Preliminary Task – School Magazine

In this preliminary task we were asked to create the front cover and the contents page of a school magazine. We had to have at least one medium close up shot of a student on the front cover of the magazine, including stories of what would be in the magazine and also the name of the magazine (that we had to make up).

We were told to do this task as a practice one so that we would know the process of making a magazine before starting our actual music magazine. This would help us to be more confident in our decisions and being able to explore different ways of making the magazine.

Doing this task will help me look at anything that I have done wrong after its marked and then when making my music magazine I don’t make the same mistakes.

Quizzes that involve the parents.

Useful information that all students can use and that they may be interested in.

Medium close up shot of student on the front cover, with books in her hand and a bag on her back to show a positive student.

Main story, this is used to show the audience the main story in the magazine.

Title/Masthead

Title/Masthead

Second story so that the audience can see what else is in the magazine if they aren’t interested in the main story

Main image, this is the biggest picture on the front cover so that the audience know that the main story is linked to them in some way

Individual shots of pictures that are included in the magazine.

The contents of the actual magazine, so that the audience know what is going to be inside the magazine.

Front cover: Title/Masthead so that the reader knows what the magazine is called.

Main image so that the reader knows that she is the main focus for the magazine and that the main story is going to be about them.

Second story so that if the audience isn’t interested in the main story they know what else is going to be in the magazine that they may be interested in.

Main story

Contents page:

Pictures that link to the thing s that it says on the contents. This can entice the reader to want to read more of the magazine because they may see pictures of themselves or people that they know.

The contents of the magazine itself so the reader knows what is inside.