Preliminary Task

This is my preliminary task final product. 

For my preliminary task, i was asked to produce a front cover for a college magazine with a medium close up shot taken by myself of another student in college. 

 under magazine conventions the image of the magazine must fit accordingly to the content and the target audience. In this case the colours yellow and purple are both colours of the college itself, therefore the choice of colours fit appropriately. the black red and yellow colours on the cover blend well and the yellow on the black contrasts and makes this text stand out.

The use of strap lines on the front cover indicates to a reader that this part of the text is important, therefore the eye is drawn to it with a red background layered onto a purple background, it stands out.  My masthead  "Bookrags" is appropriate as the name has conventions of learning. it refers to libraries and studying which is appropriate to learning therefore appropriate to the genre, a college magazine who's target audience is the student population within the college.

What i like about it:

> The layout of the front cover is easy to follow and isn't overloaded with text, so is easy to read.
the colours are neutral and not overly gender specific so is easily approachable b both genders and will therefore reach a lager portion of target audience.






What could be improved:
> The overall cut out of my subject is not as good as it could have been, round the edges it is slightly pixilated round the edges. Something to consider for my final piece is perhaps persevering more with the cutting out in photoshop.
> I also feel that for a front cover there is could be a little more text on display. I fell as though i have left too much blank space on the page, so in my final piece, it will be important for me to get a good balance of not to much, and not too little text on display