School Magazine Contents Page Mock-up

This is the contents page I have designed for my School Magazine cover. I kept the font the same and if I did a final version, I Would still use the same colour scheme, blue and red, the schools main colours.

Final School Magazine Cover

This is the final cover of my school magazine. I tried to keep it as similar to the mock-up as possible but to fit everything in and make it look a good standard, I had to lose some pictures and edit the layout. I chose to use school pictures and pictures of me working as I wanted the focus to be on hard work and getting rewarded for the hard work.

School Magazine Pictures Planning

The following pictures are pictures that I won't be using for my final magazine cover:

 I won't be using this picture because it looks as if my arm and hand is in an unnatural position. I want the picture to look natural.

 I also won't be using this picture. I decided not to use this picture because of the poor lighting. The poor lighting makes the photo look dark, where I would like the picture to be bright.

Continuing, I also decided not to use this picture I look to serious and slightly angry. The main topic is GCSE results and I want to focus on the positive aspects. Therefore, I should look happy and proud in the picture.

Finally, I decided not to use this picture of the sixth form building since the sky is too bright and there is no detail. I took a better picture of the sixth form building that I may use instead.









However, these pictures are the ones that I decided I might use in the final cover of the school magazine:

 Firstly, I decided that these three pictures may
be possible photographs I might use because I look happy and I want the emphasis to be on the positive aspects of this years GCSE results. The lighting is also as good as I could get it in these pictures. I decided to use my GCSE results sheet and my school uniform as props. I did this because the GCSE results sheet is about the section of the magazine and the school uniform was used as it is school related and me look like a smart and punctual student who has just achieved good GCSE grades. personally, I feel like I will use the one on the right as there is just a plain background and it shows me as being happier than the other two pictures.

This is an edited version of the picture I will use as the main cover image. I didn't like the shadow behind me and decided to use Serif Photo Plus to cut out the main image from the background behind me.

I have also decided that this may be a picture I might use for a sixth form related article or section of the magazine cover. I chose this image because the background sky looks nice and has good detail. additionally, the picture has the whole of the front of the sixth form building.






Finally, I will use these pictures because since it is a school magazine, I wanted to show hard work and also, one of the main articles of the magazine is the outstanding GCSE results St Greg's students achieved. I thought that these two pictures show hard work and complement that article.

Mock School Magazine Design

This is the part of the preliminary task where I had to create a mock cover of a school magazine cover. I have included a logo, a masthead, a tagline, puffs, a pug, a bar-code, a price and some images.

I am planning to include the following features and articles:
- In the tagline, I will  include either the "50th anniversary edition" the school phrase, "Christ at the centre of living and learning".
- I also want the pug to say the edition number, for example, "issue number 8".
- The puffs will include little messages about what is in the magazine or any additional features.

The pictures that I want to Include are:
- Pictures of the school field because there is a new 3G pitch being built soon. If I put text next to or near this photo, I will go into details about the new pitch, like construction time and what it will be used for.
- For the cover image, I want to include a picture either of myself or someone else looking happy and proud while holding their GCSE results sheet. I know that not everybody achieved the results they would have liked, but I want the article/theme to be positive and not focus on the negative aspects. This image will be a mid-shot and I will try and make sure there will be bright lighting behind the model.
- I would also like to take a picture relatively sport/football related because I want to include the school football team scores and results.
- I want school related pictures because it will further emphasise that all the topics are about school and that it is a school magazine.
- I may also use another student to look like they are teaching or doing a science experiment. I would do this because since the emphasis is on school and it is a school magazine, the whole point of school is to learn and gain an education. I think this is a good way of representing learning.

School Magazine Analysis

This is part of the preliminary task I will be doing. We have to find a school magazine or newsletter and analyse the different features of the magazine cover.

My First Media Post

Hello and welcome to my first A level media studies blog post. The main task of the project is to make a music magazine cover a contents page and a two page spread for the magazine. Also, the additional work and planning needs to be recorded in a blog, this blog! I am excited and am looking forward to working on this blog. So far, I love media studies and can't wait to get started with this project. In this blog I will talk about the different tasks completed over the course. Some of the parts involved are planning, the main task itself and the evaluation.

Thanks, Luke B