magazine construction process

Front cover

 I began by opening this image on photoshop. I think this will work well as it is the view every student sees whilst walking into school, so the familiar view would enable the readers to recognise this as a magazine based around school.

The image was quite dull so i altered the contrast and brightness symbolizing a happier environment. I added a black border by drawing a rectangle and placing the image layer on top.

I then added a masthead, some features and the date. The masthead is in a bold italic font. To help it stand out and seem elegant at the same time. I also added effects such as bevel and emboss, stroke and a slight drop shadow, these effects added a shine to the text an outline as well as a glow. The date is in month format as suggested by candidates that took part in my survey.

I then added a star-like shape , with text advertising tickets for a school show. I used the colour sampler tool to detect the colour of the red door, i then used this to fill the shape- representing the school as this is a colour of the uniform.














Contents page

I began by drawing a black rectangle to create a background. I then opened the image already edited -altered contrast, brightness hue and cropped- and added a white boarder with a white rectangle.
The masthead- contents- is in red again to represent the school. This is also in italics with added effects such a bevel and emboss and stroke.

I then added text. The main headings are deliberately in line with the information underneath so that the page numbers stand alone to be more visible. The headings are in a larger size font to differentiate them from the information underneath so that readers can easily see the most important text.