Preliminary task.

For my Preliminary task, my objective was to create a school or college magazine aimed at the age of my choice. I decided to target 6th formers (year 12 and 13). I had to take into consideration the house style of the magazine and how I would correspond with my target audience. To do this, I chose to take a picture of two female 6th formers, which I then cropped down to one:

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I then edited the picture further by adjusting the brightness and contrast. Doing this made the picture clearer and made the sun in the top left hand corner bathe over the model:

After editing the picture, I drafted different mastheads to see which on I thought was the most effective. It had to be big and stand out from a distance, not to mention matching my house style correctly. Here are some of the things I came up with:

 

This is the design I decided to use:

I chose this design because it appeared to be the most aesthetically pleasing. To make it stand out a bit more, I added a shadow underneath, making it appear more clear.

My next challenge was creating cover lines which would be easy to read and, again, match my house style. I also had to try and integrate different style fonts. Here are some of my cover lines:

"LETS REVISE
10 top tips on how to revise effectively for those dreaded exams!"

"GAP YEAR HELP
Information and guidance about your gap year."

Once I had created the cover lines, I placed them on my front cover and I was on my way to finalisation. Here is my magazine at that stage:



















To make students want to buy the magazine, I inserted an eye-catching red banner across the bottom of the page. Along with this, I placed a star at the end of it with the price of the magazine on top. The banner reads:
"Win, win, win with our competitions!"
And the puff says:"Only £1.50!"
Offering competitions with prizes is an effective way of getting people to buy the magazine.
Here is my completed front cover:

Positive feedback:
"Front cover is great, i love the lighting;
really eye catching."
Negative feedback:
"Ensure the puffs and coverlines are clear from a distance"

Both pieces of feedback from the teacher has helped me. In the main task, I will be sure to look out for things appearing clear on the page.

After my front cover was complete, I had to make a mock up of a contents page. I hand drew a draft as displayed below:

I then transferred the drawing onto the computer using DTP, and this is how it turned out:



















Positive feekback: "striking
good colour scheme"

Negative feedback: "could be more interactive with the reader"

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