Preliminary Task - Front Cover and Contents

For my Preliminary Task, I have created a Front Cover and Contents Page for a College Magazine on Microsoft Publisher.

 

Front Cover

 

 

 

 

Contents Page

 

 Evaluation:
 

 Strengths: For my magazine, I took appropriate images from around the college for on both my front cover and contents page which I will also do for my next magazine. I have also used key conventions usually found in a magazine which makes the magazine look more professional. My target audience was college students, therefore I used coverlines and stories that I feel would be relevant to them/interest them. When making the magazine, I tried to use a variety of colours which proves affective for the target audience, however, for my music magazine this will be used but to a toned down extent due to the audience.

Weaknesses/Improvements: The fonts that I used are too 'plain' and by using different/more aesthetically pleasing fonts which will overall improve the look of my magazine - along with draw everything together instead of making it look out of place. In parts I have consistent use of capital letters and in other parts I have not; therefore, I need to make my use of capital letters consistent to make the magazine look more professional. In addition to using different fonts, for my contents page I could add text over the images to draw everything in together.