MAGAZINE DESIGN

PRINT BRIEF

The 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 (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). Maximum four members to a group.

OCR exemplar music magazine brief

SCHOOL / COLLEGE MAGAZINE DESIGN
Search for 'college magazine design' images for ideas:

University of Chichester magazine

• Start by taking photos around school for inset images
• Take an original photograph that would make a striking magazine cover.

• Turn it into the magazine cover design of your choice using PhotoShop.

• Create an interactive poster using Glogster that explains your decisions.

Glog about the AS Media course as an example of how to create a Glog

ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS 
We have a tutorial on Adobe After Effects which we will use to make our film production company ident.
Venturay Productions 'Magic' Trailer

Ident Showreel