These are a few photos i took for my preliminary task, I used Ruby Mcilroy and Harrison Hindle and took pictures of them working in the quiet study area. I like the ones of Ruby working and think i will use one of them on my cover, I think i will also put the picture of the leavers hoodie on the cover. I will make the magazine for 6th students of Marlwood school, it will be like the 'Grapevine' Marlwood magazine but only for 6th form students.
I thought this was a bad school magazine. The picture is too small and is too dark, the picture should of been made bigger and placed in the centre. The maker of this should of only used 1 or 2 different fonts instead of using 9 they have used too many colours which clash with each other and the colours of the background. The text is too big and covers too much of hte person which is on the cover. The title should be big and bold which will catch peoples attention but this one blends into the backgroud, it should be block colour which would make it stand out. These i things i will have to avoid in my school magazine cover.
I thought this was a good example of a good school magazine and I thought it had a really good composition, it isnt too cluttered but still has alot of detail and information about what will be feautred in the magazine. The colours of the title, fonts and image work well together as they are simular colours. I like the idea of having the girl in focus and the background blurry because the background doesnt look too distracting and doesnt draw your eye away from the things that are important on the cover. The date, issue and website information looks good under the title and doesnt take up too much space. Using websites and dates make the magazine look offical and is something I should think about using on my school magazine cover.
This is a few school magazine covers that i have been looking at for my preliminary task. From looking at these i have a good idea of what i could do on my school magazine, I think that like other genres of magazine the title should be big on top of the page and i shouldnt use too many fonts or colours as they will clash. The picture will need to be and clear and should have students either working or in uniform on the cover to show that it is a school magazine when you first look at it.
