Preliminary Task: Front Cover and Contents Page

For my preliminary task I was asked to make a college magazines front cover and contents page. This is the front cover that I created for the college magazine, I hade this based on the flat plan that I created previously.

I have used a main sell line and sell lines that I thought would be appropriate for a college magazine. 

For the sell lines I used things that are appropriate and I thought students would like to read further into. Because I included sell lines that I think students would be interested in this makes it more likely that students will pick up a copy of the magazine.

Also on the front cover I included a competition to win an IPad, I did this because it again will intrigue students into reading the magazine. I knew that an IPad will be a suitable prize as students like to be up to date with technology, but they don't always like having to spend the money on buying the newest technology, so a chance to win a prize like this will be exciting for them.

When creating this front cover I applied the knowledge that I had learnt when looking at music magazine front covers. I looked at the conventions that had been used in music magazines and applied the ones that I thought would be appropriate for creating this college magazine.

When creating the contents page for the college magazine I applied the knowledge that I had previously learnt when looking at the conventions of a magazines contents page. I applied the conventions that I thought would be appropriate for the genre of the magazine that I was creating.

When creating my contents page I used some of the images that I had taken along the side as I thought if I didn't include any photos then the page would be boring and plain, I also inlcuded the corresponding page numbers for the pictures.

When creating the articles for the magazine I thought of things that a student might want to read and will be interested in. When doing this I also made sure that the pictures released to the article titles.

I included the date at the top of the page so the reader know which issue of the magazine this is. I also included a smaller version of the meathead, but this time I put it at the top right hand side of the page. I included the masthead so it ties the magazine together and so it doesn't look mismatched.