My magazine cover and contents page

By Abbie Cardy

Conventionality

Masthead in bold so that it is clear what company it is made by.

Headline of magazine so that people know what it is about.

Cover line to show a main article that is in the magazine.

Plug telling you about some of the contents of the magazine.

The style of my magazine is red and black.

Feature article photograph to attract attention to the main article of the magazine.

The magazine has a formal tone.

How I started my cover.

To make my front cover I firstly created my feature article photography. I did this by taking an image in front of a green screen. By doing this it made it easier for me to erase the background using the magic eraser tool. I found that doing this worked well as it got rid of the green background quick and easily.

After that I used the rectangle tool so that I could edit the colour of my background.I then used the paint bucket tool to add colour to

my background.I chose to make the background red as I feel it makes the magazine eye catching and stand out on the shelf.

Continuing to make my magazine

I started by creating my Masthead and puff, “The ultimate school”. I did this by using the text tool to add the text and then edited the font, size and colour. This worked well as I feel it stands out so you can see what company the magazine is made by.

I also used the text tool to right my headline, cover line and plug. I used the same font in on all the text except the headline. I feel this makes it stand out so you can easily see what that addition of the magazine is about.

I kept to the theme of black and red on my front cover as I feel they contrast well so the text is easy to see as well as they look eye catching.

By choosing to use an image of a happy student, it means that the tone of the magazine looks happy and shows pride in the students.

My contents page

On my contents page I used three images to expand on what the text says. This make sit look more interesting and also makes it easy to find an article you are interested in looking at.

I used the text tool again to write what articles are in the magazine and also added what page numbers the articles were on so that the customer can find the articles easily.

I used the text tool to write the issue number of the magazine as well as the title of the page “contents”.

What would I improve

If I as to remake my magazine, I would of added a background image to my front cover instead of just a block colour. By doing this is feel that the cover would look more interesting and professional. I would make sure that the text was still clearly visible against the background so that it is easier to read.

I would also make changes to my contents page if I was to do it again. I would put the article titles into columns so that it looks more professional and organised. Id also add more article titles so that it is easier for the reader to find an article that they want to read.

As well as this I would take better quality pictures to put on my contents page as they could look better quality.