My School Magazine Review - The Eye

School Magazine Review

I think that my magazine turned out well overall, I think that the cover and the contents looked good, it was noticeable and it included good copy. I think I used the correct colours to make it stand out. The picture on the cover looked very good and I think that it suited the school theme with the student reading a book. I really like the font of the title as it is similar to a fraternity type font. I also think that the main story really stands out on the front cover as the golden stars are really exaggurating how important it is. I think my contents page turned out really well. I think it's right in the middle of being too basic and too clustered; I think it's just right. I like the big bold page numbers as they give off a clear message and people will easliy understand them. One of my other favourite things is the little Twitter and Facebook puffs at the bottom as many young people use social networking sites so they'll be able to keep up to date.

However, I feel that if I had more time, I could’ve made the magazine a lot better. The first thing I would’ve changed is that I would have made Josh, the boy in my picture, stand out more from the background. I think he blends in with the background too much.  If I had more time I might have used different types of fonts to make the copy stand out more rather than using the same font. I Think there is a little too much focus on the trainer rather than what I intended to be the focus; the book. I don’t like the ‘couples list’ idea; I think it’s a little cheesy. I think I could’ve thought of something I bit better for a front cover copy. I maybe could've taken a better picture for the contents page as it is a little boring.

Apart from all of that, I think my school magazine cover and contents page turned out quite well.

My School Magazine Contents Page - The Eye

Contents Page for School Magazine

My School Magazine Cover - The Eye

 

My Finished Media School Magazine

My Superhero Magazine Review - The Avenger

Superhero Magazine Review

Overall, I think my magazine turned out well. I think it looked good, it was very appealing and it had lots of information. I think the front cover looked good with the background it had, London. I tried to make the headlines stand out by using colour and I also tried to make them stand out by putting a glow behind the writing as the background made it very hard to read the writing. I feel that the half covered by London page on the contents looks very professional and effective as it looks like a stylish design. I think that I used a good selection of contents for my magazine because there were a good variety of headlines. I thought that my cover picture suited the task well, I was dressed in a shirt, trousers and blazer, however I was also wearing a Spiderman costume, that’s where I customized the magazine to my preferences which made my magazine a little bit different to other magazines which is what I like; to be a little different; to stand out. I think the superhero icons going along the bottom of the front cover looked very cool and effective, they really added to the theme of the magazine. The title of the magazine, ‘The Avenger’, also really fitted in with the theme and it also sounded very good.

However, I feel if I had more time, more money and better resources I could have made my magazine a lot better. I think I could’ve made my front cover a little better, by perhaps making the front cover a little less clustered. I feel there was too much information on the front cover and a few too many pictures. I think if the front cover was a little more plain and less clustered it would’ve looked a lot more professional. For my contents page, I could’ve perhaps made the writing a little bigger, to fill the page fully, I could’ve done this by perhaps making the half London a little less than half, perhaps only fill 1/3 of the page with it. I could’ve also used water colour so I could’ve seen the text over it. I think I could’ve done other stuff on my contents page other than headlines so I could’ve included some competitions and tournaments to give a different purpose because some people may want a bit more variety. I just think my front cover is too clustered and my contents page is a bit too basic.

My Superhero Magazine Contents Page - The Avenger

 

Contents Page for Superhero Magazine

My Superhero Magazine Cover - The Avenger

 

My Finished Superhero Magazine