For our preliminary task we had to make a front cover for a ICT based college. Because of this we decided to make it computer related.
We have named our free magazine 'Information Highway'. Initially we were going to name it 'Your College' however we felt that it needed to be related to computers/ICT as that is what the college teaches, and the students are more likely to pick it up if they know it is to do with their courses.
For our front cover image we decided that we needed to have a picture related to computers/ICT. We ended up using a picture of myself interacting with a circuit board which was taken by my partner Jake Taylor. We took about 10 images in this position, half of me and half of jake, and decided that this one was the best. This was because of the range of bright colours and good composition. I think it is also good because it shows the circuit board in the foreground which the students will probably find interesting and want to pick the magazine up. Last week we took a photo of jake pointing at the circuit board which we thought we were going to use until yesterday, when we realised that we needed some room above the main subject for the mast head. As well as this there wasn't any room down the sides for the sub headings advertising the features inside the magazine. Also his face wasn't visible as he was looking down towards the circuit board on the floor.
There are a few things which I would change if I did this again. Firstly although I like the picture I think that the background is quite distracting so maybe next time I would take it against a simpler background. Also I would probably spend more time trying to find better fonts on websites like www.dafont.com. Another thing that I would of done is to make the subheadings smaller and more catchy.
Overall I am happy with how the preliminary task has gone.
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