Evaluation

I have been asked to create a school magazine following the codes and conventions of a conventional magazine. I believe that I have followed them well this is because the title is positioned it the top left and consists of a unique font, I have used a mid shot for my main central image, I have a bar code, I have used the font sans serif, I have included a puff and website and issue date. My front cover consists of the main colour orange with a few details in yellow I have kept the range of colours as minimum as possible. I do consider the positioning of it all and could possibly have added more images if positioned better on the page.
My contents page also follows the codes and conventions by having three columns, headings, consistent colour scheme, images and the magazine title. However instead of using Photoshop as I did for the front cover I used the software QuarkXPress this pushed my skills as I had to get use to the software in order to produce a product which I was satisfied about.
I used media technologies such as Photoshop and QuarkXPress to create my media product. I have used Photoshop many times however QuarkXPress was a new software for me.
One of my main strengths during the creation of this school magazine was that a new how to use Photoshop very well therefore it didn’t take long for me to achieve the look I wanted. As I stated before QuarkXPress is a new software therefore was completely new to me this meant that it took a little longer and took a while to get used to. However the comparison of how fast I can use Photoshop therefore aloud more time on my contents page making it easier to find my way around the new software.
I am happy with my school magazine and i feel more confident about using new software.

Planning

Task one

Title - Reviser
Mise-en-scene - Outside the headmasters office
Coverlines for the front - New student raisers the need for more trips, Get your lessons now, Do you know your grades?, Win! Free lunch pass!, 20 limited edition iris gifts.

Task two

Task three

Regular content - Crossword, News of the week, Problem page, Horoscopes, Recipe of the week, Dates for you diary, Lunch menu, Book of the week, Competition, Price guidelines on stationary and uniform.

Feature articles - New student raisers the need for more trips, Get you lessons now, Limited edition iris gifts, Do you know you grades?, Weatherhead goes live on air, New school dinners, Big screen for film club, Chance to improve and represent the school, Battle of the bands, Gym team goes for gold.

Images for contents - Front cover, girl playing guitar, Trophy, Results happiness, ice radio sign.

Task Five

Task seven

Task Eight

Codes and Conventions of a content page

• Editors letter
• Columns
• Use headings to divide up contents
• One large image
• Smaller images
• Consistent colour scheme
• Page numbers on pictures anchor image to written contents
• Subscription details
• White background
• Title of magazine
• Issue date
• Word contents
• Page number/gap/text
• Regular content/every issue
• Features/one off
• Page number, title, issue date, website.

codes and conventions of a magazine front cover

Common Features

• Puff-something for nothing
• Bar code-right hand corner because of advert on the back
• Issue number
• Top banner-names or topics
• Original
• More than one picture
• Title-usually one word-positioned top left of the cover and full page width-unique font-largest text on the cover
• Consistent colour scheme
• One main image -band or singer-medium close up-conveys an attitude-direct address
• Main coverline anchors the meaning of the main image it is the largest on the page

Coverlines

• Main coverline two lines-few words as possible
• Information about contents
• intrigue audience
• typography-consistent, only a few fonts are used
• fonts- serif and sans serif
• Connotation of the font reflect the target audience and subject
• Frame main image
• Left

positioning statement-by the title

Issue date-price

Title, pos st, date and price-masthead