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Main task (Music Magazine): the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. - All images and text used must be original, produced by the candidate, minimum of FOUR images.

College magazine evaluation

I will be evaluating my Media Studies project of producing a college magazine front cover and mock up contents page.

I produced my college magazine on a programme called Photoshop and by taking pictures. When I started on my college magazine project I first did some research into the industry by looking on Google at college magazines and also magazines of all kinds to work out some trends in the style. I then started to make mood boards and mock ups using pictures from the internet and I then reviewed what I liked best and the kind of style I wanted to use in my actual magazine and which ones will be practical to make myself.  

To get my desired picture I had to choose the person I wanted and then I had to decide the sort of clothes I would want for him to wear then I decided I would take my picture on a plane background so it would be easy to cut the image out, the only problem with doing it on a green background was that the green leaked on to the models skin and made the edge of the picture look green which was hard to get rid of, it took careful erasing to get rid of it.

My target audience for my college magazine would be college students from the ages of   16-21 years old specifically. The style of the magazine helps appeal to that kind of audience for example the style of clothes the model wears and the age and look of the model himself also the style of the writing for example “tips and tricks on pre-term organisation” this appeals to my audience by talking about college relevant terms. Also the simplicity helps appeal to the reader of most ages and intelligence.

My magazine would be sold inside the college which will attract the right kind of audience to my magazine to start with but then also the style of the front cover using positive colours and fonts such as green and blue plus some neutral style fonts, also the cheap price of the magazine will be affordable for any of the college students to buy.

My product is represented in a light hearted way that would be accessible to any of the students in a college, the use of bright neutral colours help to portray it in a positive manor.

my contents page mock-up

my original pictures

my finished college magazine

this is my mood board

This is an idea of mine and what i could do with my own images.

A quick mock up i made of the sort of magazine i could do maby with focus on the new look of the 2012 student.

1. extreme close up: close up on face area usualy.
2. close up: shot on the shoulders and face.
3. medium shot: belly button to top of the head.
4. long shot: legs to head or full body shot.

This is some of the magazine covers that have inspired my desighn, they follow the conventions and look very profesional. They all have a similar type of masthead, main image and cover lines which i coulod follow in making my magazine.

magazine conventions