Prelim Magazine Evaluation

Our first prelim task was to create an example of a school magazine front cover and contents page, both pages had to be produced in Photoshop to reflect some knowledge of the basics in this program. The front cover had to include a mast head, a mid-shot photography, and appropriate and positioned text.  

Before we created our magazines we had to sketch out the initial ideas and create a colour scheme. The colour scheme I chose was light blue, navy and white (shown in colour in the sketches). I chose these colours because they go well together. My magazine was aimed at an audience of 14-18 year olds and targeted as a general interest magazine. For my contents page I kept a minimalist feel so that the reader could focus on the articles, which I chose in order to appeal to the general interests of most students.

The picture I took for the front cover was of someone holding their GCSE results and looking upset because of their grades. I chose this image because it reflects the main article of the magazine "How are your results". For this image I edited the background out of Photoshop using the magic rubber tool, this was to improve the look of the picture and help the text to stand out on the front page.