Task Brief

• As a class we were asked to create the front cover and contents page for a new school magazine, we were told to use a medium long shot of a student.

• I thought that this would be a fairly easy task as I knew how to use Photoshop but was aware that there may be some issues ensuring I adhered to the correct conventions.

Person on the front with a medium long shot showing the whole torso and head.

Small brief headings and stories to attract as many students and parents as possible.

Some sort of colour recognition to show a district feature on each magazine from every month or week.

The main eye piece being the person is in front of the title showing that he is more important and is meant to be the main center piece of the cover

This magazine goes for a slightly different approach and chooses more of an action shot for their front cover this shows there keen sports attitude.

The title is not in front or behind anything apart from the background making it seem less important than anything else but still quite clear bright so people see it.

Contents page is included I the front cover which is surprisingly effective and it is also in red and getting technical shows, compassion and danger. May be showing the school is very good and professional.

Logo and motto in the front cover so that people recognize distinct things that are related to the school.

What do you want from your school magazine?

• Comedy• Information• Revision tips• Facts about teachers• School changes like lunches

prices and new teachers• New clubs and activities• Fundraisers and events• Form behavior pints and

attendance

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I added an image that I took on my camera phone. I then cut it with an eraser tool, I made it so that it looked like the grey was the background to make the cover seem softer and cool.

I added very stereo typical blogger font and added stereotypical and unimaginative heading and stories that parents and the more studious students would be interested in.

I added the priory school logo to make the whole thing seem legitimate. I then added a stamp sort of ting in the middle to add some sort of knowledge of editing and understanding if Photoshop, I put exam and revision techniques and also added the students in all seeming happy and confident.

I made the students picture and the rest of the editing not touch because I thought it would be interesting to not be completely stereotypical of a normal magazine.

I made the backgrounf the same colour as the front to make it seem relatable and professional. The simplicity of using the priory school logo at the to again seemed like a no brainer for a school magazine.

I added the student with a full shot of the body and head, I decided this time that I would add him over the logo at the top to make him seem more important because a lot of the time you see this in the front and not the contents.

Again I added stories and headings that parents and studious children wouldn't’t mind taking a look at. I made it quote a short magazine to make it seem more realistic. I added the two companies that priory work with to make it seem more important I made them quite big not only to fill the page but also to make them seem more important, not more important that the student but more important that the logo and badge.

What I learnt from this task…

• I knew how to use Photoshop so I learnt…• Organize time• Follow conventions• Difficulty in organizing photo shoots.• The importance of layers• Colour used as a indicator of mood and genre.