Preliminary task (Views on my magazine & what I have learned)

I think I have made a good first school magazine i for filled the critera that was given to me. With reasearch and planning I think it really gave me help in making it and will carry on to my Music magazine. I think i combined the house style (Rule of three colours as more can make it look messy) in my magazine well to the audience, giving it a authentic look without it looking to over the top, which i think will appeal to the audience. The magzine also includes lots of features that would appeal to the reader as a whole for example "competitions, reviews, jobs, school news" I also think i worked well with photoshop and fireworks for the first time without any previous knowledge of the software. for example editing my photos and slanting them. I also think I used the word processing software to a good standard and the effects within fireworks giving it a friendly look. Looking back I would have dulled down the colours and maybe of had a bigger picture on the front cover to attract the audinces attention. With this in mind it will give me a real idea what works in a music magazine and how to improve it.