About Me

Name: Caoimhe Quinn
School name: St Catherine's College, Armagh
Candidate number: 8488
Centre number: 71615
Unit code: G321

Preliminary Task: Using DTP and an image manipulation program to produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropiately laid out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a mock up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.

Main Task: The front page,contents and double page spread of a new music magazine



Thursday, 19 March 2015

final construction of double page spread

I have added in my masthead of my article. I put it at the top as it follows the codes and conventions of other magazines.
 
 
Next I have added in a caption that will go underneath the main image of the article. I added it as it explains a little about the artist and it also gets the reader excited to read on and find out more.

 
I added in my first colum of writing and i then added in a drop cap on the very first letter of the article as it is professional and follows the codes and conventions of other magazines.

 
I then added in a photo to my article as i thought that if it was just the article it would look plain and boring.

 
I added in another photo as I often see it in other magazines to I wanted to copy them to make my own magazine look more professional. I also added in my name at the bottom of ther article as it follow the codes and conventions of other magazines.


Final construction of contents page

 
Firstly I have added in my background and masthead for my contents page. I then added in a regulars colum to make sure that people know which articles are always in the magazine.
 
 
I have added in the best content of the regulars to entice people to read on. i also added in images that corrospond to some of the articles to make them more interesting and exciting.

 
I have added in a subscription service as I often see them in other magazines so I wanted to add it into my magazine also. I have then added in my features colum which lets my target audicne know what is going to be the main headlines this month.

 
I also added in photos to my regulars colum that corrospond to some of the headlines. I added in page numbers which also follow the codes and conventions of other magazines.

 
Latly I added in my editorial as it also follows the codes and conventions of other magazines. I added in my facebook, twitter and instagram to show to the target audience that the magazines is on other media platforms.


Final construction of front cover

Motion picture of the creation of my magazine front cover
 
 
 
 
Firstly I have added in a gradient background to my magazine as I did not want it to be plain white as I thought it did not look as professional. I then added in my masthead which is pop culture. I made the font on the internet as I thought it gives the magazine a pop feel.lastly I added in my main image, I will make sure that the rest of my headlines are put around the photo,


Next I have added in my skyline, slogan and first headline to make the magazine jump out at people. I have made my main headline big as I want people to notice it



Next following the codes and conventions of other magazines I have added in the + symbol to make people interested in the next headline and to entice them into buying the magazine.

 
Below my two main headlines i have added in my barcode, issue number, date and price as it looks professional and all other magazines use this convention.

 
On the middle of my front cover I have added in a pull quote on top of the feature artist to let people know that it is going to be an itnerview. The pull quote is interesting as my target audience will want to know what is a dream come true

 

Lastly I have added in more coverlines to fill up my contents page as I did not want it to look blank.


final Draft of double page spread


Final draft of Front cover





Final draft contents page