Preliminary task

Magazine front cover and contents page (product)

Header/logo – top left so it’s visible on a magazine shelf

Buzz words “#1” and “TOP 10” in large font to attract attention

Main image/ central focal point is a student – representative of target audience

Simple colour scheme of red/white/black – represents age of target group - mature

Semantic field of college lexis – “student,” “education,” “term.”

Genre: student fashion/ lifestyle magazine

Audience: Students ages 16-19

Buzz words in the Plugs to attract the audience.

There is no main image as I was not confident/ experienced enough with Photoshop to edit one to size in time for the deadline.

Masthead – I played around with the design/ style of the masthead and ended with this. The font matches that on the FC.

Page numbers juxtaposed to the titles of each feature – as seen in my research – to make it clear what page each one is on, and to make certain that the contents page meets its purpose.

Page number at the bottom – meets the conventions of a magazine.

Colour scheme matches that of the FC

The content is all/ mostly college related – representing the target audience, theme and genre. “UCAS… Lecturer… University”

Evaluation• There are obviously a lot of things I would have changed if

given the chance regarding my preliminary task. • My lack of technical ability with the software (Photoshop

and InDesign) prevented me from creating a front cover and contents page that one would expect to see published. Therefore I now know I need to spend some time practising using the software so when it comes to my actual production I can confidently produce a realistic music magazine.

• I think I got the main elements in though (inspired by my research) and it was useful in helping me develop the necessary skills required to design and create my final piece.