Evaluation Of Prelimanery Task

Front cover Evaluation

For my preliminary exercise I was instructed to produce the front cover of a new college magazine featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up. I also had to implement some appropriately laid out text and a masthead. A was also asked to produce a mock-up of the layout of a contents page to demonstrate my knowledge of using DTP.

For the cover I wanted to demonstrate ideology of the college and also use conventions to show the audience what the magazine is about. The first thing that I began thinking about when starting the task was the photo. I had a few ideas about what the photo should imply. That it should show that students attending Wyke College achieve success and get were they want to be. I began thinking how I could show this using a medium close-up. Through careful thought I produced a photo of me and a fellow student walking out of the college. Although our faces are not shown I believe that it shows a great deal about the college. I wanted it to look like we were leaving the college on a good note. That after our time at Wyke we fulfilled our potential and are off to achieve great things. Although both the faces are not shown the body language presented by each student gives us ideas on how they are feeling. The student on the right is pointed in a forward direction. This signifies that the two students are moving forward with the help of the college. To show my ideas further I added the title success to the front cover. It was important for me to place the title in the correct place. As this was only a draft I believe that the title is not exactly were I wanted it but if I went on to produce the magazine I would alter it. The cover would not work if I had put the title in the middle or at the bottom of the page. I also put the title in red to stand out from the background. I originally had the title white but this did not stand out and didn’t catch the eye very well. As well as this I added a plug to draw the audience in and create interest.