Preliminary Task

For my preliminary task I created a front cover and contents page for a college magazine. I used Microsoft Publisher to do this because I found that it was the quickest and easiest program to use; however for my music magazine I plan to use Abode Photoshop as I want to spend more time creating it and want to edit it in more detail.

I decided to call my college magazine Bede Times as I felt that it had a formal, mature feel to it, as well as a informative ideology behind- good times, bad times, the magazine says all.  I chose to use the colours blue and white for my colour palette because they are neutral, yet powerful. They work well together so that the content would be eye catching. I want my magazine to look realistic and fit in with the normal conventions of a magazine but mainly stand out if it were on a shelf. 

I would like to think that the colours, as they are neutral seem a good choice as they could encourage the readers to read it because there is no bias involved whatsoever. I hope that the colour scheme will create positive connotations due its neutral feeling. I have discovered that the white text on the blue background really stands out and catches the audience’s attention.

Front cover flat plan

This is my flat plan for my preliminary front cover.

Contents page flat plan

Front Cover

This is my finished  preliminary front cover.

Contents