Foundation Portfolio Evaluation

My 'Wyke College Magazine' uses the traditional conventions commonly used in most magazine publications. I spent a few lessons looking at and researching different types of magazines; their layouts, text styles, types of articles etc. I then inputted this information into my magazine design, however some of the techniques i changed to suit my magazine desing ideas. Firstly after looking at magazines i discovered that on the front page of nearly all of the magazines the main picture takes up most of the front page with the main headline and text running over the top.

I have incorporated this idea in my magazine. I would have like the main picture to run over the main title of my magazine, like i had seen done before in most of the magazines i had looked at, however i could not get this to work on the type of image which i had taken. I also used the typical conventions of having the main title of the magazine at the top of the page, however i did also experiment by changing the headline and placing it so that it was running down the side.

I also add the captions at the top and bottom of my magazine which say about free things, or things coming up in the magazine etc and so i kept this idea and decided to use it in my magazine front cover. I also decided to run the main headline across the main picture as i had seen this technique used in some of the magazines which i had looked at. I decided to take this idea in my design. However i did change some of the conventions and challenged them, for instance i included a text box at the bottom of the contents page which talks about whats to come in the next issue. From most of the magazines i had read this had been near the back of the magazine, probably most likely it was one of the last pages in the magazine.

However i decided to change this and brought mine back to the front of the magazine to the contents page as the readers are more likely to spend more time reading this page then they are some pages towards the back of the magazine where most of the advertisements come and people arnt to bothered with reading. Most people read the contents page to find out what stories are in the magazine and the pages of te ones they are interested in, it also already advertises and promotes the next issue before the readers have even read the first.

My media product represents particular social groups like teenagers and music lovers. I would hope to sell my media product at supermarkets and newsagents.