The student was assigned a preliminary task to create the front cover and contents page of a school magazine as practice before designing an actual music magazine. This would help the student become more confident and able to explore different design options. Completing this practice task will allow the student to identify any mistakes made so they can be corrected in the real music magazine.

1. Preliminary Task – School
Magazine
In this preliminary task we were asked to create the front cover and the contents
page of a school magazine. We had to have at least one medium close up shot of
a student on the front cover of the magazine, including stories of what would be
in the magazine and also the name of the magazine (that we had to make up).
We were told to do this task as a practice one so that we would know the process
of making a magazine before starting our actual music magazine. This would help
us to be more confident in our decisions and being able to explore different ways
of making the magazine.
Doing this task will help me look at anything that I have done wrong after its
marked and then when making my music magazine I don’t make the same
mistakes.

2. Title/Masthead
Useful Quizzes that
information involve the
that all parents.
students can
use and that
they may be
interested in.
Medium close up shot
Main story, this is of student on the front
used to show the cover, with books in her
audience the hand and a bag on her
main story in the back to show a positive
magazine. student.

3. Title/Masthead
Main image, this is the biggest
picture on the front cover so
that the audience know that
the main story is linked to them
in some way
Second story so that the
audience can see what
else is in the magazine if
they aren’t interested in
the main story

4. Individual shots of pictures
that are included in the
magazine.
The contents of the actual
magazine, so that the audience
know what is going to be inside
the magazine.

5. Front cover: Title/Masthead so that the reader
knows what the magazine is called.
Main story
Main image so that the reader
knows that she is the main
focus for the magazine and
that the main story is going to
be about them.
Second story so that if
the audience isn’t
interested in the main
story they know what
else is going to be in
the magazine that
they may be
interested in.

6. Contents page:
Pictures that link to the thing
s that it says on the contents.
This can entice the reader to
want to read more of the
magazine because they may
see pictures of themselves or
people that they know.
The contents of the magazine
itself so the reader knows
what is inside.

7. Contents page:
Pictures that link to the thing
s that it says on the contents.
This can entice the reader to
want to read more of the
magazine because they may
see pictures of themselves or
people that they know.
The contents of the magazine
itself so the reader knows
what is inside.