The document describes the development of a magazine cover the author created for a class project to familiarize themselves with Photoshop and Mac computers. The initial cover did not follow magazine conventions for layout and design. After learning about typical magazine formats, the author reworked the cover to include elements like placing the masthead at the top of the page and centering the cover image, model, and headline text. The revised contents page and inside pages also added typical magazine sections like an editor's letter, endorsements, and a subscription form.

2. Prelim Magazine Cover
My Magazine Cover

3. When I had started the course I had to
create a magazine about anything that I
wanted. I had decided to go on the topic of
Sixth Form as I had just started it. The
purpose of the task was to familiarize
ourselves with using Photoshop and the
macs itself.

4. I put the title at the
top of the magazine
because this is what
I thought was right at
the time. This turned
out to be something
that goes with the
conventions of
magazines.
My cover line is also
at the top of the
magazine, this is
also something that
was expected.
My house
style on this
magazine was
orange and
reds. I should
not have used
four different
fonts and
should have
stuck with
one.
I have the
barcode at the
bottom out of
the way of the
image and
text. This is
something I
though was
right in a
magazine.
My main image
takes up the whole
page however, the
model is on the right.
I do not like that
choice now.

5. After learning about
the forms and
conventions of music
magazine I decided o
follow all o them. My
masthead is the
highest part of the
magazine and takes up
about a fifth the page.
This is seen in almost
all magazines.
My model is staring
directly at the camera
which is a convention
in a lot of magazines.
By staring at the
camera it adds a
personality and context
when reading the
headline.
I have my
cover on the
right of my
magazine
away from the
image. This
makes it
easier to read
and also
looks neater.
Once again I
have kept my
barcode at
the bottom
right of the
magazine so
it doesn’t get
in the way of
any of the
important
stuff.

6. My contents page at
the time was
impressive to me.
Looking at it now it
is ugly. The images
are stretched and
the background
colour does not
match with the text.
There is a lot of
things wrong with
this.
There is not
enough things
on the the
actual
contents page.
There is three
headings
which were
mentioned in
the cover so
there is
nothing really
new on this.
The endorsement
are good because
they make the
magazine look
better. A lot of
people like these
three restaurants so
this may make
people want to
purchase the
magazine

7. Most magazines
have an image of
the front cover. I
have done this as
I would like my
magazine to be as
close to a
everyday
magazine as
possible.
I have added an
editors letter to
make the reader
feel more
engaged. It also
helps to make the
reader feel more
involved for
purchasing the
magazine
I have kept with
a colour scheme
of pink as I think
that this will
make the page
stand out and
the writing
easier to read.
I decided to add
a subscribe
section as this
will make the
reader want to
purchase it if
they enjoyed it
as there is a
discount
available to
them.