College Magazine Contents Page and Magazine Cover

This is my finished college magazine cover and contents page mock up.

I think my college magazine is quite successful due to the use of bright colours, clear lettering and use of images. These things help to make the magazine stand out to our target audience. I think the layout of both the magazine cover and the contents pages work well. The way the colour scheme of the magazine cover links to the colour scheme of the college; blue, black and orange/gold, works well. Though i think the cover lines could have been larger and bolder, to make them stand out more on the page, the images could also have been larger. I think the layout of my mock up of the magazine's contents page works well in response to the magazine i looked at 'Word'. However, i could have changed it more to suit the style of my college magazine colour, perhaps by using the same colour scheme, and text styles.

During the Preliminary Task project i have learnt new photoshop skills, as well as learning what sort of information needs to be included in a college magazine cover such as; price, date, magazine name, cover lines and images, and on a college magazine contents page such as; contact details and what is included inside the magazine, and on which pages. On photoshop i have learnt ways to move layers to best suit my work, and how to use new tools to enhance my work in ways which make it look more interesting and appealing.