Evaluation of The Stag Magazine

This is my front cover I made for my preliminary task. I decided to make the name of my magazine unique and one that will stand out however I decided to replace the ‘A’ with the Haydon stag as this makes the cover  relative to the purpose of the magazine and so that the reader can tell straight away what the genre of my magazine is based on. The masthead is based at the top of the magazine (as is my contents page) so that the reader can clearly tell what particular chapters of the magazine are about. I kept the masthead in a simple but serif font so that the target audience have no difficulties reading it but it still maintains a level of professionalism.

 

Beside the masthead I included a button with the price of my magazine, as this is a necessity for any magazine. It is written boldly so that it is clear to the reader. This is must have information when producing any genre magazine as the audience always want to know the price of the product that they have an interest in. I used the colour red so that the button would stand out on my front cover as it goes against the predominant colour scheme of my front cover.

 

Most of the text included on the front page have been made sure that they have been kept to the house style of the magazine (only using blues and yellows). Sticking to a house style is vital for professionalism, and can become synonymous with your product or magazine, resulting in loyal clientele.

 

On the front cover of 'The Stag' I decided to include a main bleed (main image) that takes up the majority of the page. The image illustrates a student on school grounds, relaying a cheeky styled pose of which I referred to as being stereotypical ‘Drama Queens’ attitude.

 

This is my contents page for my magazine ‘The Stag’. Firstly I placed the masthead at the very top of the page so that it strikes the audience’s attention along with the Schools emblem ‘The Stag’ (where the name for my magazine originates from), as I aim for the masthead to be the first thing readers see, I can infer that this will thus give them a direct understanding as to what they can expect to find.

I also decided to do a double page spread, as by doing this I felt that the information portrayed will be clear to read. However doing this has left lots of gaps and open spaces, of which ultimately makes my contents page look basic and simplistic in comparison to my cover page.

Furthermore I could have included more photographs in order to add meaning and understanding the text presented on the page. Once more the lack of graphics also adds to the simplicity of my contents page, as I could have changed the colour, font or size of the numbers to make it more professional.