Analysing Previous Student Work

Name of Magazine	Strengths	Weaknesses	Grade I awarded and reason
Image	The design of the pull-quote is very professional and different. Stayed consistent with house-style; it stands out. Images are professional. Logo is professional and recognisable. Photoshop/editing on images is done well. Professional and clear layout. Good sized density of the article.	Red lines clash with the cover-line. Scan-box has no place on the cover- more realistic to be in contents. Double-page spread has standard font. Page numbers are inconsistent. Bad grammar. Drop-caps needs to be lower. Background very plain/too solid- texture could be added. Double-page spread hasn’t got an anchor. Could have used an anchor.	B
The Booth	The font of the title is unique and interesting. Likewise, the Masthead is an interesting font. Questions are bolded to be clear. Drop-letter is in a clear place.	Most of the font is very basic, unappealing and not interesting at all. Extremely bad photoshop. Page numbers could be in order.	D
Strobe	Interesting font on contents page	Everything else Poor font on front cover Title unclear Pixelated images Bad photoshop Huge barcode Punctuation and grammar	D

What have I learned from looking at last year’s student work?

I have learned that I have to pay close attention to details, whether that be taking the photo, editing the photo and checking all spelling, punctuation, grammar. I know I should focus on this because it can take away easy marks, potentially dropping marks.

How will I apply this to my own work?

By paying more attention to all the details and going over it multiple times to make sure there are no mistakes in the articles, on the images and on the essential information.