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Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 1
Evaluation Question 1
For the masthead of my magazine I used the font ‘Octin Vintage’ from
‘Dafont.com’. However the font was quite thin and I didn’t feel it was bold
enough so I edited it on Photoshop using the ‘fill tool’. I think it follows
conventions in the way that it is placed at the top of the magazine,
beginning at the left. For example, it could be compared to ‘Rolling Stone’
magazine Masthead because it uses a different, but eye catching font and
spreads across the whole of the top of the page. It could also be compared
to ‘KERRANG!’ magazine because again the masthead stretches across the
whole of the magazine. Also, capital letters are used which I think makes
more of a statement and makes the magazine title more memorable.
However, I think that my masthead challenges conventions in the way that
this font may not be seen as a ‘regular’ style for a magazine and could have
connotations with the text on an ‘American high school jersey’ so therefore
could be seen as a bit ‘young’ to be on a magazine, however I still think that
this text works because my target audience is teenagers and young adults.
Also because the font is used throughout my other magazine pages so
therefore makes it stronger.
Graphology/page layout
I think that the graphology of my double page spread does follow conventions of again, magazines such as ‘Q’ through
the use of simple, square images, although slightly edited (I adjusted the lighting and contrast and also converted one
image to black and white on Photoshop) . I also think that the use of quotes in different and larger fonts follows
conventions as magazines do this to draw readers in. I think that the banner across the top of the page with the title on
slightly challenges conventions as it is not seen on many double page spreads and titles are often kept a smaller space on
the page.
Costumes, props, iconography used to reflect genre
Article: For the article I used Times New Roman, I think this
matches conventions because it is a simple, clear font. I
think it works well and goes with my genre well.
Header: For the headings/cover lines I have used the font
‘Edgar da cool’ and ‘Jack Input’. I think these challenge
conventions slightly because the fonts are quite different
from each other, I included the Edgar da cool font to match
my aim to include ‘handwriting’ fonts and I think they work
because the ‘egdar da cool’ font links to the ‘The like’ text
which was ‘Ba Wet Paint’
Colour scheme
My colour scheme is conventional, and this was done on
purpose. After trying out a different colour theme, I didn’t
think that it was strong enough so I researched and
found that red was very common with black and white
magazine images. I think the red works well because it is
more eye catching and contrasts more against the black
and white, which makes more of an impact.