Preliminary Task Content Page

Here is the contents page for the school/college magazine I designed. In the contents page I have kept the same colour theme continuing onto the contents page which was shown on the cover page of blue, black and white. Down the side of the page is the Masthead from the cover page displaying the name of the magazine 'Monkseaton Monthly' & at the top of the page is the title 'Contents'. Down the centre of the page are the articles that are featured within the magazine and what were also displayed on the cover page. The difference from the cover lines on the cover page & the articles on the contents page is that on the contents page they are displayed with numbers showing the reader what page each article can be found on. I have also kept the logo in the top left corner of the page just to add more colour to the page.

Preliminary Task Content Page Research

Here is the content page from the beauty magazine Dainty Flair. The contents page has a title at the top named 'Contents' and above that are the dates of the issue there are also two columns, one named 'Features' and the other named 'Beauty'. Features will be what is featured on the front cover of the magazine or regular articles featured within the magazine. Down each column is a list of page numbers, the page are positioned next to the article that is on that page, the page numbers are in larger lettering than the article title. The contents page looks very professional and on the right hand side of the contents page is some images of a woman using some beauty treatments, on the image is text linked to one of the articles, the use of images linked to the articles will make those articles seem of more importance to the reader.

Here is a contents page from the music magazine NME. Here they show the main article featured in this issue of the magazine in the middle of the page and then on the right hand side page they list all the other articles that are featured in this issue accompanied with page numbers.. This contents page looks completely different to the previous one. This magazine contents page doesn't look as business/professional as the previous magazine.

Preliminary Task School/College Magazine

Here is a draft of my first ideas of what my magazine could look like. On each of the cover ideas I have placed the masthead, sell line, cover lines & main cover line in different positions on each magazine to see which layout I liked the most. In the end I choose the cover with the masthead going down the side of the magazine.

After that I had thought of cover ideas I then decided on Masthead ideas, cover line ideas & sell line ideas. Once I had thought of a few different ideas for each I decided what I would be putting on the magazine cover. On the right hand side of the image is my final drawn image of what my magazine should look like.

After I had chosen which of the four covers I would be using I then made a draft of it on the computer using Microsoft publisher. The cover is very basic and doesn't yet contain any of the information such as the masthead name and cover lines etc. As this is only a draft of what the cover should look like it doesn't contain a colour scheme yet, which is going to match with the image. At this stage I hadn't yet taken an image so my colour scheme hadn't been decided.

Before I could decide on a colour scheme for my cover I took my photo of a student. I have to manipulate the image on a programme called Fireworks. The reason that I will have to manipulate the image is because the image was taken in the students house and therefore the background will not match with the school theme of the magazine. I'm going to crop the image so there is no background and have a white background to make the image standout more. The image will be placed in the centre of the magazine to draw attention to the magazine. In the image the student is wearing a blue school polo shirt so therefore I have decided that the colour scheme for my magazine will be white, blue and black.

Here is my magazine cover almost finished. The only thing that hasn't yet been added to the cover is the image of the student. The cover contains a masthead down the side of the magazine 'monkseaton monthly', there are four cover lines two of them are to do with the school and two are to do with general interest this would make the magazine more appealing. At the top of the magazine is the sell line 'Monkseaton's number one magazine' this is used to make people want to read the magazine. This magazine cover also doesn't yet contain the school logo which is shown in my hand drawn ideas for the magazine.

Here is my final version of my magazine cover. This version contains the final manipulated image of the student which is placed in the centre of the magazine This brings your attention to the magazine. To also draw attention I have used bright colours and all the lettering on the cover is in bold. In the top left corner I have placed the logo of the school to which the magazine is from, the logo was an idea in my hand drawn ideas of the magazine but wasn't added until the end. Another added feature to my magazine cover is on the right hand side which shows an offer for readers to be able to have a chance to win cinema vouchers, I think this would make the magazine seem more appealing.

Overall I think that the only aspects I would improve on this magazine cover would be the manipulation of the image, I would redo the cutting of the image to give it smoother edges. Although it isn't a vital aspect of the cover I would possibly add a bar code to the cover just to give a more realistic feel to the cover.



Preliminary Task Magazine Cover Research

This magazine cover is from a magazine published for the University of Surrey. The colour scheme for this magazine is pink, blue & white and is quite bright and eye-catching, this draws your attention to the magazine. The title of the magazine is "go" and is displayed in the top left corner, it is in big bold lettering. The cover also contains a large image of a student. The cover also shows some articles which are featured in the magazine such as "Get inspired", "Student living", "Team Building Exercise" and "Lets Talk About the Future" all of which are articles that should connect with a University student. This is a very academic magazine.

This is a magazine called "Campus Life" it is an American publication. This magazine has a colour scheme of black, white & red, although these are darker colours than the previous magazine it is still eye catching because of the contrasting colours. The mastead of this magazine shows the title "Campus Life" which is also displayed in big bold lettering. This magazine is less academic than the previous one, this magazine is based more on students general interests. This magazine contains articles such as "Gamers lounge", "Clothing You Shouldn't Live Without",  "Top 5 International Student Cities" & "The Lowdown on Birth Control Options". The magazine offers a chance to win an LG Shine, to make sure that this is noticed it is in a red circle & at eye level when looking at the magazine. This would be used to make the magazine seem more appealing.