L02: Consent Forms

 

L01: Prelim for college magazine

PreLim for college magazine  

Examples of college based Magazine Front Cover

From the set of examples from the magazine front covers, all of the magazines have a masthead that can be seen from a distance. For example, the mastheads are either in bold, or have a coloured background opposite to the font of the masthead. Also, the front covers all have college students as the main image. This shows just by looking at the image we can tell its for a college. In addition to this, the magazines have the logos of the colleges they go to for the branding of the magazine. The designs of the magazine all follow a house style of colours that are no more than 3 colours. 

What Went Well

What went well for my front cover of the magazine, is that I managed to get the required picture and background needed for my magazine. I also think that the colour scheme used for my magazine matches the UTC colour scheme with the blues and the small parts of green.

What did not go well

What did not go well for me, was I was unable to get a full body shot. However, this is not a major issue as my front cover did not fully rely on it, but it would have been nice to have. 

What did I change?

For version 3 of my magazine, the details changed so far, is that I have deleted the fill in the rectangles, as the colours clashed together meaning the text was difficult to see. Next I have added to the sell line of the magazine. The reason why I made it say "THE LATEST UTC MAGAZINE", was because I want my audience to know that what they are reading about is fresh information, and not something written 4 years ago that does not exist now. 

What could I change to this version 

For my next version, I could try and edit the sell line, maybe reposition it somewhere else in the magazine, and try and more photos to the front cover to try and show what will be covered in the magazine. 

How will I do this?

My main idea to add more photos, is to try and get photos of the equipment around UTC. Maybe more media equipment, as I do media so it would be easier to get more for that. However, I could also get engineering in this magazine too, as I know a lot of engineers in UTC so getting information from then will be very easy, I could also get some quotes from them to add to the magazine. 

InDesign 

InDesign is a desktop publishing program.  InDesign is used to make books and magazines. I will be using InDesign to layout my double page spread, and my contents page. 

Collum Gutter- Spacing where one column starts and ends. 

Slug- It bookmarks the different articles in your magazine. 

Bleed - The allowance you give to your printer to print the pages. 

Tools used today

Rectangle tool- used to create frames to add image and text

Text Tool- Used to create text for the magazine

Drop Shadow- Adds detail to the rectangles or what contents are selected.