Monday 24 September 2012

Preliminary Task

 
This is the contents page for my preliminary task, A school magazine. I have followed the house style from my front over setting a recurring theme for the rest of the magazine. I included photographs which are relevant to the stories in the magazine, this helps attract the audience to the magazine. For some of the images I had to brighten up the image however other than that I did not have to edit them, except making them smaller to fit on the page. I have included the social networking sites because of the popularity to my target audience (teenagers)

To improve on this task I would seperate my contents page into sections to make it easier to read and navigate. The pictures on the side could be edited to all have the same lighting as it looks odd because one is darker than the other. I would make the social networking sites smaller as they take up too much space which could be used for something else. Once again I would make it look more professional by basing it off a style model.









 

Preliminary Task



 

 
This is the front cover for my preliminary task, A school magazine. I have followed magazine conventions by using an image which would be correct for the genre, the striking image will attract the audience into wanting to read it. What is also striking about the front cover is the large, bold writing which gives an insight to what the main article in the magazine will be. I've also found the house style of the school logo by using blue, yellow and white, setting a house style for the rest of the magazine. The image on the front cover shows the head teacher smiling and seeming happy, this denotes the happy atmosphere of the school and also that the head teacher is friendly.

To improve on this task, I would make it look more professional by basing it off a style model, I would also have a better layout with some more complex attributes, showing off my photoshop skills.I would use more fonts inorder for various texts to stand out and catch the audiences attention.