My Stages Of Creating A College Magazine Front CoverFirst off I wanted a cover that would catch your attention and look quite cool. Something a student would pick up, not a teacher. I took several pictures around college of people and buildings as a potential front cover. I ended up with about fifty photo's of Wyke College. To the left is a photo of the Wilson Building. This was the first front cover idea I had.
I wanted a quick, easy name to remember; WykeMagazine seemed appropriate enough. It wasn't trying too hard and by reading it you could tell what college it's for and that it is informal. This was then put in the font and colour of Wyke’s logo, bluey purple in bold writing. I then realised that this front cover was not catchy enough. It seemed too plain. Too boring. Not enough happening. The picture didn’t grab my attention at all and it looked more like a brochure advertising a building than a magazine for students.
I scrapped that idea and went for something new. I got my mate and his friend and asked if I take photo's of them. After a lot of work they said yes. I got them to stand
infront of different buildings and look happy. This was harder than I thought it would be. It was quite hard to get a photo of them
when they weren't laughing or blinking. In the end I got a photo of them infront of Wyke's main enterance. I took it into photoshop and edited it. I removed the word college on the sign, edited the logo Wyke to be 3D and shine and edited the two people to be cartoony and two tone. This (left) gave me a good magazine cover. I added the word "Magazine" under the Wykelogo and the price, date and slogan; "Everything You Need To Know". I then came up with a headline; "Halloween Party". This was accompnied with facts about the party and a photo I took of someone else in my media class edited to look like the devil. In the bottom right is a barcode. In the top left I put a section for "What's Inside". This explained what else might be in the magazine such as "Coursework Help" and "Smoking Rules Explained". The finished product looks like this:
infront of different buildings and look happy. This was harder than I thought it would be. It was quite hard to get a photo of them
when they weren't laughing or blinking. In the end I got a photo of them infront of Wyke's main enterance. I took it into photoshop and edited it. I removed the word college on the sign, edited the logo Wyke to be 3D and shine and edited the two people to be cartoony and two tone. This (left) gave me a good magazine cover. I added the word "Magazine" under the Wykelogo and the price, date and slogan; "Everything You Need To Know". I then came up with a headline; "Halloween Party". This was accompnied with facts about the party and a photo I took of someone else in my media class edited to look like the devil. In the bottom right is a barcode. In the top left I put a section for "What's Inside". This explained what else might be in the magazine such as "Coursework Help" and "Smoking Rules Explained". The finished product looks like this:
The Contents Page:
This is the contents page of my college magazine
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