Genre and audiance

The genre of magazine i am going to produce is going to be classical/jazz because it isnt the type of magazine i would read therfore i will be able to put more thought into the final outcome.

The target audiance for my magazine is going to be middle aged classical and jazz listeners.

Music Magazine Codes and conventions of a front cover,contents page and double page spread

Front cover

• Stories
• famous people on the front cover
• Bar code on the right hand side
• Main image is linked to the largest main text
• colour theme, 3 or 4 colours
• buzz words
• once a month
• pictures/ smaller images
• same fonts, 2 or 3 separate to the mast head
• mast head
• overlay with image
• tag lines
• interviews
• banners
• about 6 cover lines
• websites

Contents page

• Numbered
• images are numbered
• images
• colours
• sections regular and featured content
• editors letter/ note
• same colours and fonts as the front cover
• organised well
• 2 or 3 fonts
• issue date and number

Double page spread

• 2 or 3 images ( large)
• drop capital
• quotes
• not just questions and answers
• photographer is always mentioned
• page number at the bottom of the page
• short opening paragraph
  

School Magazine Evaluation

Evaluation

I was asked to create a school magazine front cover and content page using Photoshop and quark .I found that my magazine front cover and content page was within the codes and conventions of a magazine. I did not challenge the codes and convections of real magazines unlike other magazines have such as mojo. I also found that it was easy to create a school magazine and contents page that followed all the codes and convections that all magazines also follow.
I used Photoshop to produce my front cover. I found it easy to use and it all worked well with my magazine design. I had no problems using it because I had used it before this meant I was also aware of all the different things I was able to do to make my front cover as good as I could therefore making my finished product what I wanted, I used pictures I had taken myself and included them into my front cover I was able to digitally manipulate them using Photoshop. I was pleased with my finished front cover and it did not change much from my original sketch which means I was able to do most things to create the same product. I had positive feedback on my front cover, I got told that my front cover was well set out and bright. I did not get any negative feed back which is good however I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine front cover.
To create my magazine content page I used Quark. I found that quark difficult and I had not used this technology before, I didn’t like using it as much as I liked using Photoshop this technology was much more advanced and professional than Photoshop although they both are used in the media industry. I was unable to understand it as much as Photoshop however I found that my end product looked better than if I were to use Photoshop. The technology was well suited to what we had to make. The columns were set out better and it looked much clearer because I was able to make a clear content structure. I also did not get any negative feed back on my content page which I liked but like my front cover I would have liked some constructive criticism so I would be able to improve next time I have to produce a magazine content page.
I enjoyed using both new media technologies and found that the two different products suited different media equipment.

School Magazine My contents page finished

This is my finished contents page for a school magazine.

Contents Page I made a few changes to my front cover layout suchj as moving featured and regular content. insted of using a picture of the head girl i used a picture of the school because i could not get an image of her.the year news layout all stayed the same but i changed the year 12 and 13 news to one 6 form news instead. i also did not include the front cover on my contents page like i was on my first plan. the date is also missing on the contents page.

School Magazine My front cover

This is my finished front cover to my school magazine.

Front cover i only changed one image on my front cover. i originally had a plan of a rollercoster on my front cover but i was unable to take one with the time given so i took a photo of some sixth form students jumping in the air exited for a trip. i also moved a cover line from the top right hand corner to the left hand side and made "welcome back" bigger this made this cover line my main cover line that is linked to my main image. other than the two changes i did not change my front cover majorly.

School Magazine Changes to my front cover and contents page

Front cover

i only changed one image on my front cover. i originally had a plan of a rollercoster on my front cover but i was unable to take one with the time given so i took a photo of some sixth form students jumping in the air exited for a trip.

i also moved a cover line from the top right hand corner to the left hand side and made "welcome back" bigger this made this cover line my main cover line that is linked to my main image.
other than the two changes i did not change my front cover majorly.

Contents Page

I made a few changes to my front cover layout suchj as moving featured and regular content.
insted of using a picture of the head girl i used a picture of the school because i could not get an image of her.the year news layout all stayed the same but i changed the year 12 and 13 news to one 6 form news instead.

i also did not include the front cover on my contents page like i was on my first plan.
the date is also missing on the contents page.

School Magazine manipulated images

These are all the images that have been manipulated and i used in my magazine front cover and contents page.

This is my Magazine title.

The following 4 images have all been Photoshoped to fit my plan.

This image has been Photoshoped to fit my plan.

This image has been Photoshoped to fit my plan.

This image i made on Photoshop.

this is an image i made on Photoshop.

This image has been Photoshoped to fit my plan.

This is an image i Photoshoped to fit the plan of my contents page.

School Magazine Images for my magazine unphotoshoped

Im going to use the A* in this image.

This is goin to be my front cover main image.

This image is goin to be included on my front cover.

This image is goin to be included on my contents page.

The following 4 images are goin to be included on my contents page.

This image is goin to be placed on both my contents and front cover.

This image is going to be placed onto my front cover.

This image is goin to be placed on my front cover.

This image is goin to be on my contents page.