This is my preliminary task.

1. Brief
I have produced a school based magazine
to show students and parents what is
going on with in the school and how much
progress it is making.

2. Initial Ideas
My initial idea was to make a magazine
which helped show younger students
about there future at salts and what it is
that the are going to experience in future
school life. Whilst making the magazine
my Photoshop skills had improved
massively

3. Conventions of a magazine
Cover Lines Main Cover Line
Mast Head •Cover lines tell readers •This tends to be very
•The title of a magazine is what the main stories of large and takes up about
also known as a mast head. the magazine are. a quarter of the front
•The title is what drags the •This are kind of like the cover.
attention of passing people. masthead being bold and •It tends to e around the
•It tends to be big, bright bright but doesn’t tend to main images shoulder.
and bold so that it is eye be as large.
catching.
Bar Code Left Third
•Standard bar code used •The left third of the
Main Image by retailers. magazine cover is vital for
•The main image will
•These can be put any
always be large so that sales in shops where the
where on the front cover. magazine is not shown
it stands out on the
news stand or wherever full-frontage. The title must
it is sold. Date Line be easily recognisable in a
•The person on the main •Month and year of display of dozens of
image will be looking publication, often with the competitors.
directly at the camera as price. •The start of the masthead
though they are making •Most magazines hit the is important here, as are
direct eye contact with stands a month before short cover lines that are
the reader. the cover date. easy to read.

4. My Target audience
My magazine is mainly aimed at younger
students and there parents. The magazine
is there to show a better understanding to
the parents and there children what they
are going to experience at the school and
the progress the school is making itself. It
gives parents a good idea of what future
education is heading there children's way.

5. I used this original image of Ross
Using Photo shop as my main image, this is because
and Photo analysis he is making full eye contact with
the camera. The lanyard around
I have used bavol and boss, his neck shows that he is a 6th form
drop shadow and stroke to student at the school the magazine
make the Mast head stand is based on.
out.
Small cover lines to show the
reader what else is in the
magazine to read about.
These cover lines do not stand
out as much as the main.
Big main cover line, this stands
out the most and goes with the
main image. To do this I have
put all the letters as capitals
and use stroke to make it bold
and stand out better. I have used this original image
because it goes with the small cover
line to the left of it, I have also faded it
into the background.

6. The page number and info have
been placed in columns with the
page number been a different
Using Photo shop colour to the info. This makes it
and Photo analysis more clear for the reader.
The two original images show
two salt students playing cricket,
I have chosen to se these image
because they go with the page
heading above.
The schools personal motto
has been placed at the
bottom. This shows the
reader what the school is
I have used the about. I have used stroke
clipping mask tool to here but changed the colour
place the school effect for two reasons, it
logo behind the goes better with the colour
writing. of the writing and would not
be visible if black due to the
black background.

7. Evaluation
I believe that my magazine is at a good standard because I have used all conventions
of a magazine and used Photoshop to the best I could to make my magazine very
appealing to my target audience. The mean features in my magazine explain in bold
about certain subjects in the school and what it is that students are learning and
experiencing at the school.
The magazine I perfect for my target audience due to the fact it gives them a big idea
and makes it very clear about the subject and activities going on within the school. It
may also appeal to the parents of future students who may come to this school. It
approaches the audience directly as it give the audience a bigger understanding
about what sort of future there children have at the school.