Success criteria- Preliminary task

 

SUCCESS CRITERIA

Include-

· Generic conventions (bar code, price tag, date of publish etc)

· Representation of student, how they are portrayed

· Medium shot of student

· Difference in font types/sizes to make importance clear and emphasize foreground/background

· Simple background to make text clearer and student stand out

· Well organised layout/structure

· Stick to 3 main colours

· Include deals and information that will appeal to the target audience and advertise the magazine

· Use relevant props and costumes

· Use a ‘perfect student’ role model as the front cover

· Short headings

· Consistency between front page and cover page

Avoid-

· Obstructive overlaying

· Busy background

· Using font size irrelevant to importance

· Having no consistency between the front page and contents page

· Using no colour scheme

· Long headings

· Generic fonts

· Any explicit/offensive content that may offend your target audience

· Irrelevant topics that won’t interest your target audience

· Using clashing colours

· Un-professional editing of images

· Using irrelevant  backgrounds eg. A celebrity