Evaluation of my final outcome

The first thing I did in the process of making my school magazine was analyse an already existing school magazine. This was so that I could see what features were presented in a school magazine. I also used it as a guide to what my magazine could look like. The school magazine included:
- A masthead
- Bold headlines
- Pictures that accompanied articles
- A link to the school website
- Both the date and issue number
- School ‘badges’

After analysing a school magazine, I made a brief design of how the cover of the magazine would look, showing where I would place articles, images and headlines. I did this so that when it came to designing the final product, I would have an idea of what my magazine would look like.

I then created a survey. This was so that I could identify my target audience and see the sort of features they wanted to see my magazine. The questions included:
- Are you male or female?
- Which year are you in at school?
- Which type of magazine do you normally read?
- What do you want to see in the magazine?
- Which size is suitable for a headline?
- Which format is best for a headline?
- What font do you prefer for articles?
- Which layout would be best for the magazine?
- What colour scheme would you like to see in the magazine?

I then closed the survey and collected the results. I collected the results so I could see who my target audience was and what they wanted to see in the magazine and also how they wanted the magazine to look. This therefore meant that my magazine would reflect the audience’s styles and opinions.

The survey results showed that my target audience wanted images in the magazine. So I went around the school and took multiple pictures that would relate to the articles that would appear on both the cover and contents pages of my magazine.

Finally, I created the cover and contents page of my school magazine. I made them both in Microsoft Word. I experimented with the layout and finally decided on where the articles, images and headlines would be and how they would compliment each other. My cover page and contents page fully reflect the results of my survey, showing that I modelled my magazine to the audiences needs.