Analysing Past Student's Work

Analysing Past Student's Work

 

Analysing Previous Student Work

 

Name of Magazine	Strengths	Weaknesses	Grade I awarded and reason
Star Quality	-They keep to a house theme (black, white and yellow) -Good image quality (average photo shop skills) -The Masthead is unique and of good quality -There’s a decent amount of text on the DPS -Font is a little bit too big on DPS -Sounds like a realistic article -Has website details	-Contents page is very cluttered -All the page contents are listed -Over use of house theme (on the DPS) -Font isn’t very professional -Average photo shopping	B
STATIC BUZZ	-Not too crowded - Good quality pictures -Keeps to a set colour scheme -Good unique font for masthead -Not too much text for the double page spread	-The main article/ double page spread font is quite basic -Not much on the front cover	A
Neon Tiger	-Bright attention grabbing colours -Interesting masthead font- stands out against background -A lot of images	-Bad photoshopping -No colour scheme -Front cover/ contents page too busy -Very small barcode -Too much text! -Too many images -Too many contents page titles	U

What have I learned from looking at last year’s student work?

To not overuse colour too much or make it look too busy but at the same time don’t leave it too bare and make sure to incorporate colour. Avoid using too much text on my contents page and double page spread.

How will I apply this to my own work?

I will use a colour theme all the way through my magazine and use a small amount of images, and make my double page spread text concise and straight to the point.