Monday 29 October 2012

Wednesday 3 October 2012

Analysis of Professional Contents Page

In the lesson I discussed the codes and conventions of a contents page. This allowed me to gain knowledge and understanding on what should be on a contents page and how it is can be presented.

Analysis of Professional Front Cover

In the lesson today I had discussed the codes and conventions of a magazine to help for the analysis of my two chosen music magazines for my Prezi. In the lesson I looked at 'Q' to help gain knowledge on the layout and conotions music magazines may have.























Codes and Conventions of a magazine front cover on Prezi


Tuesday 2 October 2012

Evaluation of School Magazine

I have presented my evaluation on Adobe Premiere Pro. We got given a demonstation at the beggining of class on how this works and we then continued with this for the next few days.
This is a good effective way to present a presention.

Final Image of School Magazine Contents Page

 



Monday 1 October 2012

Production of School Contents Page - Quark Xpress

 
This is the final piece for my contents page. As show it has slowly deeloped by adding in diagrams related to the article, information on the article pieces and diagrams and whats to expect when the magazine is read.


 

 
The pictures have began to be imported on the contents page. the page is beggining to come together and look like a real magazine contents page. 

 
This shows a completed version of my written work.


 

 
Follow on to image explanations.

 
On this I have began to explain what will be on the images next to the text. As shown in most magazines the images have anchores to ties down the message.


 

 
I have done the same for the 'Features'.

 
I have written in the 'Regulars' to inform the audience what is to be expected. To get each column exactly the same I changes the column bx to 3 to ensure that all my work will be distributed evenly between each column.


 


I used the text button again to write 'Regulars' and 'Features'. These subheading will eventually reveal what is expected to be in the magazine.

 
I used the text button to write 'Contents' at the top of the screen. I have folllowed the codes and conventions for the masthead by placing it from left to right. There are boxes spotted around the page, this is where i intend to import photographs related to my articles.
 
 
This is where i started my contents page. I put a background colour of a pale blue as it has connotations of the genre and relates to the audience. Also as it is a Weatherhead High School magazine it uses school colours. 


Final Image of School Magazine Front Cover


Production od School Magazine - Adobe Photoshop

 
This is the final version of my front cover. This is the final stage of what is being shown below.

 
The magazine cover comes together at this point, you can see the use of coverlines on both sides of the main picture.

 
This coverline uses the word 'PLUS!'. This buzz word entises the audience, I hade the writting bigger to ensure that it stands out more that the other text to direct eyes to that part of the magazine.

 
This coverline starts with 'EXCLUSIVE' to grab the audiences attention. this was done in the same way as the other coverlines above.

 
There have been two sideheadings written in on the left to give the audience an insight on what will be on the inside. This was done using the 'T' tool. I was unable to find the bold tool to help this lettering stand out.
 
 
I have imported two images and a barcode to the bottom of the page. I used the images at the bottom to make the articles standout more and to appeal to a certain audience. To import the barcode I had to save the image as a JPEG so it would not come through pixilated. This allowed me to enlarge the image.

 
I have incerted an masthead, this follows the codes and conventions by starting at the left and going to the right. the name 'The Journal' will appeal to the audience at the school because it feels more realistic and makes students feel they are accessing a world of gossip. he masthead above is very faint compared to the bold backbround of the wall.

 
To start I imported an image to use as my main image. The layout of the image follows certain aspects of the codes and conventions as it covers most of the screen however does not cover the entire page. I did this to I could import other Images to place at the bottom to give a hint at what would be in the articles inside of the magazine