front cover and contents page: school magazine

I needed to make a front cover and contents page for my media coursework, I started to think of what I could have on the front page of the cover and decided to take photos for my front page and contents page.

• Firstly I decided to take photos of things around my school such as the sign outside of the school and the sixth form block to show to the audience what is at our school.
•  Secondly I researched some examples of school magazines to get ideas of what a good school magazine would look like. I found that most school magazines have a big picture as a background such as a student from the school. Another part of the school magazines I researched, is that the magazines have a  masthead that is there to catch your eye, the colours of the writing normally contrast against the background to stand out and most importantly that the reader can read the titles. Most school magazines have smaller pictures on the front page to show an insight into what the magazine might be containing.
• Thirdly I needed to make a contents page to show what will be in the magazine and what pages to find the information about the articles on.

  This was my first attempt of my front page for my magazine, I used all the ideas I had researched for the front page; the big picture, the big masthead, contrasting colours however when I asked other student what they thought of the front page they told me that the masthead needed to be at the top of the page because that will be the first thing the reader will see. Another point they said could be improved was the colours of the writing because from a long distance away it was hard to read and the writing would be the second thing that the reader would see.

 I am going to improve my front page by changing the colour of the writing to be able to read properly and to move my masthead to the top of the page to make it the first thing the reader will see.