Preliminary Task

This is my School magazine that I created on Photoshop using the Apple Macs. Above is the front cover of my School magazine. I am not pleased with the result as it does not look professional but there are a few things i like about it. Some of the features I do not like about the magazine cover, is the main image and the colour scheme. the main image is of an Alevel student at Lordswood girls that is really pleased with his results, it anchors the strapline to the left of his head 'Alevel results getting better each year', he is wearing a red and black shirt with a blue top underneath. His clothes do not match the black and yellow colour scheme, if i did it again and had more time to do the task i would make sure the costume was a plain colour so that it goes with the colour scheme. The lighting is quite bad and has made the models face look quite shiny, the picture could of been of a better quality with better lighting. The model is quite realistic and does look like a student that goes to the school, this would appeal to the target audience of students at Lordswood Sixth form because they will be able to relate to the model and will want to read the magazine. The model looks happy and really pleased with his results and is not giving the audience direct eye contact this shows that he is really pleased with his results and is an action shot of when he first saw them. The setting was in a school hall but i have put a mask over the background and added a black and white gradient, this mask did not go very well and did not give the overall look of the magazine a very professional edge. 

The mast head is 'Lordswood Sixth form' this would appeal to the target audience because its not for a specific gender or type of student its for all of the student. The colour black is gender neutral and the bold text will be appealing to a wide audience. I used an alliteration for the kicker 'Picture Perfect Prom' to grab the audiences attention with a short and quick line. All students especially the girls will want to see the prom pictures and it would appeal to the target audience because it is the fun part about being in Sixth Form and less of the educational side which gives a good balance. 

This is the second part of the Preliminary Task. Above is the contents page that I also created using photoshop. The topics for the content of the magazine would appeal to students at the Sixth form because they will be interested in the success of things like the basket ball academy. i do not like the overall look of this page because it does not look professional and when i was putting a mask over the background the effect looked messy and you can still see marks on the page. The photograph looks dark and the brightness of the page is brighter than the photograph.