Front cover photo

I have taken a photo with a digital camera, this will appear on the front cover of my magazine. I chose to take a photo of a student at Sussex Downs College as this will appeal to my target audience which is students at the college. I took a shot inside the college which reflects college life. I have used a head and shoulder shot of the student and captured him smiling as i wanted to create a positive attitude towards college and make students want to read the magazine.

Flat Plans

I have created two flat plans for my student magazine. One is for the front cover and the other is for the contents page. For my front cover i wanted to make a clear space for the magazine title, 'SDC' so that it stands out. I then wanted a large image of a student at Sussex Downs College to fill most of the front cover so that it will add more colour and look like more of an easy relaxing read rather than having too much text which may put students off. I have added text boxes with key topics that will feature in the magazine to inform the reader of what the magazine is about.