For my first project, I had to create a front page and a contents page for a school magazine. Firstly, before starting any work on Photoshop, my group ( Becca, Jordan, and Josh) and I went out and took pictures around the school of the architecture, students and teachers using the facilities which I will use in my magazine. Once we had collected all of our images needed I started on my front cover. Here is what I produced:

 

 

 

I kept a plain background so that the images and writing weren't over powered by any background as there is a bright mix of colours. I chose the colour theme to be blue yellow and red because of the school logo consisting of these colours. I chose the official school logo to show that the magazine is the schools magazine and is about the school. with the pictures that i used, I had them in a coloured box to stand out fitting with the theme. the font that I used was in different sizes so different bits of text could stand out and makes you read that first. this is a classic convention of magazines. i also used social networking logos to show people that information is available online because there is an increasing demand for online usage. so this could be a better way to get more readers, especially due to readers being in school who will use the internet more rather than physically reading the magazine.

Next I carried out a contents page for the school magazine, this is what I produced:

 For the contents page I carried the same colour scheme from the front cover so it still has the same theme and adds to the fact that it is Heworth Granges magazine as it is their colours. I used more pictures to give an insight to what is in the magazine. The background is a picture of the interior of the school and over it there is boxes which are faded so the we can still see the background. In the boxes is the actual contents which is not faded so they stand out.

As this is my first project at A level i can look at my mistakes and I know how to improve them, some being smaller writing on the front cover and contents page and a more typical magazine cover, which now I know I can improve on in the future.