Print Media - Preliminary Task

 For my Preliminary task in Print Media I had to design the front cover and the contents page for any type of magazine. I chose to do a fashion in sixth form magazine as it was easy to see around sixth form what the most popular design of clothing was.
 I chose the name Spark for the name of my magazine as Spark is quite a striking name and can make people interested, it’s also short and has written underneath the fashion magazine so people know what it’s about and if they are interested in fashion they would want to buy it. I added the lighting bolt in because it goes with that name Spark, I also thought the colour yellow on the lighting, went very well with the black and white of the title. I made the model on the front cover, cover her face so that the reader would focus directly on the clothing rather than the actual model, this would then let the reader know what designer or clothing line this issue was about, and for example this front cover shows that this issue will be about the David and Goliath clothing range. I also added at the bottom David and Goliath icons as I thought the colours all went well together and teenagers can easily recognise them as being from the David and Goliath range. I only added one advertisement which is for the clothes show as it’s a big event which thousands of people go to, so this would catch a lot of people’s interest and would make them want to read more about the event.

 On the contents page I have a retro background which is striking and can make the reader interested, I didn’t add any pictures to the contents page because as the pattern covers most of the page and is very brightly coloured, I didn’t want to make the page look cluttered, I made the contents title red because it stands out against the black and matches against the retro background.