Throughout the producing of my front cover and contents page of my school magazine there were several aspects which I found either easy or difficult. From the very first stages I had quite a clear image in my head as to what I wanted my magazine to look like, through inspiration of researching magazines, therefore I found this quite easy. I also found the choosing of my colour scheme quite easy to do as I tied it into the school logo colours of green and white. The front cover is bold and attractive with contrasting colours to make certain texts and areas stand out more than others. I found it much harder to pick a layout for my contents page and I wished I had researched more into these before I had started the preliminary task. Therefore my contents page isn’t as successful as I had wished it to be.
I found choosing and taking the images for my magazine quite tricky. I didn’t know how to take the main image, how it should be presented so for my main task I will look into camera angles and shots in much more detail so I can represent the image exactly how I wish to. I will also organise my time better and stick to the plan I make. Through this task I haven’t done things in the order they should be done so it has made things quite difficult, and I was improvising a lot without plans and templates.
If I was to research specially into school magazines I would have found the task much easier in the fact I would have known how they were layout out and what types of images and the types of information to go into the magazine. I would say my front cover is much more like a celebrity or music magazine than I school magazine.
To attract the audience to my magazine I tried to use contrasting colours so that the text stands out from the background. The main image on the front immediately attracts you to the page as it is central. I have used the left hand side of the page to write the main stories within the magazine which is the rule of the left 3rd. I have also used images to try and intrigue the audience as it will look more appealing. I used a skyline at the top of the page which could appeal to the audience and grab their attention from the start.
The only programs I have used whilst to produce my magazine are Publisher and Fireworks, therefore I haven’t really learnt much about the software I used. For my main task I will aim to use a much wider variety of programs and software to get the best potential. I will edit my photographs so they can be of a better quality and become much clearer.
I am pleased with the outcome of the task, as it was the first attempt so I am able to learn from this. The think the front cover of my magazine is much more successful that the contents page; I did spend longer on the front cover. However I don't think the front cover resembles a school magazine, just a magazine in general.
Overall for my main task, I will plan my time much more carefully and organise when to take my photographs and whom I shall be taking them off and doing what. This then gives me the advantage to know who I am to aim my audience at, which helps me to choose the colours and style of the magazine. I shall research a lot more into music magazines so then I have a clear image in my head as to what my magazine should include.
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