1. EVALUATION- QUESTION SEVEN
Danie Hodges

2. Looking back at your
preliminary task, what do
you feel you have learnt in
the progression from it to
the full product?

3. School Magazine- COVER
Looking back at my School magazine which
I completed in September I have
realised I could of done a much better
job if I of had the skills I have now which
I have learnt during the course of
creating my music magazine. I believe
the heading and also the subheadings
around the main picture don’t look as
effective, to improve I would change the
font colour and also the style of font.
Also the background colour is very
basic, I would additionally change this
to maybe a gradient colour to make the
cover look more professional and
interesting.

4. Continued..
My overall school magazine cover doesn’t look
similar to a conventional style magazine, this
is because of my limited skills in InDesgin and
Photoshop, but now I have acquired more
experience and confidence in these programs I
believe I could definitely of completed a
better more effective looking magazine cover.

5. School Magazine- CONTENTS PAGE
My contents page however I
believe is much better than
my contents, as the colours
are more simple and look
more effective. I think the
image on the right also works
well with the overall theme
of a school magazine. To
improve I would again change
the text and the colour of the
font, also I would add a
background colour to make
the page look less boring and
more professional.

6. Continued..
So overall my contents page could do with more
improvements, because of my limited skill in
Photoshop and InDesgin again I believe I could
of created the page of a much better quality.

7. Front Covers- COMPARISON
With comparison to my music magazine to my
previous school one I can see how much I have
progressed in terms with my experience in
Photoshop and InDesgin. Also my knowledge of
what a conventional magazine looks like has
helped me create a much professional looking
magazine. Overall I believe this course has shown
me what a typical magazine looks like and how it
can be achieved through creating and using
inspriation from more popular well known brands
(Top of the Pops)

8. Front Covers- COMPARISON
As you can see I have improved my
skills within Photoshop and
InDesgin as I have progressed
throughout the course, as I have
learnt to make circular
subheadings, logos, and change
the font using Photoshop to
make it look more interesting
and atheistically pleasing to the
audience. My music magazine
looks a lot more professional
and suitable for my target
audience as I has stuck to the
conventional structure of a
music magazine. However my
school magazine is very bare
and plain in regards to the
stories and headings around the
cover. Also the minimal pictures
make the school magazine
cover look less appealing

9. Contents Page- COMPARISON
Alike with my front cover I have
improved my skills and gained
confidence using the additonal
software (Photoshop and
InDesgin). This has allowed to
incorporate aspects from a typical
conventional style magazine. In my
music magazine contents page I
have added effects to the title
boxes (drop shadow), which I have
learnt during the course of this
project. I originally made these
titles on Photoshop which gave me
a choice of different font and
styles to make my contents page
look professional and interesting.
As you can see on my previous
school magazine contents page I
have used the same font
throughout, which differs to my
music magazine. I have tried also
to stick to a pink and yellow colour
scheme which runs throughout my
magazine, this makes it look more
effective.

10. My Double Page Spread
My double page spread was made at the very end of
this project, and I believe it is my strongest piece
of work. In opinion I think it is the most effective as
it is simple and follows the design of Top of the
Pops well, as it includes a spotlight around my
photo and also an additional banner across the
page. I created this spot light effect on
Photoshop, after experimenting with the software
for some time I had eventually learnt how to create
this effect. It relates also to the title of the double
page spread as well, “Holly Turner: in the
spotlight!”. Also the circular headlines dotted
around the page were made on Photoshop, then I
used an effect on InDesgin which was Bevel and
Emboss and I also gave them a Satin effect. This
makes the titles stand out and more interesting.
Finally I have kept to the pink and yellow theme
this gives my magazine an overall house colour
style and makes it look much more consistent, I like
this effect as it gives it a professional feel.

11. To Conclude..
As a whole I have learnt many skills involving
both Photoshop and InDesgin, I have
progressed within my work as you can see
from my school to music magazine. I think my
designs have matured and kept to a constant
girly and feminie theme. Finally due to the
evaluation I have uses various software such
as slideshare, prezi, soundcloud and also
YouTube to present my answers!