Magazines: Magazine cover production learner response

1) Add your finished magazine cover as a JPEG image.

2) Type up your feedback from your teacher. If you've received this by email, you can copy and paste it across - WWW and EBIs.

WWW:

 This is a very good front cover that is not far off the professional standards we’re looking for. The image is effective and feels like a Men’s Health cover shot. The language of the cover lines also feels appropriate for Men’s Health too and the colour scheme is consistent across the cover which is another nice design touch. With a few additional elements, this could approach the professional standards required for A/A*. 

EBI:

 This is close to an A grade – it’s just the overall design finish that falls slightly short of professional standards. You are also missing a few conventions – date, price – and the text feels crammed in at points (e.g. ‘Nothing beats pure muscle’ in the top left). It’s good to see you’ve used a drop shadow to make the text more legible in places but I wonder if the layout of the cover lines could be a little more professional (e.g. there’s a lot of empty space across the bottom of the magazine cover whereas it feels squeezed in other places).

3) Consider your mark against the mark scheme above. What are the strengths of your production based on the the mark scheme? Think about magazine cover conventions and the media language techniques you have used to communicate with your audience (e.g. mise-en-scene, camera shot etc.)

My magazine communicates clear meaning due to the clear understanding of my cover lines 

4) Look at the mark scheme again. What can you do to move your mark higher and, if required, move up a level?

By making the Poster original including all the cover lines. This is because the brief highlighted that it must be completely a new idea for it to reach an A grade or A*

5) What would be one piece of advice you would give a student about to start the same magazine cover project you have just completed?

Read the brief properly and fully understand what the poster needs to consist as it may loose marks if one aspect is not involved.