preliminary task

Preliminary Task



For our preliminary task we had to create a school magazine cover. In order to do this successfully I firstly needed to do some research into previous magazine covers, and school magazine covers particularly in depth.




Whilst exploring the different magazines already made, this one instantly captured my attention due to its professional format.
By having the text surround the image and not overlap, makes the cover look very clear and organised. I adapted this into my own magazine.

Another intriguing feature of this cover is the colour scheme. The colours purple and black, presumably the iconic school colours, not only looks professional as they are very calm colours but also portrays a more mature business style look. I again interpreted this into my own magazine by sticking with red and black, my school colours

This cover is very different to 'The Griffin', as the text is overlapping on the photo making it very busy and confusing to read. This was beneficial for me to see as my first initial ideas on making my own cover had lots of overlapping of image and text, which would have been very ineffective.

Also, a colour scheme has been attempted to be used, however has not been successful as it does not stand out against the back ground. This was useful to see as it shown me how without the right background and a complimentary colour scheme the magazine will not look as effective.

Constructing my magazine cover-

Firstly planned what the basic structure of the magazine cover would look like. I knew I wanted to have a bold heading and very clear eye catching sell lines surrounding a mid-shot of a student at Southfield.









Secondly I captured the image. This is a long mid-shot, however I edited this into a mid-close up as I felt it added depth to the cover as the student fulfilled the page more. Also I edited  the colours in this photograph, effectively giving it a more warm feel.

This is my final draft.

As you can see the outcome is extremely similar to the plan, which means the previous research into school magazine covers was very useful. I made a few changes whilst developing the cover, such as adding barcodes and official school logos to the bottom.