Evaluation !

After a long two weeks working on my preliminary task, it is finally finished. I began working on my task placing my title and picture onto photoshop and playing with the background. After a couple days I realised that the photo I had chosen was not working with the rest of the front page so therefore decided to take a new photo to use. I chose a picture of two students studying together as working is a vital part of school life if you want to ‘excel’ in not only your exams but later life also. The picture is of a boy and a girl rather than two boys or two girls as it shows variety and caters to both genders instead of just one.

The background of the photo was a light orange which I decided not to change as it is a warm colour which fit in with the titles colour of red. I transferred the same background colour from the title page to the contents to interlink the two pages. I decided to keep the masthead of my magazine red as it is a vibrant colour but also distinctive and very eye catching. I highlighted the outline of the masthead in white to make it stand out more and any other text on the magazine was written in black as to keep with the three colour theme of my magazine which was red, white and black. I found that three more dominant colours worked best as I did not want to overcrowd the front cover with many different colours as then the magazine would not have been as effective.

As it was my first ever time using photoshop I found everything difficult. I struggled to figure out how the tools work, what they do and also how to edit all the photos. At first I would stretch the image leaving it distorted and constantly found myself not knowing what to do however as time went on I gradually got to grips with the basics which then made everything a lot easier. I also learnt some of the shortcuts such as 'CNTRL T', which is the re-size tool, which really helped me speed up the time it took me to complete my task as I did not have to keep searching for the correct tool.

The Blueprint !

This is my flat plan. I decided to use the red for the colour of my title as it is a very eye catcting colour and would grab the readers attention immediately. The contents page would use the same font as the title page to give a proffesional look to the magazine and allow it to coinside together. I chose to use a female for the front of my magazine as other girls can relate to her and because it also entices males towards the magazine.