The front cover of my school magazine

does follow most of the codes and

conventions for a magazine. Some of

these codes and conventions involve ;

one main image which dominates the

cover. The image is of a medium close

up, which I have followed for my

magazine cover.

Also I have followed the codes and

conventions by using a masthead, a main

cover line which is normally located in a

larger text which I have done so.

However some codes and conventions

were not follow such as barcodes, website

address, free gifts offers, etc. If I was to re-

create this front cover page again I would

make sure I would include these to make

the cover not look so empty.

To create my front cover, I used specific

software to make my front cover look

more professional. I used Photoshop to

create the front cover. As I inserted the

photo and then inserted text, which then

I edited to make the cover unique. Also

the different tasks done for the task, I had

to use prezi.com and other different

types of slideshow software’s.

Looking at my magazine front cover I can see

strengths but I can also see weaknesses which

could be improved.

Strengths being my main image is of the correct

size as a medium close up. Also I think my title is

a strength point as I have made it as my own,

with shadowing behind.

However some of my weaknesses are is that I

could have included more cover lines as the

cover looks a bit bare.

In my school magazine contents page,

same as front cover, I have followed a

selection of codes and conventions to

follow.

Some of these include, there is one main

image and a number of smaller images,

contents in laid out in columns, word

contents is at the top, category headings

e.g. regulars and features. There are also

more codes and conventions I had

followed. Some codes and conventions I

didn’t follow that I should have done are,

page numbers on images to anchor the

image with the text, sometimes images

have captions on.

To create my contents page, I used a

professional software package called

Quark express, which is used by all major

magazine companies. I think quark was

suitable to use as it was very easy to use

once shown and it had all the tools

needed to create the contents page.

There are both strengths and weaknesses in my contents page.Strengths to this piece of work is the quality and layout of the images used and also the colour scheme is appropriate and relevant.Weaknesses include the amount of white space and there should be more text on the page. To improve this I would have to think of some more articles to add in.