For my Preliminary Task i had to produce a front cover and contents page for a magazine. I named my magazine Haydon Weekly. I had to make sketches of my magazine before i made it on Photoshop. This gave me a template of what i was going to make in photoshop.
After that i took photos for my magazine using my class mates as models and taking them around the school , taking more than i needed so i had a variety to choose from. I uploaded them onto my computer and chose the ones that i wanted to use for my magazine. I chose to do a full bleed for my front cover, the picture of two students wearing formal wear ,this goes with my sell line about the new uniform for Haydon sixth formers. I used plain and simple colours in my magazine sticking to purples and blues. These are unisex colours so not just a girl or a boy would want to buy it but both would. I didn’t use any more than three colours otherwise there is too much going on, on one page. I used the text ‘Myriad Pro’ throughout the page just changing the colour and the size of the text this is because it stands out against the background picture and is easy to read. I added a drop shadow to some of the sell lines and masthead to make them stand out against the background because of the many different colours in the full bleed. Secondly, i started to make my contents page i have used 2 photos out of the many i took. I cut out one and placed it in a place where i thought was appropriate. I have kept the colour scheme and the layout of the page very simple and i do not feel a contents page needs alot of information its just there to tell you what is there in the magazine. I have used the line tool to separate parts of my contents page, this making it look professional and keeping it neat. In the bottom right hand corner of the contents page i have added a ‘more in this week’ box, this is a black box with bright pink writing inside to make it stand out so people can clearly see what else is in the magazine that week.
