George Silke

Magazine Evaluation

From doing my research on various different magazines, I learnt about how they were set out. I created a PowerPoint that included magazines that fitted my chosen target audience. This included Xbox magazine, Empire magazine and various different sports magazines. This PowerPoint also included magazines that are aimed at a female audience and magazines that are aimed at children. This was so I could get a wider perspective on what different magazines did to appeal to their target audience. I took my inspiration from many different magazines that were aimed at a male audience. The ages of the males in this audience were twenty to thirty. I made my magazine for this audience because when I did my research I discovered that most film magazines are aimed at this age group. I took most of my inspiration from Empire magazine.

As the production of my magazine continued, I started to make different creative decisions. I started to experiment with the different layers and how to lay them out. I found it difficult to format my contents page. To make it more presentable I used the grid tool to help me line up all of the different text boxes. I also used the grid tool when I was creating my double page spread. This was very useful for this part of the assessment because it helped me line up all of the columns of text and the pictures in a presentable way.

I took some of my inspiration from Empire magazine so my magazine follows the forms and conventions of film magazines quite closely. The way my magazine is set out and formatted is similar to various issues of

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empire magazine. I also took some inspiration from empire magazine when I was creating my double page spread. The way I organised the text and the pictures is similar to how it’s set out in Empire magazine. The way I organised the different columns of text is similar to how all genres of magazines do it.

I think that my finished magazine turned out well. Out of the three aspects of the magazine that I created, I think that the front cover turned out the best. I used my knowledge of magazine cover conventions and applied it well to the front cover of my magazine. I used a wide variety of different fonts and colours to make the front cover of my magazine stand out. The magazine front cover focuses on Iron Man and Thor. These two characters would appeal to males aged 20-30 because they are in the Marvel movies. The Marvel movies are mainly action/sci-fi movies. These movie genres mainly appeal to male audiences. This is why I believe that I have achieved my goal of making a magazine cover that fits my chosen target audience.