Analysing Previous Student Work

Rockhound:

Strengths -

• A large range of pictures are included in this magazine which provides a somewhat good aesthetic.
• This magazine contains a consistent font style and choice of colours which helps strengthens the magazine's sense of brand identity.

Weaknesses -

• Although there are multiple images used, the quality of the images are pretty poor which results in the overall aesthetic of the magazine having a poor quality.
• The front cover of the magazine has a very different style to all of the other pages which ruins the brand identity the creators of this magazine were attempting to build.

I would award this magazine with a grade C because of the largely consistent style throughout all of the pages with exception to the front cover which largely stands out. There's a good variety of images used in this magazine, however they are of mediocre, at best, quality.

Reckless:

Strengths -

• This magazine demonstrates an effective use of the double page spread and a good main article with relevant images.

Weaknesses -

• The images used throughout this magazine are very distorted and have a bad overall quality.
• The masthead on the front cover of this image appears very distorted and severely damages the aesthetic of the front cover.
• There's no consistency with the font and colours used throughout this magazine which results in the magazine having no overall theme.

I would award this magazine a grade E because of the lack of overall theme. This magazine also contains some very distorted images which have a very poor quality.

D.I.R.T:

Strengths -

• This magazine has a consistent font style which establishes a brand identity and keeps a good consistency throughout the pages.
• I was impressed by the contents page aesthetic which contained good quality images and a very clear and consistent theme.

Weaknesses -

• This magazine does not contain a large variety of images which results in some of the pages appearing dull and therefore the space on the pages is not being used very effectively.
• The style of the magazine is quite dull and colourless overall.

I would award this magazine a grade D because of the lack of image variety and dull theme. This magazine however does have a consistent font style and a good contents theme aesthetic.

From looking at previous student work I have discovered the importance of having a consistent font style and theme so a brand identity is established. The quality of images is also key to showcase an overall high quality magazine. I will be sure to not make the same mistakes previous students have made by taking high quality images and applying them effectively as well as deciding on a font style and colour to use throughout the magazine.