Generic Conventions of a Music Magazine

School magazine success criteria

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Showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design question.

School Magazine Assessment Criteria

Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task:

I feel that the material that I have produced is appropriate for my target audience and task because it is appropriate for 16-17 year olds and in Sixth Form. The key and main colours of red, blue and black show that it is a school magazine, as it is the main colours of Sponne School. Also the main image of the magazine is of a student (which you can tell by the books next to her tell you that she is studying).

Showing understanding of conventions of layout and page design:

I have understood the conventions of the page design and layout of a magazine as it shows on my main and contents pages. I have no empty spaces and my sub-headings go to the sides and try not to overlap the main image. My magazine has two banners (one at the top and one at the bottom, t also has kept the colour theme along with the use of different fonts and that the picture is relevant to the topic or intended audience.

Showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts and text size

I have understood in my magazine the awareness of the needs for different fonts and sizes as it shows on my magazine. I have used a wide variety of fonts and to not use the same ones as it makes the magazine seem boring and it doesn’t separate the different storylines on their own. By using dafont on the internet I have included a wide range of fonts to make each story stand out, and with the different sizes I have made them some similar and some maybe big than others.

Accurately using language and register

I have shown accurate use of language and register in my magazine. The language that I have used for my magazine is appropriate for my target audience as it relates to school and what the students would do. Such as school dinners and interview with sixth form head, it all relates to them. In terms of register I have used specific school settings to make my magazine interesting such as including different stories to make the audience (target audience) more appealed to it and wanting to continue reading on.

Using ICT appropriately for the task set

I have shown that I have used ICT appropriately for the task set. I have mainly used fireworks and the internet (dafont) for this task as getting different fonts and titles from the internet and then using fireworks to crop and fix my image. For example my main image I took it on my Canon 1100D camera, then I uploaded it on to my computer and I imported it onto fireworks. I then started to use the magic wand tool to delete stuff of my image that wasn’t necessary and when it couldn’t do enough I began to crop it using the Laso tool and then using the rubber tool and erasing the excess bits on the photo that weren’t cropped. I would do this also for my font titles, as I would use the magic wand tool on the white bits on a transparent page and then I would fill the letters with a different colour if I wanted to.

Appropriately integrating illustration and text

I have appropriately used illustration and text for my product and task that was set. My different fonts that I have used make it interesting for the audience to want to carry on reading and it separates them without having the same font, so it can make then individually unique and the text that contain little add-ons to explain them more that it shows on the contents page.

 Shooting a variety of material appropriate to the task set

The material that I have used/ shot is appropriate for the task set. On my magazine’s cover page it shows a student studying with books by her side, this is appropriate and that it tells what it is intend for is because she is surrounded by study books and also paper to write in for homework, this is what other similar students would be doing as well (studying for a big test or for coursework for their subjects.

Manipulating photographs as appropriate for the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing

The photo that I have used to manipulate is appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and resizing, because for my photo I used fireworks to help me with this. I used the Magic Wand, Laso, Rubber and fill tools to help me achieve my photo. I used magic wand to delete stuff of my image that wasn’t relevant of needed and when it couldn’t do enough I began to crop it using the Laso tool and then the rubber tool to erase the excess bits on the photo that weren’t cropped. I also did this for my font titles, as I used magic wand on the white bits on a transparent page and then I would fill the letters with a different colour if I wanted to.

Sixth Form School magazine

Contents page analysis

Target audience mind map

Target Audience mind map Prezi

 
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Generic Conventions of school magazine front covers

Magazine Success Criteria

We started looking at school magazines that had been made for coursework by past students and wthen we decided what could be improved and what it good of/about it.

The magazine must contain:-

·         A wide range of fonts and colours to make the cover more interesting (i.e.-)

Ø  Colourful and stylish fonts

Ø  A more appealing desgin

·         The cover needs to have a good cover photo so the audience can tell that it is a magazine for school students (refer to the Mise-en-Scene) i.e-

Ø  School students wearing the school uniform

Ø  Students or teachers in class

Ø  Image of the school

Ø  School stationary

Ø  Clubs

Ø  Students studying   

Ø  School life                                                          

·         There must be no spelling mistakes on the cover page or the contents.

·         On the contents page there must be more stories or topics (maybe 10 or 13) so that it makes the audience want to read on.

·         There must be a price on the magazine or somewhere on the cover to show how much the magazine costs or if it’s free.

·         As on the cover page the contents page must be/ have fun and engaging colours and fonts.

·         Don’t use the same fonts or colours (it makes the magazine seem boring and dull and it won’t catch the target audience’s attention.

·         The cover must have or show the date and when it’s out (e.g. weekly, monthly and how long).

·         Don’t forget to include the barcode (it’s usually put on the bottom right or left.

·         When editing a photo or clip art, make sure it’s edited properly (i.e. it looks professional and it’s not scruffy: it is smart and neat).

Media AS: Task 1

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 candidates must produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of the program.

Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine (if done as a group task, each member of the group to produce an individual edition of the magazine, following the same house style). Maximum four members to a group.

All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate(s), minimum of FOUR images per candidate.