Finished Preliminary Task

Here are the print screens of my finished preliminary task:

Front Cover for the School Magazine

Whilst I was completing the front cover, I decided to change little bits from my first draft. I decided to make the masthead bigger, and I decided to change the name of the school. I also decided to add a school logo in the corner, to further show that it was a school newspaper and to add some more colour to the cover.

Contents Page for the School Magazine

Whilst I was completing the contents page, I decided I would have 3 big pictures which linked to the articles instead of maybe 4 or 5 little pictures. I also decided that I would carry the colours scheme of different shades of blue throughout, to add more colour and to reinforce the idea that it is a school based newspaper.


Since starting this preliminary task, I have learnt a lot about maiing a music magazine and the programmes that I used to make it. I have learnt how to create a magazine using Indesign. I have also learnt how to place elemts of the magazine togehter so that it looks like a magazine, such as putting the page number over the picture so that it looks realistic. I have also picked out features of magazines and applied them to my preliminary taks, such as having an explanation of the articles, and having the title bigger than the rest of the text on the page.

I have also learnt a lot about the programmes used. I used photoshop to edit my pictures, where i used the eraser tool, and the magic eraser tool. I changed the colouring and contrast of the pictures. I also learnt a lot about using Indesign like how to place pictures, resize them, and how to change fonts, and colours and placements of texts, all to make it more realisitc as a magazine.