How does your prelim represent particular social groups?
I think my prelim represents a very sophisticated and hard working members of the student community that are studying textiles. This is because the colour palette used on my prelim is slick and on a neutral end of the colour palette. The colours are the major thing that sets this design up to be a representative of this social group, this is because if the colours were more bright and playful it would have brought down the tone of the magazine being more upmarket and elegant than the traditional school magazine.
Who would be the intended audience for your product?
The intended audience for my preliminary magazine would be textiles students from Lutterworth College, I have tried to make my magazine as professional as possible and also as creatively different as I can make it because textiles students are generally very 'out there' and also like to be a bit daring; I know this from experience. So hopefully judging by this knowledge I can conclude that the majority of textiles students would want to purchase this magazine because it would give them information about what the current news within the department is.
How did you attract/ address your audience?
I feel as though I could have done a better job in attracting my audience more because I would have preferred to use more brighter colours, or at least use a lighter background colour on both the front cover and the contents page. However in saying this, I was pleased with the general design of the magazine and I really like the use of the border around the edges of the front cover as I think it looks quite different and interesting compared to usual magazines. Also the typeface I used throughout the magazine was something that was important in attracting my audience because I wanted it to look professional and quite simple but still thought through and easy to read, and take in the information. The one thing I would change to possibly attract a wider audience would be the colour palette because it is something that I feel doesn't really work within the magazine.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt how to use photoshop hopefully to a level that will be able to help me during the actual task I have been set. I have learnt about how to put images onto photoshop and how to edit them to get them to the size that I would like them to be on the magazine. Also I have learnt how to add text and also the different ranges of fonts that I am able to use, however when it comes to creating my actual magazine I will be using a font from websites such as 'dafont' and '1001 fonts' because they are more original fonts that will look more professional on my final design. Also I have learnt how to create different sized paper on photoshop to give me a smaller or bigger working area and this has been helpful depending on what aspect I am doing for the magazine (whether it is the front cover or double page spread).
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