Marking feedback

Production of Magazine	Complete?	Comments
Conventions of magazines used ·         Masthead? ·         Feature story? ·         Sell lines? ·         Price? ·         Barcode? ·         Main image/range of images? ·         Colour?	YES	Excellent sell lines, could have changed the layout slightly to follow conventions more closely. Feature story unclear – usually links to central image. Good main image, usually edited more heavily on PS (eg lassoed and super imposed rather than whole page shot. Excellent use of fonts, banners and barcode.
Font ·         Reflects audience? ·         Reflects purpose? ·         Readable? ·         Links pages together?	YES	Fonts reflect teenage audience well, purpose is clear and all are legible. Links to pages not usually in numerical order.
Sell lines ·         Clear? ·         Grammatically correct? ·         Appropriate to task? ·         Sufficient number? ·         Based on research?	YES	All sell lines have been excellently chosen. Layout slightly off convention, otherwise fantastic.
Photos ·         Have ‘photo plan’ on blog? ·         Framed a shot including and excluding elements as appropriate? ·         Used a range of shot distances? ·         Shooting material appropriate to task? ·         Considered mise en scene- lighting, colour, model, objects and setting? ·         Manipulate photo through cropping and resizing? ·         Photos are good quality?	YES	Photo plan complete with good detail, not all adhered to in actual shoot. Variety of shot types but work could be done on angle and lighting. Mise-en-scene thought about to an extent but should be a focus for main task. More manipulation of photos would improve work for main task
Layout ·         Follows convention of a magazine? ·         Content evenly spaced? ·         Photos and font blend well together? ·         Reflects content?	YES	More research to be done into layout to improve work. Masthead and banner good, work on images and sell lines, particularly on contents pg.
House style ·         Colours reflect purpose? ·         House style used throughout? ·         Fonts matched well? ·         Pictures reflect brand?	YES	Although your colours reflect purpose and link to RHS colours the addition of extras on CP detract from House style. Fonts are well chosen and although they don’t match this is clearly for effect and works well. Pictures are well chosen, should be manipulated further in final piece.
Student Comments: Thank you for my feedback! For my music magazine I will keep the layout to conventions. I will also do more research in order to improve my work. Another thing I will change is keeping the main image linked to main sell line.