2. PRELIM TASK
My Prelim Task is to
create a school
magazine. This will
include a front
cover, as well as a
contents page.
3. EXAMPLES OF
SCHOOL
MAGAZINES
Here are some examples of school
magazines that should be able to help
me in the creation of my prelim task.
This could include what font styles have
been used; style of pictures that have
been used and what features have been
included in the magazine
4. EVALUATION
OF PRODUCT
AND
PROCESS:
FLAT PLANS
I used a detailed flat plan to lay out my
ideas for my product. In the flat plan, I
organised where the text, pictures and
graphics would be placed on the main
page as well as the contents page. I
decided to lay out my pages in this
way, as this style is a conventional style
for a magazine that is available to
buy, and therefore I have adopted this
style for my magazine.
My Front
Cover Flat
Plan
My Contents Page
Flat Plan
5. EVALUATION
OF PRODUCT
AND
PROCESS:
STYLE SHEET
I used a style sheet to see which styles
of text would work in my magazine as
well as which colour schemes would
work best as well. I also used a selection
of pictures to see which would be
suitable for my magazine. This enabled
me to see if the photos I had took would
be suitable for my magazine.
6. This shows my Style Sheet. In this style sheet, I have used a sample of
the photos that I am planning to use in my magazine; a sample of
potential fonts that I could be using in the magazine and a sample of the
colour schemes that I could use in my magazine. This will help me when
it comes to the task of creating my prelim task.
9. THE COLOURS
USED
• I decided to use these colours for my
prelim task because they fir the colour
scheme of the St. Thomas More Sixth
Form College badge. Therefore, the
magazine would look more official if I
used these colours and would also be
identifiable easily to the people that
would purchase the magazine.
• Also, the colours are bright and stand
out easily. The advantage of this is that
they would be spot easily by people
trying to find the magazine.
10. THE STYLE OF
TEXT USED
• I decided to use that font style for my
text. It is clear, basic and therefore is easy
for the person purchasing the magazine to
read. If they find the magazine hard to
read, then they are less likely to read the
rest of the magazine or purchase the
magazine in the future.
• The style of text doesn’t portray the
magazine to be cheap in any way either. If
a well known “office” font was used such
as Times New Roman or Comic Sans, then
people would realise that the magazine
could have been created using
Publisher, which may portray to some
people that the magazine is poorly made.
11. USING ADOBE
PHOTOSHOP
CS5
I decided to use Adobe Photoshop
for my prelim task. I have used a
variety of features of the software
to help me make my magazine look
as professional as possible. This can
include: adding blending options
such as glows to my text; adding
brightness and other picture editing
tools to my pictures.
12. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5: TRANSFORMING MY FRONT COVER
Here is my original
picture. This is before
any of the photo effects
have been added
I have added exposure to my
photo. This has now added a
brighter atmosphere to the
photo and therefore makes it
look suitable for a magazine.
I have also used the spot healing
brush tool on my photo. This
makes the person look better
and also makes the magazine
look professional.
13. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5: TRANSFORMING MY CONTENTS PAGE
This is my banner before any work has been done to it in Adobe Photoshop. At
the moment, in my opinion the colour is a bit bland the school badge does not
stand out. Therefore, on Photoshop I could use an exposure tool which would
make every part of the animated banner brighter and as a result more likely to
stand out
This is my banner after the exposure tools have been added in Adobe Photoshop. This
makes the banner look eye catching to the person reading the magazine as the text has a
bright glow surrounding it and the logo is three dimensional, has a glow and as a result is
also standing out on the page. The text colour have also been brightened with the
exposure tool. This allows the reader to see the text more clearly and identify straightaway
the main facts from the banner
14. ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS5: EXAMPLE OF PHOTOS USED
Medium Close-Up
Shot
This is the photo that I have used for the front cover of my Prelim task. This photo used is a
medium close-up. A medium close-up photo is usually a photo of the person capture from
head to usually their waist. This photo fits well for a magazine front cover, because it
captures a clear view of the subject of the shot and as a result the reader is focused on
them as they are the main attraction. If another shot was used for the front cover of the
magazine, then the viewer could be drawn elsewhere in the shot. Also, as the magazine is a
college magazine, it would be deemed relevant to have a photo of either the Sixth Form
itself or a person inside the Sixth Form. As the person in this shot is inside the Sixth
Form, this fits this purpose as well as fitting into the brief of the Prelim Task .
15. OPINION OF
MY PRELIM
TASK
To assist me with my evaluation I asked
five random people what they thought of
my college magazine prelim task.
Person 1:
I thought the photos used for the
magazine worked brilliantly as well as the
tools used on Photoshop to make them
look more professional. I could even see
this magazine design being used in real life.
Person 2:
The magazine style followed what other
magazines in shops use, which makes the
product look more professional. The use of
Photoshop truly makes the magazine
design look so much more enhanced.
Person 3:
I think the front cover is superb as it includes
feature used in real magazines including the
layout. I think the contents page could
include better styles of shots to add a more
overall professional look to the magazine.
However the majority of the magazine is
good.
Person 4:
I think the layout of the front cover of the magazine
is brilliant. The text is placed in similar ways to
magazines you can buy in the shops. This makes the
magazine look really realistic. The contents page is
also looks similar to magazines you find the shops. I
think the magazine has been well thought through
and looks superb.
Person 5:
Personally, I think the magazine colour scheme is
really good as it fits the colour scheme of the STM
badge and this adds a more realistic approach to
the magazine. With the combination of photos,
bright text and banners this magazine looks really
professional.
16. WHAT CAN I
DO
DIFFERENTLY
FOR MY MAIN
TASK?
• For my main task, I could more
professional shots that would suit the
brief, which in this case, a music magazine.
This could include: Rule of Thirds; Close-Up
Shots; Reaction shot or a low angle/high
angle shot.
• Use more of the capabilities of Adobe
Photoshop. If I used more of the
features, available, I could make my
magazine look more professional.
• Add more depth to my contents page.
Most of the contents page is writing in my
prelim task. Therefore this should make
my main task look more enticing to the
reader.
