is the area that lets the magazine down the most. I will make sure I make each page eye catching and that it engages the reader instead of looking like it has just been thrown together. I will also ensure I include a large image as I feel like this is what lets this page down as it is lacking a break up between the text which could appear boring to the readers. Instantly even looking at this page I can see that not many marks would have been awarded due to the fact the page is messy and not organised in a good way. The title doesn’t really stand out due to the black text on a burgundy background. I feel like the double page spread should stand out more to the readers but if I was to open a magazine which featured this I wouldn’t read as the text its too small and spread out which makes it seem like its not part of the same article. I like the fact that the quotes which are in the middle of the page don’t have a red box around them as I feel this attracts the reader into reading the quotes before the actual article/questions. I feel like this group has let themselves down by not including a large image which is what you would typically expect in an article like this, I feel like without that the double page spread seems to be mainly text which can be off putting for readers who like to have a balance between images and what they are going to read. The fact that the questions have a black background and the answers have a red background ruins this page as I think this is a bad way to present an interview, the page looks like it has just been thrown together and I don’t think that it helps that these text boxes are not in line and therefore makes the page look extremely messy.