Week 30: Completed Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread

Today I have completed my Magazine Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread for my student magazine, these images below show my final colour versions of my magazine pages. I also had some problems today related to the image which I was going to use on my student magazine, the second image down shows my magazine front cover which I was going to use as my final front cover. Although, when I printed the front cover with this image of the group of students the image quality was not very good, as the original image itself was affected by the sunlight and this affected the image with the sunlight within it and once I printed the image it was not very clear. Therefore I tried to resolve this problem by changing the contrast of the image, but this still didn't improve the image quality, so I decided to go back to my original image of the two students and I decided to include the group image at the bottom of the front cover. I chose this front cover as the image quality was much clearer and I could also include a smaller version of the group image which showed both genders, which is who the student magazine needs to appeal to. My final front cover is also responding to the feedback I was given last week, I have enlarged the image and from the clients opinion I have kept the image of the students at the bottom of the cover and I therefore believe my final front cover will appeal to students and also parents as this is the response from my clients feedback.



Final Magazine Front Cover



Image which was not the best Quality
to use for my Final Front Cover

This is my final contents page, which I have changed in response to feedback and I have included the title down the side of the contents page as this is still clear and can be read, I believed this was more creative and interesting to read and I also think that this contents page links well with the front cover, as I have tried to keep a continuous theme through the different pages.

Final Contents Page

Below shows my final double page spread, I have finished my double page spread today and I have included the feedback from the client and students from yesterday and the change in the colour of the writing helps the text stand out and is clearer and I have also included the block colour behind the '5 Steps to Applying for University' which is eye catching.



Final Double Page Spread



Overall I am very happy with my Final Front Cover, Contents Page and Double Page Spread as I have carried out a lot of research from the beginning of the assignment into the elements surrounding magazines and I have created a original and unique front cover, contents page and double page spread, I have gained feedback from the target audience on their opinion on my final pages and I can therefore see how I could improve if I were to repeat this project.