Today I focused on sketching
designs for my preliminary task.
First I worked on the front cover;
I did this so I could establish a house style that I could use throughout the
task. As you can see the masthead fills the top of the magazine, and in a box
in the top left hand corner I have added the sell line: “Ultimate Post 16
Magazine”. Then beneath the mast head in another box is the date of the
edition: “Winter Edition 2013”.
The main image is of a
school girl wearing winter clothing, as it is the winter edition, and this
image will be aligned to the left of the magazine, and the cover lines will run
down the right hand side.
There will also be a second
image in the bottom right hand corner, which will link to the article regarding
exam stress.
The colour scheme I have
decided will be blue and yellow, as it mimics our school colours.
Next I worked on the
contents page. When planning this page I needed to make sure that it follows the
consistent house style I set out when designing the front cover.
As you can see I have
designed this page to be laid out in a very organised way, so it flows well,
allowing readers to find the articles they are looking for.
The articles and page
numbers will be listed down the left hand side of the page, concealed in a box
to give the page some dimension. Then the images will be in a cluster running
down the right hand side of the page, and the images will have corresponding
numbers to link them with their articles.
I decided to round the edges
of the images as I thought it would look too harsh to leave them with their
original square edges.
The title will simply say: “Contents”,
followed by the date of the edition (Winter Edition 2013).
I have also planned to add
the “Synergy” logo in the top right hand side of the page to add some branding
to the magazine.
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