This is a part of my research and planning (pre-production). This is my first attempt at designing and constructing the layout of my first AS preliminary task; this is to design and produce a front cover for a school magazine.The programme used to contruct the layout is Microsoft Publisher. As you can see (from the rather badly done colour layout) the main picture is going to take the most space on the cover. However, the picture is merely a backround for 'main content info' and the three 'content features'. The effect of having a simple photo instead of a busy one will compliment the content features nicely. The photo must also have some kind of relevence to the 'main content info' for continuity purposes.
The masthead on my mock up is simple and standard of a typical magazine. The effect of this is that the magazine is simple, tasteful and lets the picture below do the talking. The masthead will be the title of the magazine.
Finishing touches such as the logo- which should incorporate the school's own logo and colour scheme to make it look offical and not a tatty and a cheap knock-off, while still being obvously linked to the school. The barcode is purely used here just to make the magazine look more authentic and official.
I should also mention that I do not intend to use this terrible colour scheme for my cover!
When I improve on this mock up I will use professional programs such as Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher to ensure the authenticity of the cover.
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ReplyDeleteSophie, well done for completing your mock-up of your preliminary task. Start to think about the use of overlays. Your next mock-up should show your layout developing and show how the text and images will eventually overlay when you design using Photoshop. Think about background and foreground text and images. Miss Brown.
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