Oct 22 2008
Preliminary Task
My magazine caters for all students from the years 7 – 13. It provides news and gossip within the school community. My magazine follows the conventions of layout and page design by having another magazine which inspired my design. I had similar colour scheme and layout. My contents page follows the style of the front cover as they are from the same magazine so they can look similar and professional. My contents page showed some of the same stories that were on the front cover and had a similar colour scheme.
My image on the front cover is an image of a year seven student. I made it brighter to create a positive feel about the magazine. For example the student in my picture is wearing uniform this connotes that the school is smart and proud of the way they look. He is also reading a book this could connote that the school is hard working. His facial expressions show that he is concentrating on his work. For my front cover I have used bright colours which symbolises happiness. This continues onto my contents page. On my contents page I have used images relevant to the stories written. These however were not taken by me.
My font style shows that my magazine appeals to all ages within the school. It has a comic feel to it but it’s not over the top. The text I wrote on the front cover stated the main and best stories within the magazine. This attracts more readers. To also attract more readers I wrote a lot of buzz words to make them want to read the article. I used the same fonts on the contents page as well. I used anchorage text on the contents page but none on the front cover.
The colour scheme I have used is made up of red, black and yellow. This continues throughout the front cover and contents page. This makes them look like they are part of the same magazine. As the main colours on the pages are yellow and red this can create good vibes about the magazine.
I used two graphics. One was a plus sign. This is used instead of wording to create and effect. I also used a free sign. This is very clear to make sure that they know it’s free. It has the effect of an explosion; this makes it stand out on the page.
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This is great Andy – a really effective front cover although the text on your contents page is a bit large and it could have contained more information.
T – Although your analysis is detailed, you should try to use more media specific language such as ‘connotes’ and ‘denotes’ to give it a more formal style.