AS Reflection Task

This is my AS coursework. I can see many Strengths and weaknesses with my work.

Strengths 

- My magazine follows the same colour scheme and house style throughout which makes it look professional and original. I used black and white shirt on the front cover to make it match my house style. Also the sunglasses are black to match this colour scheme. The genre I was trying to capture was 'alternative rock' and 'indie rock'. 

- I used 3 fonts throughout the three different pages. I researched other magazines like 'NME' and 'Rollingstones magazine' to see how these mainstream mags use font. In Both, they only use a maximum of 3 different fonts. I done the same and I think it made the pieces look professional and give it a classic look.

Weaknesses

- The layout of my contents page didn't come out as good as I hope it would. I had trouble working out how to lay everything out. I don't like the finished product because its unoriginal and not very creative. I wanted it to be easy to use so the user can find the content he or she wants fast but I feel that the contents page doesn't achieve this goal.

- The images in all three are not consistent in house style. The main image on the front cover is in colour while the double page spread image isn't. 
- The house style is very bland and boring if you don't like that kind of approach. This house style is targeted at a very specific group of people that enjoy that kind of artsy style.