Researching The Market Place

In this lesson I researched 4 magazines of my chosen genre of Rock. This research will help me make my magazine. I compared these 4 magazine to produce my own set of codes and conventions for the rock genre. With these codes and conventions i will able to make sure that my magazine is on the same level as other magazines.

Researching The Market Place

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Evaluation

Evaluation

 

Whilst creating my Front cover and Contents page for my school magazine, I had to make sure I was following the codes and conventions of a magazine. This included the basics such as a masthead, main image, a main cover line, cover lines, page numbers etc. I had to follow these codes and conventions to guarantee that my magazine looked as professional as possible. My front cover does follow most of the basic codes and conventions for example it does have a colour scheme, even though it is basic (pink, navy, white) and also has a main image and cover lines. My contents page also follows the basic codes and conventions for example it has page numbers and despite being brief it does contain tasters of the articles within the magazine. However my front cover did lack in some areas of the codes and conventions, for example it did not include puffs, a page curl, or smaller images. My contents page also lacked in the codes and conventions as it did not include any information such as contact details of the magazine or an issue number.

I used Photoshop to help me create my Front Cover. For this I used the polygon tool to help me crop out my students for my front cover and to get rid of the back ground. I cropped in stages which helped me crop my picture my accurately. Then I imported a background image behind my image to make my main image fit with my colour scheme. To then make my image look like a front cover I had to alter the layout to portrait and do some extra cropping to help it look more effective. For my Contents Page I used Quark. I thought that this software was quite hard to use as it was new to me. However once I got to grips with the software I thought that it was good for making my contents page layout. I used text boxes to write out information such as page number, and taster of the articles. I used a square box to help me import my images onto my contents page.                                                                                                                                                          I think that my Front Cover was good because it containing the basic codes and conventions such as a masthead, a main image and a main cover line. I also think my image followed the criteria set as my image was a medium shot of students. My front cover also had relatable articles and images for my theme, such as the main cover line of ‘Best Results Ever’. However my Front cover did lack in some places for example I think that my image could of been better cropped out and could of been more exciting and eye-catching.

Completed Contents Page for School Magazine

This is my contents page for my school magazine. I used my plan and my sketch to help me follow what I wanted for my contents page. For this I used quark.

Contents Page for School Magazine- Screen Shots

This is the screen shots I took whilst making my contents page. It shows the stages it took to develop my final design. Firstly I added in my masthead and title by using a text box which then I altered the colour and font to fit my colour scheme. Then added my main image by importing an image by using just the normal box tool. I had to scale the picture to the box as it was zoomed in at first. I drew text boxes and began to write in the information I needed in my contents page. I made the page numbers different to the text as I wanted them to stand out against the page. At the bottom of my contents page I imported too more smaller pictures too complete my contents page.

Front Cover of School Magazine

Screen Shots of Front Cover of School Magazine

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Firstly I cropped my image out from the background so the students could be seen. I did this by using the polygon tool located on the bar on the left hand side. Then I imported a background image to make the main image fit my colour scheme of pink, navy and white. By clicking the text box tool I then positioned my masthead of my magazine in the top left hand corner of my front cover. I then began to add my cover lines in by using the text box tool again but changing the colour to fit my colour scheme. By importing the white ovall shape I was able to produce a pug for my magazine then by using the text box tool again added the desired text I wanted.

Manipulated Image for Front Cover of School Magazine

For my original image for my front cover i firstly used the polygon tool to crop round my students in the picture. I then imported another picture and dragged it over to my image to make a background for my image. I then altered the size of the canvis to make it portraite instead of landscape.

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Original Photos for School Magazine

These are my original photos that I have took for my magazine front cover and contents page. I will choose only a few pictures to use for my magazine. All the images that I have taken link with my cover lines.

Preliminary Task Contents Page Sketch

This is my sketch for my contents page of my magazine. It includes ideas from my mind map and also carries on some from the front cover. I will use this to help me produce my real magazine contents page.

Preliminary Task Contents Page Mind Map

This is my plan for my contents page. It has what stories are going to feature in the magazine.

Preliminary Task Front Cover Sketch

this is my sketch for my front cover. It has some pf my ideas from my mind map onto the front cover. I will use this to help me produce my real front cover.

Preliminary Task Front Cover Mind Map

This is my mind map of ideas for my front cover of my magazine. I had to think of a masthead, images, and cover lines. I will refer back to this plan whilst producing my magazine to make sure that I am keeping to my plan.

Camera Shot Task

In this lesson I was given a task to take certain shots for a magazine. These are the shots i took and the type of camera shot it is.

Camera Shots Types and Movements

In this lesson I found out all of the different types of camera shots and what these shots where often used for. I also learnt the movements of the camera to receive a certain frame.