My college front cover made on DTP.

My college magazine contents page made on DTP.

Planning my college magazine - contents page

1. Pictures along one side of the page.
2. Page numbers on the opposite.
3. Clear bold lettering for stories and their allicated page number.
4. Issue number at the top (right or left corner).
5. E-mail address and telephone number at the bottom of the page.

• The page numbers on the contents page should be clear and should be easy to read so the reader can find the pages each story is on.

Planning my college magazine - front cover

1. Name - Wyke weekly
2. Main headline - New building for easter 2010
3. Picture - Medium close up of student. Stood outside main entrance/next to building site.
4. Secondary stories - First year's exams 2010, Smoking: should it be banned from college?, students: is there too much pressure on them ?

• My main story for my magazine should stand out most along with the main image. Ways it could be made to stand out is that it could be written in bold, in colour and underlined.
• My magazine should be clear and easy to read. A complicated magazine may put people off reading it.

College magazines VS Lifestyle magazines

• College magazines are aimed for an audience who are involved with education such as students, teachers or even parents.
• Lifestyle magazines, music and celebrity magazines often have advertisements on their front covers along with sponsers, however, College magazines do not have this.
• Both magazines have pictures on the front covers which relate to the topic the magazine is based on. For example, music magazines may have a picture of a band on the front cover when college magazines would have something related to education as the main image for the magazine.
• Lifestyle magazines are aimed for an audience who have an interest in a specific topic. For example, people who have an interest in metal music may buy Kerrang magazine and people who have an interest in the world of celebrities may buy Hello or OK! magazine.
• College magazines are often free.

Codes and conventions of a front cover

• Pictures
• tag line
• price - depending on the magazine
• date
• magazine name
• main image
• Footer
• Quotes
• Other stories

LIIAR

• Language
• Institution
• Ideology
• Audience
• Representation
  

1. The language of a magazine would include the witten text in the headline of the magazine and the tag-line/slogan. This could be written in slang or in formal text.
2. The institution of the magazine would be the company that represents the magazine.
3. The ideology of the magazine would be what the topic of the magazine is. For emaple, there are magazines on music, education, food, celebraties and technology.
4. The audience would be who the magazine is aimed at. Magazines have to consider the age group it is aimed for, sex and intesests along with other factors too.
5. The representation of the magazine is how the magazine is presented.

Codes and conventions of a contents page

• Pictures
• Sub headings
• Date
• Phone number
• E-mail
• Numbers of the pages and related articles
• Text
• Main story - page referance
• Adevertisement
• Issue number
  
  
  

Smash hits magazine front cover denotation

• The main heading of the magazine attracts the attention of the reader as it is usually in large lettering and in bold. This particlar magazines main heading is concerning Michael Jackson and stating that his music will 'live on forever'. This is written over the top of a coloured strip which makes the heading stand out.
• The target audience for this magazine is people who have an interest in music, in the issue, specifically Michael Jackson.
• The main imagine of the magazine stands out the most on the front cover of the magazine as it tends to be a large image which is in the centre of the magazine. The main image stands out most on the front cover along with the magazine name and main heading. The main image also tells the reader about the main story inside the magazine and is used to attract the reader.
• The footer of the magazine shows the reader some of the other stories found in the magazine. The footer is usually found at the bottom of the magazine.
• This particular magazine also offers a free poster which is used as an added insentive for readers to buy the magazine.

College magazine front cover denotation

This is an example of a college magazine front cover. The magazine cover includes;

• Headlines
• Name of the magazine
• Picture
• Sub Headlines
• infomation about the stories within the magazine
• Date

The fuction of the headline is to grab the readers attention . The headline tells the reader the main story of the magazine

The picture shows the reader what the magazine is about. For exmaple, this magazine shows a woman conducting an experiment which tells the reader that the magazine contains information about science.

The sub headings tell us about some of the stories in the magazine which are featured.

Research - mood board

A moodboard can be used to show research. A moodboard contains a collection of pictures based on a topic. For example, My moodboard would contain pictures related to College as it would fit into the topic of college magazines which my project is based on.


Here is an example of a moodboard:

This moodboard is based on travel.

Codes and conventions of a magazine

• title
• headings
• Main story
• Pictures
• date
• issue number
• website
• e-mail
• advertisement
• Beginnings of stories
• Context
• Quotes

Brief

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All imagines and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images.

Presentation of your work: The presentation of the research, planning and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following;

• a presentation using slideshow such as powerpoint
• a blog
• a podcast

How to make a front cover of a magazine in photoshop

Features of a College magazine

Possible main stories:

• Building changes
• New additions to the college
• Bullying

Included features:

• Events
• Sports page - school sports teams and results
• Gossip pages
• School related news
• New students / Teachers