In this flat plan of my contents page there are a few differences to my finished one. For instance i chose not to show only half an image. In this page the text follows the shape of the face which did not seem appropiate on my final version. At the top is the tittle of the page 'Features'. The Letters are big so it is clearly seen. In the corner there is a page number.

This is my flat plan for the Front page. It is a rough sketch of my final piece.It shows the SDC down the side of the page with In focus across the top. Down the other side are the main sells highlighting what is written within the magazine. In the middle there is a sketch where there would be a image on the cover. In the two corners at the bottom there is a website and a bar code. As it is a free collage magazine there was no need for a bar code on the actual cover.

contents page

This is my contents page. This is a basic outline of what the actual page would look like. I used the black text against the white background to maximise the contrast of colour and make the text easy to read. I used Times new roman font because it is the easiest to read long pieces of text because it is a serif type of text. I carried the Lucida handwriting over from the front cover so the two would relate. I used a box where the image would of been and typed an example of something that could of been one of the storys. Underneath i wrote how the rest of the text would follow and finally i added a page number.

This is my final front cover. There are many aspects of this cover that could be different. For instance, there could be a much wider range of colour so each piece of text stands out against the background. The background itself could be better as the pupil does not stand out although for a collage magazine it is a central space that is easily identifiable. I chose the name SDC In Focus because it is slightly in-formal. I put SDC down the side in big letters to let the reader identify the magazine. The main sells are down the left side of the magazine, i chose these because i thought that they related to the college and time of year.

After i finished my front page i turned to the contents page. This was a more basic task as we are graded more on our layout. I used a simple black and white contrast of colour but i used Lucida handwriting to tittle the page and carry something on frome the previous page. Instead of putting an image on the page i used a box to represent it. On the other column i inserted some text along side page numbers. This was done in the normal times new roman as it is easier to read sentances in this font. I then finally added a page number to the contents page.

Magazine brief

Our next task is to develop our collage magazine cover and contents page. We first sketched out the front cover after making a name. on the front cover theres a pupil and some text to draw the readers in which also explain whats in the magazine a little. After this we designed a contents page which also explain whats in the magazine. upon finishing these we scanned them into the computer and started using programs to compose our magazine introduction.

Preliminary Task (Media Studies)

Our first task is to create a mock front cover for the sussex downs collage magazine. We will take a portrait photo of someone, think about composition and fonts of writing that would appeal to the reader aswell as the use of colour. We will use a couple of programs to do this including Adobe photoshop and adobe indesign.