2. Header/logo – Main image/ central
top left so it’s focal point is a student
visible on a – representative of
magazine shelf target audience
Buzz words in Semantic field of
the Plugs to college lexis –
attract the “student,”
audience. “education,” “term.”
Buzz words
Simple colour scheme
“#1” and “TOP
of red/white/black –
10” in large
represents age of
font to attract
target group - mature
attention
Genre: student
fashion/ lifestyle
magazine
Audience:
Students ages
16-19
3. There is no main
Masthead – I played
image as I was not
around with the
confident/
design/ style of the
experienced
masthead and ended
enough with
with this. The font
Photoshop to edit
matches that on the
one to size in time
FC.
for the deadline.
Page numbers
The content is all/
juxtaposed to the
mostly college
titles of each feature –
related –
as seen in my research
representing the
– to make it clear
target
what page each one is
audience, theme
on, and to make
and genre.
certain that the
“UCAS… Lecturer…
contents page meets
University”
its purpose.
Colour scheme
matches that of the FC
Page number at the bottom – meets the conventions of a magazine.
4. Evaluation
• There are obviously a lot of things I would have
changed if given the chance regarding my preliminary
task.
• My lack of technical ability with the software
(Photoshop and InDesign) prevented me from creating
a front cover and contents page that one would expect
to see published. Therefore I now know I need to
spend some time practising using the software so
when it comes to my actual production I can
confidently produce a realistic music magazine.
• I think I got the main elements in though (inspired by
my research) and it was useful in helping me develop
the necessary skills required to design and create my
final piece.
