At the beginning were allocated a preliminary
task in which we were to create a college magazine which consisted of a cover
page and a contents page. During this we learnt how to use Photoshop and
InDesign and we used our cases studies as a guidance to create the front cover
and contents page. I used Photoshop to create my front cover.
There are a few things I like about
my front cover and there are things I believe I could've improved. One thing I believe I did well was to
stand out as I choose my magazine to be themed "Fashion week" for a
college magazine which believes is very creative. I am really happy with my
cover model as she captures the real essence of a real model even thought she's
a model. The model looks fierce and she is looking directly at camera.
I took the photo outside in my local park because of the natural lighting.
My original photo was a long shot of the model which shows her
outfit and body language as a whole, however after being told I by my
teacher that it doesn't fit the conventional magazine structure
of a magazine I had to zoom in, after
zooming the photo became pixalleted and blurry. This diminishes the
quality of the image. This made my magazine look very unprofessional which
would result to the target audience not attracted to it.
Another thing I really like about
my front cover is the how the maste head wraps around the models head; to get
that effect I used Photoshop. On Photoshop I type the Masthead on the layer of the
photo, I then zoomed in and slowly erase, the letter edges to create the effect
of the model standing in front of the maste head.
My magazine doesn’t follows the traditional colour
scheme however the colours is used in my magazine compliment each other very
well, and fits in with the back ground and the natural lighting of the sunset
on the face of the model.
One thing I think I could’ve
improved on were my cover lines as they were creative but not very effective In
terms of being appealing. My cover line is not very detailed and very short
which decrease the value of my magazine. I was unable to add puffs/flash or due
to lack go organisation skill
Overall I believe that this preliminary
task was very useful as I can use it as an example on what nit to do when making
a magazine and also it show me that I need to put more effort in my ideas as
they are very creative but with effort they are not effective
