PRELIM TASK:Final Cover and Contents Page

Here is my final front cover. Personally, I really like the layout of it and the usage of space. There aren't many white spaces which is a good thing and there is just enough colour on it. It isn't too bright and colourful, making it suitable for a college magazine and it suits my theme well. I have used three main colours which are green, pink and black and I think this has been used well throughout the page layout and I picked these colours from the model's backpack and the pink from the book inside the folder that the model is holding. I have used three graphics on my cover page and they are all different shapes which make my cover a little more interesting and eye-catching. I have also used 3-4 fonts on my cover page which is the usual number of fonts that are used on magazine covers. The model's name is big to make her stand out and the smile on her face is a really good pull factor as it engages the readers. If I could change some things, I would change the background colour so that I could use white text because all magazines have white and black text as well as another colour. The masthead font is good and unique as well as the masthead itself however, it is the name of a famous movie which makes the magazine a little off putting.

Here is my final contents page. As you can see, it is quite cohesive as I have used one of the same graphics to label my images with a page number and this is good because it will help readers find the page they are looking for, easily. The masthead font is the same, however, it is not the same colour and therefore this isn't cohesive. As  I couldn't use white text because my background was white itself, I decided to keep my font black which also has some white parts to it. Overall, i like my contents page as the same colour scheme can be seen however, it does look a little plain for something that would be in a college magazine.