Draft Contents Page

Draft contents page

Finished Magazine Front Cover

Finished magazine front cover

Evaluation questions:
what have you learnt from completing this task? I have learnt that I have post more about the development of my products.
how have you used technology? I have used Photoshop to edit my main image photo and I have also used the internet to get my preferred font for my front cover.
what conventions have you used and why?
what would you change if you were to do this task again? If I did the task again I would post more about the development of my product and also take more pictures for my front cover and I would also not use black and white as my main colour.

First Draft Of My Magazine

First Draft Of My Magazine

Types Of Shots

Central image

Extreme close up

Close up

Medium close up

Long shot

High angle shot

Low angle shot

Image framed to the left

Two shot

Image framed to the right

Feature Story Ideas

Sport feature story ideas-

• windsurfing victory for Wyke student
• Wyke's magnificient seven
• A perfect year

Photography feature story ideas-

• Student wins award for insightful work in photography
• Ultimate gear for photography course

Art feature story ideas-

• Student wins art award
• outstanding student award goes to art student

Colour Scheme

Magazine Name

Sports magazine name ideas-

• Athlete
• Dynamic 
• Diversion
• Run

Art magazine name ideas-

• Dexterity
• Adroitness
• Artistry

Photography magazine name ideas-

• Visual stop
• Visual halt
• Optic stop

Moodboard

Analysis Of College Magazine Front Cover

Media Key Concepts

LIIAR

Language

• what particular medium are you looking at?
• what is its particular terminology?

Institution

• who controls the production process?
• how does this affect the final product?

Ideology

• what values are explicit?
• what values are implicit?

Audience

• who is it for?
• what do people do with it ?
• whose needs does it fulfil?

Representation

• which individuals/groups/issuses appear in it?
• how are they portrayed?
• what is excluded?

Image Analysis

Position signs: the camera and the viewer

• The focal point of the camera is the unicorn's muzzle, which in turn draws attention to the mint
• The point of view positions the viewer as being not quite level with the unicorn's gaze - which would be the case were the viewer stood to the side of a large horse. this has the effect of making the unicorn superior in size, which relates to the word 'discerning' from the slogan, and the fact that (despite the fact that they're not real) unicorns are fabled to be extremely rare and thus considered to be the 'elite' of  horses.

Treatment signs: devices of filming and of processing

• The white background might not seem to be an obvious choice against which to depict a white unicorn and a mint. however, the white emphasises the theme of purity, and adds an element of fantasy to the image. furthermore, white is often associated with luxury items, thus the white background provides a luxury background against which the black evening glove stands out in high contrast in terms of colour- though the bejewelled, gloved hand and the word 'discerning' are both signifiers of wealth and class.
• The framing of the scene means that the viewer cannot see to whom the arm belongs, but this means that the attention is not diverted from the product or the message that trebor wish to convey. the message conveyed by the advert may be interpreted as being that Extra Strong Mints are mints of distinction - a cut above the rest.

Content signs: objects in the picture and their placing

• Black evening gloves and diamond jewellery are featured to emphasize the quality of the mint. this image provides a strong contrast with the scene you might expect if you imagined a stable girl feeding a pony a mint - surrounded by hay and horse manure, whilst wearing practical clothes (which stereotypically might involve various shades of khaki green and an assortment of tweeds with wellington boots). Trebor are keen for the viewer to understand that extra strong mints are of such a high quality, that they are certainly not a mint that you would feed a mere pony in a stable with your bare hands.
• The diamond jewellery could be considered to signify wealth and success, which relates to the slogan 'sweet success' - the mint is of such quality that it in itself is a sign of success (though in reality they retail for about 50p a packet).
• The pack shot of the packet of Extra Strong mints is centered at the bottom of the advert, and draws the eye in as it is the only part of the advert that makes use of strong colours.   

 

Brief

To design a college magazine front cover and mock up contents page. Images used on the front cover must be original (taken by you)