This document provides details on the design and layout of a college magazine cover and contents page. Key points include: - The cover features a student photo with shapes and text overlaid to make him look like a model, along with varied colors and different font styles for the masthead and cover lines. - The contents page uses multiple colors but may not clearly indicate the magazine contents as clearly as competitor Men's Health. - Photoshop was used to alter the cover image and create shapes/text, while InDesign helped make the contents page by inserting images and formatting for export. - Care was taken in image selection, layout, and font choices, though some elements could be improved for professional quality

2. Masthead
Cover Lines
Dominant Image
[rule of thirds] &
Plain background
Barcode/
price/website

3. • My magazine has a
different use of selling
and cover lines. My
college magazine has
selling lines to connect
with students who go
and want to go to
college. Also I have
used a student as my
main image.
• I have used a variety
of colours to attract my
audience of both
genders.
• I have used a medium close up shot of a male, his facial expression makes
him look friendly. The celebrity used on Men’s Health’s cover looks tough and
is standing in a position where he looks like he is about to use violence.

4. Masthead for
contents page
Features from front
cover
Text layouts
Sup-headings
Extra information

5. • My contents page is
completely different in
terms of layout and
colour. I have used a
variety of colours as I
did with my front
cover, Men’s Health
used only a few
colours to make it
stand out more.
• My images indicate
what is inside the
magazine but it isn’t
really clear, Men’s
Health did the same
but is more clear
because it uses
pictures of body parts
and exercising.

6. The preliminary task has taught me how to use Adobe Photoshop CS6. This
software helped me create the homepage for my magazine. I learnt how to
create shapes, stroke letters/words to make them stand out, and how to
manipulate images. Adobe InDesign CS6 was used to make the contents
page, using this software, I learnt how to insert images and how to export
them into a different file type.
I also used a digital camera to get the right shots I wanted, I also had to think
about the angle of the camera. I also looked at other magazines to get an
idea as to what I want for a college magazine.

7. I used Adobe Photoshop to insert text and shapes around my
chosen student to make him look more of a model for a
magazine cover. This shows how I used Photoshop to alter my
image so that it looks better than it did.
I placed shapes and text of all kinds of colours to make the
magazine brighter and more noticeable. I also changed the
fonts so that the masthead and cover lines don’t look the same
and are can easily be said which is which.

8. The font used for the masthead is in the style of someone’s handwriting to
make it more obvious that this college magazine is aimed at students.
I thought about layout very carefully which is why I have spaced everything
out very neatly, however, I think that I could have included more to say that
there is more in the magazine instead of only 16. I made the ‘Contents Page’
and the coloured box behind it first because I felt it would be the easiest part
on the page. I then, placed the images on the
page so that I know how much space I would have
for text. I think I could have chosen better colours to
make it look more like a professional magazine and
so it can be eye-catching.
I think the text has been laid out quite well because
it looks neat and doesn’t look messy. But I think that
the text at the bottom, ‘Get the best education’,
wasn’t really needed or important and could have
been replaced with more information and page
numbers as to what would be inside the magazine.