Weekly Journal 26/09/14

This week's focus was about getting images for the preliminary task (the front page and contents page). I started planning what I wanted in my front cover so when the time for taking pictures came, I knew exactly what to do. We had studied in the lesson what types of camera angles look best for each situations and I had decided that I would like one with a low angle shot to make the people in the image look powerful. I had already contacted my friend prior to the photo shoot since I wanted him to be in it, along with Adil and Yaaseen  (we had all agreed that we would be in each others magazines).

My main goal was to get a group of at least two sixth formers studying together; this was because by the time my preliminary task would be finished, students would be getting used to the routine of studying a lot. Studying is something all students can relate to, even the ones who aren't sixth formers, this was a good thing for me to capture since any one in the school can read it, it doesn't have to be a sixth former (although they are the target audience).

When it cam to the day of taking pictures, the school didn't provide us with proper cameras, so we had to use video cameras. This was very hard to do so our group decided to use a phone camera instead. We took as many pictures as we could in the our we were given and I feel that I have the perfect one for my front cover and my contents page. We may end up using the same picture for each of our magazines because we were all using the same camera. 

Questionnaire Answered

Different Mastheads

Different Magazine Names

Audience Profile

Weekly Journal 19/09/14

This journal is to help us keep track of what we have done, it is also here for us to see how much we have progressed by the time we finish this year. 

This week we have learned about what we are going to do in the course, we familiarised ourselves with what is expected and what we need to do. 

We first started off by making accounts for Blogger, Scribed and Pintrest. We are going to upload all of our work to Blogger and our word documents on Scribed so we can put them on our blog. 

We familiarized ourselves with Photoshop too, we were given the task to do anything we want on Photoshop and we were told to upload it on the blog.

Audience Profile

Age: From around 13-18, they're mainly in the higher up years of Secondary school to sixth form. Its not designed for year sevens and eights because they're just new to the school. Its more for the students who know the school a lot more.

Gender: Both - Its targeted for both male and females; this is because it relates to both genders. Its not going to be based on one gender but for everyone.

Type: They're going to be students, typically the ones who attend Regent High School or the sixth form. They could be from other schools too but it's more designed for those students. The reason for this is because it includes articles about what is going on in the school - it wouldn't make sense  or even matter to outside people. 

Wants: They are looking for information about the school, it's going to essentially be like the Regent Reporter that the students can relate to a lot more. There will be other subjects that the students can relate to though. It will be informative because there will be news and updates about what's going on in the school.

Surveys and questionnaires regarding the school magazine

Magazine Genre Analysis (Hip-Hop/Music)

Type of school magazine I will make

(I didn't fully understand what you meant by "type" of magazine)

I will make a magazine targeted at the sixth form in RHS. It will be informational and have important news about the school. E.g. The new clubs, teachers, and lessons. Like the real school one, but aimed for sixth formers. 

Main ingredients of a magazine

The Masthead:
- Should always be the same font as other issues, the colours may change.
- Should be large and eye catching. It's the logo for the magazine
- A fraction of the masthead is normally covered by the main image.

The main image:
- The main image must be clear. Everything should revolve around it
- It should be overlapping the masthead to show the magazine's popularity
- The colour scheme is usually based off the image e.g. The character's outfit match the font colour
- If the genre is gossip, then there are many cluttered pictures to imply many stories
- It is alongside text which describes/relates to the image e.g. The name of the person on the cover.

Cover Lines:
- Relate the the genre of the magazine; they intrigue the reader and make them want to read on
- They're all bits of information that's in the inside of the magazine. So like the stories/articles.
- The left third contain most cover lines due to the way magazines are stacked together.
- The font is a lot "reader friendly" than the other texts. It's follows the colour scheme too.

Other:
- Strap lines show an important article on the front cover. They're right at the top.
- Pugs are free offers to attract customers. Mostly in kids/teen magazines

Getting familiar with Adobe Photoshop (Draft 1)