My front over and contents page

School Magazine Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of meal media products?

In my magazine the codes and conventions I used in my magazine was keeping the same colour scheme throughout my front cover and contents. I used the colours blue and white which are quite simple colours and don’t clash. Using the same colour scheme made my magazine look presentable but not too over the top with colour. I got this inspiration from the style models I looked at in the lesson as they all kept the same colour scheme as well in there front cover and contents. All the magazines I looked at had an image on the front cover which I thought was a huge code and convention to a front cover as it gives the reader a good understanding of what the magazine is about therefore I used my own image on my front cover and contents which showed clearly what my magazine was about. All the style models had a big title at the top or middle of the page which immediately got the readers attention and I got inspiration to do this too by using the schools name at my title in big writing. The rule of thirds was used in most of the magazine covers which made them look organised but still presentable so with my magazine cover and contents I used rule of thirds to organise my writing and pictures.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I had to use Photoshop and a Nikon D3000 SLR camera in order to construct my magazine together. Photoshop was used to create the actual magazine front cover and contents and I used all the appropriate tools to help me create it. I had to learn about all the tools in Photoshop to be able to use it effectively. I also had to use the camera to take my own photos of things I wanted in magazine therefore I had to learn about all the different buttons and settings on the camera in order to take a suitable photo for my magazine. The photo I needed to take was a medium close up of anything I wanted, I used two students from Whitley Bay High School to make my magazine look more realistic and give a clear view of what my magazine was actually about. To make my photo look professional I had to use all the skills I learnt in lessons such as auto focus and zoom to make my photo a medium close up, this took time and patience but it worked effectively in the end.