Rough Layout of the School Magazine Front Cover

Today in lesson we drew up the plans for our School magazine front cover.

School Magazine - Plans for Front Cover

This is the plan for my School Magazine

Title: The Forecast

Images: Cover Images: Girl with GCSE's results, looking happy because her results are good. Taken infront of the mural by recpetion.  This will be a Medium Long Shot.

Contents Images: Dutch flag with different instruments on it.
Homework Help image, girl with piles of books looking stressed, sitting at a table. This will be a Medium Long Shot.

Colour Scheme: Pink and Blue with white writing
Solgan: 'Weatherhead's news weekly'
Puff:  Free Iris Points

Photograph Shot Types.

Today in lesson we went out in pairs and took pictures of different shot types. These are the different shots we had:

• Close Up- just of the head and neck
• Very long shot- full body standing far away
• High angle shot- taken from above the person
• Medium close up- head and shoulders
• Two shot-  two people in the frame
• Low angle- taken from below the person
• Medium or mid shot- From the waist up
• Over the shoulder shot- taken from over someones shoulder
• Tilted Frame- taken with the camera tilted to the side

These are the shots we had to take in lesson:

• Low angle, medium close up- Taken from below the person, head and shoulders
• High angle, long shot- Taken from above the person, full body
• Extreme close up of the time- cannot see all of the object
• Big close up of someone using a mobile- just the face
• Close up of someone in nature-the face and neck of someone
• Two shot, in medium long shot- two people in the frame, from head to knees
• Over the shoulder shot of someone writing- taken over the person's shoulder
• Very long shot conveying isolation- taken from far away
• A medium close up- head and shoulders
• Connotations of friendship- without using people, just body parts
• Connotations of stress- without using people, just body parts

     

High angle, Long shot

Close up of someone in nature

Conveying friendship

Big close up of someone using a mobile phone

Low angle, medium close up

Over the shoulder shot of someone writing

Two shot, medium long shot

Very long shot conveying isolation

Medium close up

Conveying stress

Extreme close up of the time

Codes and Conventions of Music Magazine Contents Pages

Today in lesson we disscussed the codes and conventions of music magazine contents pages:

Images- Main Image, this dominates the page and relates to the main article in the magazine. It is always the biggest image.

Images- Subsidiary Images, All different sizes, the page numbers anchor the images to stories. All images relate to the genre of the magazine. There are also credits for the cover image. There are usually 4 to 6 images on the contents page.

Background- is often plain ir one block colour to make the font and images stand out.

Text- the text is usually split into 2 or 3 columns. The coverlines for each story are in font size 12 or 13 and other text is in size 11. They font is always the consistent and clear to read. The page numbers are usually in a different colour to the other text to make them stand out.

Title- 'Contents' which is always bold and at the top of the page, it is usually next to the title of the magazine. Around this there may be issue numbers, the date and the website. Having the magazine title reinforces the brand. The titles are always in bold font and quite large.

Editors letter- some magazines have editors letters, they are usually at the top or down the side of the page and have the editors name and signature at the bottom. Not all magazines have editors letters.

Colour scheme- is consistent throughout to reinforce the brand.

Other- There are often details of how to subscribe to the magazine. There are Regular and Feature articles and often credit for the photographers.

Codes and Conventions of Music Magazines

Today in lesson we discussed the codes and conventions of music magazines.

• Masthead- is the title and positioning statement. The positioning statement is the magazines ethos, for example 'life is loud' from Kerrang.

• Title- is kept clear and seperate from the image unless the magazine is well known, and if it does go over then most of the title should still be visible. The title is always a large,bold font. It is unique to the title and not used anywhere else on the magazine.

• Barcode- Is often in the bottom right, but it can be moved to the top bellow the masthead or the left. Around it is usually the price, date, issue number and website.

• Buzzwords- 'PLUS!, Extra, Essential, Exclusive' this makes the reader feel they are getting more for their money or getting a preview before everyone else.

• Images- Main Image, if it is a band image it will be a medium longshot or a longshot. If it is a solo artist then it will be a mid shot. There is always direct adress and the body language of the person in the image must fit the genre of the music they play. A plain background makes the image stand out. Also the no text will be put over the face of the person in the image.

• Images- Subsidiary Images, always smaller than the main image and relate to the stories ion the magazine.

• Colour scheme- simple colours that don't clash and go with the genre of music in the magazine. The colours reinforce the brand.

• Coverlines- The main coverline relates to the main image, all coverlines must be in the same font. They always relate to a story in the magazine and there are about 5 coverlines.

• Fonts- only a few fonts are used, Serif, Sans Serif and Times New Roman. If the magazine is monthly then a small font size will be used for the price because it is more expensive, if the magazine is weekly the price may be made to stand out to show how cheap it is.