I took this picture for my college magazine. It is off a boy ripping out of his school uniform. I think this is relevant to new college starters as they have not long left school. However I added a twist as the boy is wearing a top hat and a diamond earring. This is so the students can see the boy to be 'cool'. I tried out many different effects to see what looks good and what doesn't.
I desaturated this picture and put a neon glow effect. However I didn't like the result as it was too bland and the top looked unrealistic.
I used the film grain tool with this image however I believed the picture looked to unrealistic and not as good quality.
As the many effects I tried out did not appear to improve the picture I decided to keep the original look. However I did not like the bland background so I used the magic wand tool to edit it out.
The next thing I had to do was create a background. I thought a picture of the college would be appropriate and pasted it behind the main image.
I faded the background image of the college as I wanted the main image of the boy to stand out more effectively.
I then added text to my image
The text I added is a bright blue and red. These are masculin colours however are a bold statement to the page and draws the audience in.
The text advertises such things as competitions, revision help and easter escapes. All this relates to the college audience. I also places a short catchphrase on the boys chest saying 'Its tym to say gudbye to ur blaza and ur tie' As well as being written in text code it also rymes. This relates to the school leavers starting a new uniform less college.
My master head reads 'Seec' A fresh start. This is because my college is called SEEC short for South East Essex College. This was a clever word play on that.
