Final Preliminary Task

Photoshop

 

Masthead Decision

The font of my masthead is Britannic Bold.

Magazine Name Masthead

Choice 1:

Choice 2:

Choice 3:

School Magazine Name Decision

For my preliminary task I am creating a college magazine aimed at sixth form students.
I have picked 3 mastheads.


Rooks Heath Times
In and Around Rooks Heath
The College Knowlege

House Style

-As my audience is quite young, I want my font to be quite formal as my audience members are the oldest in the college, therefore I want to resemble some form of maturity.
-I want my magazine to be recogniseable to the school logo therefore for my colour scheme I am using white, blue, and yellow.
-My magazine is aimed at sixth form students therefore my mode of address is quite chatty and informal.

InDesign Front Cover Recreation #3

Magazine Front Cover Template

I made this front cover template by using the measurements from a real magazine front cover and imported it into a word document using the gridlines and rulers to help me be as accurate as I could.

I then used the measurements from the template from the real magazine front cover to create a template more suited to my school magazine as I have used a medium close-up instead of a long shot. I created my template for my school magazine in word and used the gridlines to help me get the correct measurements.

Here is my finished template without the gridlines.

InDesign Front Cover Recreation #2

InDesgin Front Cover Recreation #1

This is the magazine cover that I am recreating:

 

This is what I have achieved so far in my first lesson of learning how to use Adobe InDesign:

Typography

I have changed the meaning of this text 'Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard.' by using a different fonts and colours.

For the first text, I changed the colour of the text to red which conveys danger as you could view the meaning of the text as a warning sign and warning signs usually are red. I also changed the text to all capital letters because it stands out more than lower case letters as I wanted it to show a warning sign.

For the second text, I wanted it to convey a calm and friendly approach of advice, which juxtaposes the first text. I did this by changing the colour of the text to a baby blue colour which has connotations of trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith and truth, which is important because when people receive advice they expect it to be trustworthy. I also chose a font that was spaced out because this helps the reader to read the text slowly which would help them understand and take in the text which is important because I wanted the text to convey a different meaning to the first text.

Runner's World Target Audience Analysis

Woman&Home Target Audience Analysis

Runner's World Magazine Front Cover Analysis

 

Woman&Home Magazine Front Cover Analysis

 

Empire Magazine Front Cover Analysis

 

Master Games Brand Eye

 

Runner's World Brand Eye

 

Introduction to AS Media Studies Coursework

My name is Sophia Benyahia and I am a student at Rooks Heath Sixth Form currently studying A-level Media and BTEC Business and A-Level Sociology at Nower Hill Sixth Form. I have created this blog to present my AS Media Coursework.