Preliminary task evaluation

1. Preliminary task evaluation
The preliminarytaskis a music magazine created usingDTP and an image
manipulationprogram, usingthese skills I’ve managed to create a front
cover featuringa photographofa student in medium close-up with some
laid-out text with a masthead and a contents page.
Before creating the preliminarytaskI’ve sketched out a rough layout of how
I wanted my school magazine to looklike. Sketching out my magazine
facilitated the creation of the task as I was followingit step by step and I
knew exactly what I was doing; however, some details were not included,
such as the double page spread for the contents page and the school logo.
To create the magazine, I used InDesign; when creating the task, I was
thinkingabout fonts,colour scheme,the size of the text and pictures.I’ve
chosen an important and smart font for the masthead to represent the
“Haydon School Sixth Form’’ detonatingthat Haydon it’s an important and
high achievingschool.“Haydon” it’s the biggest text to literallydetonate the
gigantic size of the school and to connote the importance and biginfluence
that it has on the students.The remainingofthe masthead it’s written in
smaller characters as it’s less important than the name of the school,
moreover “sixth form edition”it’s the smallest out of the three lines due to
not being a permanent feature of the magazine, but instead it changes each
time dependingon the different type of edition.“Form” it’s in a different
colourto make it stand out and instantlymake the reader understand that
it’s a different edition.
The sell lines were one of the hardest details to create, it was difficult to
thinkabout creativeand interestinginformationto make the reader want to
read on.I’ve balanced the sell lines so that they were not cramped all on
one side of the page, and at the same time I used a different font to make
the magazine appearmodern to the targeted audience.From doingthis I’ve
learned that to make the magazine look more professionalIhave to make
sure that all of the words can be read,instead due to the colour of the font
and the main photograph it’s hard to read in certain places, for this I will

2. have to assure that next time the colour of the font will have to stand out.
The background picture is a mid-shot ofa current sixth form student,this
was done as the magazine is a sixth form edition and therefore that’s why I
chose my model to be a student.Moreover,by choosinga student which
looks confident,happyand calm, this will reassure he sixth form students
and parents that Haydon is doinga great job at taking care of its students.
Lastly behind the model there are the Haydon Values which are very
important and everystudent should be aware of them, by choosingthis
background it’s clear that it is a school magazine and it also shows the logo
of the school connotingthat this is the official Haydon school magazine and
that it’s a well-known school.
Lastly the front page it’s made up of other small details such as a QR code
where the students and readers can scan and instantlybe directed to the
official website of the school if theyneed help or support.
The contents page it’s the second page that I’ve created.This page gives
information about what the magazine will feature and directions to where
the different articles can be found.In my contents page I’ve included two
separate headings “features”and “on the cover” where the different articles
with the page numbers can be found.To keep with the same theme, I’ve
used the same fonts that I’ve used in my front cover so that it will look
professional.As a background I’ve used a full bleed which is a picture of
Haydon school,this however didn’t work out very well as it makes the text
hard to read.I’ve included some pictures of the different things that can be
found in the school and social media; this is an alternativefun wayin which
students can interact and be part of the school and lastlythe school website
can be found at the bottom so that people can get in touch with the school
at anytime.
Over all I’m fairlyhappywith how my magazine turned out as I’ve included
all the main details and features that a magazine should have.However,
there’s a lot of improvement that can be made for my future project. Firstly,

3. I will have to choose and stick with a colourscheme through the entire
magazine and then I have to make sure that my contents page will be a
double spread as it will withhold more information and it will lookmore
professional.