Preliminary Task

Preliminary Task - Magazine front cover.

This is my front cover of my magazine. It was my first time designing a front cover of a magazine, as well as my first time using adobe elements 11.

Firstly I uploaded the photograph on to the iMac before deciding how to edit it. My front cover is made up of many layers, using adobe elements. I made up the Masthead, and tried to link it to the target audience, which was college pupils. I tried to use a bit of world play with the masthead, as the magazine's target audience is for college students and i wanted to the target audience to feel involved so i came up with 'YOUth'. The representation of the model is suited towards the college pupils, he's posed very casual and clean cut. He's not in-your-face. And even though you can't see a lot of his clothes, you can see he isn't dressed in an inappropriate way and his clothes are very casual, which suits the idea of a college magazine. I didn't finish my front cover but from the work I did, you can see that the background suits the purpose and also the text is readable and clear.  'Outstanding A-level results' is a cover story, this is to show audience what is included in this magazine.