Evaluation.

To create my front cover and contents page i used Adobe InDesign CS2

When creating my front cover i created a layout grid. I then moved onto the title of the magazine. I named it Lewes mag and decided to go with the font Kristen ICT and went with point 90. I then moved onto the slogan which reads 'The Lewes College Magazine'. I then added in the background for my front cover, as seen above. I had to put this photo as fit to page to insure it was the right size. I then began to add articles titles, i decided to use yellow font, to create a contrast with the background. I then added in the issue num ber, college website and date directly at the bottom of the page, remebering to keep within the layout grids. To complete the front cover i created and added in a logo for Sussex Downs College and put it towards the top, as seen in my flat plan.

I then went onto completing my magazine task by adding a contents page. Firstly i added lay out grids. I didn't add all the names of the articles of my magazine into this contents, by instead planned where they would go - i also did this with the photos. I used the same type and same colour font as the cover title, but used point 72 instead. I also added in a plan of where the contact details would go, had this been a real contents page.

This is the final version of the Magazine front cover:

This is the final version of the magazine contents page:

Magazine

For my front cover i had to take 2 medium close up photographs using a digital camera, upload the 2 photos and then pick the best one to use as my background for the front cover. I had to make sure the person was standing within a suitable part of the college to insure there was suitable...because this would make the magazine seem tacky and unprofessional. I had to make sure the person in the photograph was looking directly at the camera.

The photo to the left is an example of one of my photos. I decided not to pick this one as the background was to plain.

The photograph to the right is the photo i have decided to use as my background on the front cover. I decided to use this photo as the background is clear and this photo is the right shot.

I created a flat plan to get an idea of the layout of my front cover. I did this on an A-4 piece of paper and scanned it into the computer. Here is a copy of my flat plan: