My Prelimary Task - Front Cover Of College Magazine

This is my final idea for a college magazine front cover. I did a photo shot, and this the image i decided to use of my friend Jenny. It is a medium shot of her, i used the rules of composition and i took the shot with her slightly to the right of the shot so that i could fit my heading and features around her. I decided to use a background rather than a studio as it is a college magazine so i thought it was appropriate to include a background so that the target audience can relate to the image and the surroundings.

I named the magazine B.S.F MAG as it's target audience are students at Brigg Sixth Form so i used the initials of our college then i shortened the word Magazine to Mag so it was three letters as the initials plus by making the word shorter i thought it would stand out to the target audience more because modern day teenagers like to shorten and change word because of the new generation of 'text' language.

I then decided on my two main colours for my magazine; i decided black because it's bold and stands out most over an image then i decided light purple and one my Image Jenny wore purple so it links the image to the lettering. I made the name of my Magazine into a logo and coloured 'B.S.F' in black and 'MAG' in purple, then the slogan of the magazine ' THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO COLLEGE' I wrote under the title and i used the same colour scheme but this time i did it the opposite way around so that it stood out more and the black and purple were together and complimented each other.

For My features i wrote them Down the Side of my image and the words i wanted to stand out the most i wrote in capitals and in purple and the other words i wrote in lower case and in black so they stood out but not as much. Then finally i added the Issue number under the slogan and added a bar code to the bottom right corner to make it look more effective and like a magazine.

My college magazine contents page

I haven't got the the basic skills yet for photoshop so i found this task very difficult to do and there for it is not finished to a standard i would like.

Here is my contents page i would add more features than that and also i would have an image of the front page on it to refer too.

Second Mock Up For College Magazine

Second mock up for college magazine. I firstly decided that i would have a coloured bar across the top to have the magazine slogan in so it stood out.
I decided that the name of the magazine would go at a slant and the main feature of the magazine would go at the same angle. The other features of the magazine would go alone the bottom of the page.
The picture would fill the whole page but i would take the picture so the main focus of the shot was to the right of the page so i could fit my features and title around it. I would then put the Bar code in the bottom right corner.

College Magazine - Mock up Design

Here Is My First Mock Up Of A College Magazine. I firstly decided that the name of the magazine would go at the top and to a slant i thought one side of the title could be bigger than the other to create the effect that one side is nearer than the other. I thought it would make my magazine look different and stand out on the shelf.
I then decided that i would have a picture in the centre with the main focus of the image in the middle of the page. Then i would have my towards the bottom of the page i would put the at different slants to keep in keeping with the title. i would then put the bar code on the right hand side under the title.

Research Into Front Cover Designs and Content Pages for my College Magazine.

Here I have decided to look at Existing products. Above is a contents page from the Magazine; 'First Car'. The Content page is a single page, it has the title 'Contents' in the top left hand side of the page it is written in a font that is continued throughout the whole content page for the subheading. Below the title there is five pictures of different articles from the magazine. Four of the pictures are equal in size and the other is much bigger as it is the main feature of the magazine and it is also the same story as on the front cover. On each picture there is a number, which is the page respectfully the article or feature is on and under the picture there is a little subheading and a little summary of the article.
Then alone the right side there is a long white rectangle and it has different heading in it of different topics in the magazine and these heading are in different coloured boxes, and below them are the different page numbers and articles to go with each particular topic.
The in the bottom right corner there us a section called 'Meet The Team' and it has 4 little pictures and the names of the editors and writers of the magazine. The main colour scheme for the content page is black and white as they complimentary colours.



The above image is of the front cover of the magazine 'First Car' the title of the magazine is located in the top left hand corner of the page, the lettering is white which stands out off the darkness of the background of the picture.
The picture is of the main features of the magazine an interview with the cast of a popular TV show called 'The Inbetweeners' they are the main focus point of the magazine. The main feature title 'The Inbetweeners Interview inside' is coloured in two different colour ways, the words "The" "interview inside" are in black and white which matches the logo of the magazine in the top left hand corner, the word "Inbetweener" is written in black and yellow to make that word stand out the most as it is the name of the TV programme. The black and yellow matches the other written of the features on the front cover.

Along the bottom of the magazine is three pictures of other features in the magazine and under the photographs is the title of the feature and a little bit about it.

Across the top of the page there is a white bar with black writing with other features in the magazine on, this is effective and really stands out it almost frames the top of the page.