Preliminary exercise: Using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a DTP 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.
All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate, minimum of four images per candidate. (As specified by the exam board)
I have chosen this brief due to having prior experience of magazines and the magazine industry. I believe I am competent with Photoshop and could finish a magazine to a high standard.
Aims and Challenges
My aim is to create a magazine to a high standard which will build upon my GCSE knowledge. I hope to make a magazine which will expand my creativity.
My main challenge will be to get out of my GCSE frame of mind in order to expand onto A level. The other challenges will be familiarise myself with the new technology and terms required at A level.
