Evaluation of School Magazine.

My magazine both follows and deviates from the codes and conventions of a magazine. My magazine does not have a sloggan above or below the title, however i possitioned the barcode at the bottom right of the magazine which follows the codes and conventions. my magazine does not follow the codes and conventions as i do not have an issue number and my picture does not go over the title. also on my front cover there is alot of white space which does not follow the codes and conventions. Like the codes and conventions, my magazine has a main front image which is a medium close up. my masterhead follows the codes and conventions of magazines as it is eye catching, a unique colour that stands out and is larger than the coverlines etc. Moreover my magazine also contains buzzwords such as FREE which follows the codes and conventions, as does my coverlines as they are down the side of the front cover, are all the same font and follow a colour scheme which does not clash.following the codes and conventions my magazine has picture text cohesion where the smaller stories have smaller pictures and the main coverline is the main story. also all the text is around the central image. however i dont feel that my masterhead shows the genre of my magazine but does show the target audience in a way, as it is pink.

Whilst making my magazine i used photoshop to manipulate the pictures and to do the front cover of my magazine. i have used photoshop before low down in school however my photoshop skills need improving. i also used quark to do my contents page, unlike photoshop i have never used this before however i found it simple to use.

Overall i think that my magazine has alot of room for impovement, i feel that it looks tacky and unfinished. i did not follow my front cover and contents page plan as when i took the pictures etc it did not go well. when creating my my music magazine i will take all of this into account and improve the quality of work.