Prelim Tasks

I've started my Prelim tasks today!

Cover page

 I've taken loads of pictures around college to put on the pages. My favourite photo was the human pyramid which I used for the main image on the front page. I thought it made a good front page as it shows a bond between the students and attracts readers in. The original photo I thought was a bit dark so I messed around of curves to try and fix it, this created a good, happy atmosphere in the photo. The positioning of the photo also attracts the readers attention as its been placed where your eyes first fall on the page so its the first thing you look at, and as its a unique, fun photo it would make the readers want to find out more about what is going on.
The second thing I did to this page was make the masthead, I positioned it at the top of the page because this will be the second place the target audience will look at. Its important they notice the masthead as I made sure the name went straight to the point so the readers will know this is a college magazine. I make this in black so it stand out.
Thirdly I added the subheadings, I made sure these included the best stories/sections of the magazine so the readers would want to read on. I thought the font I chose suited the 'college' theme very well because it looks like its been handwritten as it a student wrote it on themselves.
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Contents Page
For the contents page I make the layout simple so its easy to read. This is effective for this page as it shows the main sections and makes it quick for the readers to find specific things they might want to read. The use of photos help break it up and makes the page look more interesting. I added the page numbers on the bottom corners of each photo, this makes the page look more professional as loads of magazines use this technique. I also thought the choice of photos were very good as they showed a mixture of during there lessons and in their free time.