Michael Wood AS Media Preliminary Task

I have been asked to create a magazine for students at my college. i decided to call mine Y.O.U (young, original, uncut). My magazine is targeted at students that are aged from 16-19, i decided to target this audience because most college students are ranged from 16-19 years of age.


these were the flat plans I sketched out to give myself an idea of what my magazine was going to look like, I decided to use these layouts because they are typical layouts for magazines and i think my end product turned out very similar to these, not exact but i was pleased.

I took these pictures for the front of my magazine, both of the

photos are medium close ups but as you can see they are very different. I
chose to use the one on the right, this is because it is a more appealing photograph, where in the other photo he looks a bit like a convict. Not only this but i feel that the photo on the right gives off a better vibe.

I am fairly happy with the end result of my magezine, but there is quite a bit that a would change; i would try and get a better photo with a better backdrop, i think this would make my whole magazine look so much better. Its not the image itself but the backdrop is too plain, i think if i was to change to backdrop it would make the layout of the front cover look altogether more professional and just better in general. I asked a member of my class what they thought of my final cover and they said "it was nice but could have looked a bit more professional." Overall they I think i could have done better but I am pleased with what I have done.