Preliminary Task

Evaluation

The purpose and target of the school magazine was to give parents and student information about what’s coming up and any results or trips that have taken place. The Howard Shout should appeal to parent and students because it’s attractive and holds a lot of information in a simple text.

The magazine follows a similar layout, by keeping the ‘orange’ titles to represent Halloween, there is a pumpkin on the front cover and the contents page so the theme of Halloween will be through out the magazine. I used the large orange titles so it’s clear what the magazine will have inside. The medium close-up shows student looking studious in her smart uniform. I chose this photo because it shows parents that the students are smart and studious.

The contents page follows the style of the magazine because it has a Halloween theme which is the titles coloured in orange to match the pumpkins that are on both the contents pages and front cover of the magazine; and also the Howard of Effingham logo on the front page and contents page.

I chose the image on the front cover of my magazine because it shows parent that student from The Howard of smart and well behaved; not looking untidy or scruffy. I also believe a medium close was the best type of photograph for the magazine because it will attract the target audience. I manipulated the photo by cropping it so it was too big and I brightened the photograph so it wasn’t dull. The mode of address was direct. The Mise-en scene of this image, the student is wearing the Howard of Effingham school uniform and standing against a brick wall. The colours that I used were orange to represent the Halloween theme. The body language and facial expression of the image is happy and polite.

The fronts I used were from a web site (www.dafronts.com) the fronts will appeal to both parents and students, they are brightly coloured in orange. The sub-heading is different fonts and they’ll appeal to the student because the are more bubbled and they are promoting activities such as the Halloween Disco. The text is all in an informal text so it’s readable by both adults and students.

If I had more time to improve my front cover and contents page I would have made it more colourful and added more pictures on the contents page. I would have also added buzz words to attract the more readers.