School Magazine Evaluation

    I have designed my media product to follow the codes and conventions of a real magazine. To do this I have laid out the the different objects on the page in similar way to which a real magazine would, such as having the name of the magazine at the top of the page and in a large font. One way in which I have differed my magazine to others is by having the main image not covering a section of the title. I have done this because my magazine is not well known unlike others whose name can be understand even when covered.
  
    The new media technology I used to produce my magazine was Quark.  I used it to create columns on my page which helped me with the layout of my contents page. It also helped me add effects to my page such as changing the opacity of certain objects. This gave my magazine a more professional look to it.

    The strengths of my magazine are that it uses a colour theme well and this helps it look professional and like a real magazine. Also I feel that I have placed everything in the right place to stick with the codes and conventions of a real magazine. The weaknesses of my magazine are that due to the time in which I had to complete the Magazine I rushed the written information on the page and did not come up with the best feature articles to advertise in my magazine.

    The strengths of the new technology I have used are the way in which i can lay out my magazine using the guidelines it places on the page. The weaknesses of this new technology are that I am still learning how to use it and therefore am not using it to the best of its abilities.