Preliminary Task: Cover And Contents

Here are both my cover and contents pages, I believe they are similar enough for someone to see they match, and therefore the preliminary task was a success.

Preliminary Task: Contents Page

This is the contents page for the school magazine, I begun by choosing a background colour, I had to take into consideration using the same colours so that it would match the theme of my front cover. I also used the same fonts, and effects on the text here as I did on the front cover. I tried to use a similar layout too, I accomplished this by inserting the school logo in the same place as the front cover, as well as using the same student in the photo. I split the contents page into thirds, this was done so that more text could be used, and I believe it makes it look more professional. Once I had the images and text in the correct places, I adjusted the exposure, added a drop shadow and stroke to the pictures, I believe this is effective as it makes the pictures stand out from the page. The text used was also adjusted, by adding a drop shadow and stroke to it I think the text is easier to read and overall looks better for the page.

Preliminary task : Finished Front Cover

This is the finished front cover for my school magazine. After making the image lighter I decided to add the text. I used many different layers so that each bit of text can be separate colours, and have different effects. I then added the pictures of the school badge, and the film club poster. I had to change the exposure of the film club poster so it can be read easily. I finished by adding the bar code to the bottom left, so that the front cover looks more genuine.

Preliminary task : Changing The Exposure

I had to change the brightness of the picture, so I clicked on "exposure" and changed the level so the whole image was lighter, as the original was rather dark. I believe this image is more affective for a front cover now as it looks brighter.

Preliminary task : Original Photo

This is the original picture I took for the front cover of my school magazine.

Preliminary Task: Cover And Contents

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.