Planning

The print brief, requires a short minor task which asks for the front page and contents page to a new school/college magazine, featuring a medium close up image of a student with a suitable title and formats. The main task is a new edition of a music magazine, including a front page, contents and double page spread. I have chosen this brief because it gives me an opportunity to get to know a new piece of software, and experiment. I have also chosen this brief because I like the photographic element in the production of magazines.
My initial idea for the minor task included getting some photographs together, and then drawing out a rough template indicating the house style, and using drafting some ideas to fill the page, i.e. article headings. I wanted the contents page to contain a collage of images in the background with text overlayed.
For the main task, I new immediately that I wanted there to be an introduction to a new band on the cover of the magazine, this band would then feature on the double page spread including an interview with a short introduction to each band member. For these pages I sketched them out onto paper, making it easier when it came to building the template for the magazine. I also drew up an housestyle for the front page and the contents:








Title-
Font: Elementary Light SF
Font Size: 170pt.
Colour: Black
Border on text: Turquoise
Position: Top left corner

Cover Image-
Size: Fit to page
Portrait

Body Text-
Font: Elementary Light SF
Font Size: to vary with headlines
Colour: Black
Border on text: Red, Blue, Green etc.
Bar Code: Bottom right

Price (£1.50) and Date (February ’09)
Font: Elementary Light SF
Colour: White
Price size: 24pt.Date Size: 18pt.