Unit 1- Preliminary Task Presentation

Masthead

Selling Line

Main Cover Line

Strap Lines

Cover lines +Strap lines

(Similarities)

Footer

Barcode

Eyes in top 3rd

Both images MCU

(Differences)

Pugs/Puffs

Masthead onLeft side

Visible Price

Image right justified

Image centralised

Masthead acrossTop

Cover lines/Strap lines onleft

Cover lines/strap linesOn right

On the magazine front page I created, I used 1 main image which is a medium close up image like on the front of ‘four four two’. Unlike FFT my masthead is in the top left of my front cover. I also used a consistent colour scheme throughout. The colours I have used are purple, white and turquoise. I used the purple because that is the main colour of the college logo. I used the white and turquoise as they stand out from the rest of the features on the page. This keeps a theme to the magazine. On the cover of FFT there is a clear main cover line so I went for the same idea on mine. My main cover line has been made bigger than all the other cover lines to make it clear that this is the main feature in the magazine. This will also help the reader deicide if they want to buy the magazine or not. I used smaller cover lines as well. They also all have strap lines underneath. These add more information to the cover lines so the reader knows exactly what they are getting. I also used a footer on my front cover like on FFT. This gives the reader information about what is contained in the magazine.

Page name

(Similarities)

Foreword

Sub-Titles

Images

Page Numbers

(Differences)

Logo in corner

More images

Coloured background

Quote

On the magazine contents page I created I decided to split the page into 2 by having the logo and images on the left and the text on the right. This makes the page easy to understand and readers won’t get confused looking at it. Kerrang magazine contents also use this idea of splitting the page in 2 but they have images on both sides. Another idea I went for was the way I set out my images. I made them overlap as it looks attractive and will appeal to the reader when they see it. Kerrang use larger images on their page for the same reason. On my page I chose to have the logo as it makes the page look professional. However kerrang have not done this with their page. I also used sub headings on my page as this separates each section within the magazine and makes it easily understandable for the reader.

The 2 technologies I used to create my magazine were AdobePhotoshop and Adobe in design. I learnt about many features within these programs. For example in photoshop I learned about all the features on the toolbar. The main features I used on the toolbar were the text and crop buttons. These were easy a simple to use but were both very effective in creating my magazine. Another important tool I used in photoshop was the stroke tool found in the fx button. This added an outline to the text to make it stand out from the background image.

Some of the features I used in InDesign played an important role in creating the contents page to my magazine. One of these was the square tool. This helped me import vital images that I needed onto my contents page. Another feature was the eye dropper tool. This helped me get the same colours as on my front page to keep a consistent colour scheme Square tool

Eyedropper toolStroke tool

Fx button