Drafts

This is my draft of the front cover, I purposely made it a little empty because I knew I could improve it later on. I like the image however it is a little dark and would need brightening up a lot to attract the readers attention. I like the way the banner head has turned out as it stands out well but I will make it fit further across the page in my proper front cover idea. Since producing this draft I have looked at a few magazines on the market to see how they set their cover and contents out to give me an idea of what successful elements I must include in my final front cover design. I defiantly need to have more going on because it's not very eye-caching at the minute which is an effect I want to achieve. This image represents the institution (wyke) in the magazine to be calm and tranquil although at night. I also need to include a bar code in my final draft and a price to meet the set criteria for this piece of work. I got my model (Bethany Hirons) to wear casual clothes like she would for college because I believe this is important to get the true feel of this college across which is relaxed and the student is in control with relaxed behaviour and smiling at the camera.


I am going to use this bar code I created for the final draft but am unsure as yet were I will place it.I will also be adding a price which will be £1.00 and affordable for all students and staff.

This is my drafted design  layout for my contents page which I am very happy with and will be using for my proper contents page but will be adding photos to the unused green space with some form of caption to indicate what story the picture is from to entice more readers. I'm also happy with the names of my stories but I could add more to it but it will depend how well I use the picture space at first. At this stage I had also decided upon my layout for the contents page and the slogan which is a little corny and cheesy but I think it will attract more readers because they will want to know what they're being given. I'm also very happy with the wyke colours house style and I think it was most appropriate to use them for this specific magazine because they represent the institution perfectly and give it a bright, upbeat feel which shows what good character the college possesses. I'm also going to stick with the exclamation marks at the end of each story line because I think it gives it more of an impact!

This is my next progression of the contents page before I finalise it. Ive added photos and a few more stories and I'm going to add a form of page number to the picture to show what story it's from.