Front Cover and Content page sketch

These are the initial design ideas for my front cover as well as the content page.

The front cover will have a long shot of a model standing there with his hands in his pockets, this represents that he is relaxed despite the hard choices he will have to make as a student, this is because this magaazine will help him with these choices.

A simillar idea is potrayed in the content page where the model is leaning back agains a wall.

Although these sketches aren't great they are a basic representation of what my magazine will look like, I still need to consider the colours and other conventions.

Font analysis

http://www.dafont.com/colleged.font?text=College

The first font is called "colleged" by imagex. I like it because it's old school and it relates to my magazine, it's simple but looks damaged or as if it's wearing off, this very unique and I think it looks very nice. I think this font will suit a masthead

http://www.dafont.com/sports-jersey.font?psize=s&text=Lifestyle

The second font is called "Sport Jersey" by Arfurware. I like it because it's simple and looks very professional, my aim is to create a magazine that looks professional. I think that this font is modern and it will suit a front cover. The contrast between the simple and complex fonts creates a nice composition that is very eye catching

Music Magazine Content Page Analysis

Content page analysis

 

 

I've decided to analyse this content page because I like the layout of it and I'd like to do something like this in my magazine.

This content page does not look like a normal content page because it does not have the convetntions of a typical magazine. In most magazine there will be lot's of pictures showing something related to the part of content page. While this one only shows 1 picture of a model relating to the feautred article.

The image of 50 cent is the focal point of this content page because it covers more than half of this page, this is a full body shot of 50 cent with his legs croped out, 50 cent is also looking at the audience which I think will appeal to the readers, this can be a unique selling point of this article.

This content page still covers some of the convetions, such as title of a article with a page number and small description of the article to tell the readers what it's about, this content page only has 1 collumn which is uniqe because most of the content pages we looked at had 3 collumns with the middle collumn being bigger than the 2 on the side , however I think that when there is less information on the content page it looks more professional.

The colour scheme is kept to 3 main colours which are red, black and white. I think that this combination work well and is appealing to the readers, most of the content pages we looked at had at least some red, this is because red stands out and attracts the readers which will make them read the article.

School magazine analysis

Class is a school magazine, I know this because all the content is school related and the front cover has a student which connotes that this a magazine.

The masthead is writen in a font style that is used by american high schools and colleges. Also the word 'class' relates to schools because schools have diffrent classes.

The language used is formal but does not include any language that someone might strugle to understand.

There is a small amount of writing on the front cover and the background looks very plain which makes it look unfinished and unprofesional in my opinion, on the other hand the glowing of the letters makes them stand out and it looks nice

Not all of the conventions are used, and the mag just looks 'empty' however you can see the theme of american styled schools with the graduation outfit and the font used.

It dosen't have a barcode but it does have a button with the price.

The sort of people who might read this type of magazine are people who share an intrest in school events and students who want to find out more about what's happenig in their school

Student Magazine Plan

Preliminary Task - Student Magazine Plan

Our task is to create a school magazine that involve all of the conventions that can be found in one.

For my magazine I have decided to target it at older students, such as the 6th former's.

This means the age range will be 16-18 year old's who share a common interest in school events as well as extra curricular activity, some of the articles might include tips and guides about going to uni etc.

I have decided to call my magazine "Collage Lifestyle" because it's an accurate, short and catchy name that links well to the sort of articles you might find inside.

I think it would be best if I had 1 model experiencing something related to the main article in some way,alternatively it could just be them looking smart in their suit as this would be a good representation of how we act in 6th form. 

If the weather is nice the shot can be taken outside, I think that the article will look more professional if it's a full body shot, but only showing the models torso and their head, that way we can also put some headlines around their body without covering the model.

Apart from the main article which would be about students future, I think some of the sell lines should include articles that also can help the students in some way. This would probably include articles such as "Top 20 Uni's" "Best paid jobs" "Work now play later - How to prepare for exams" If the students can relate to the articles then they are more likely to read them.

The articles from sell lines would be the featured articles in the contents page, I think there should also be an school advert.

 

Front cover analysis

Front Cover Analysis

Clash is a music magazine mainly focussing on Hip Hop, this is because the main image portrays a Hip Hop artist called A$AP Rocky who is known for his Hip Hop songs The Front cover also features sell lines with names of artists such as Mac Miller who are also known for to make Hip Hop music.

The masthead says "Clash" The connotation of this could be that it's has a range of articles "clashing" together in one magazine.

This article is aimed at teenagers and people who are into music because of the use of slang "behind the swag of ASAP Rocky"

The layout is very basic and dull, however it does look professional and it does match the main image because the bright yellow leopard printing contrast the dull blue background

It's a close up of ASAP Rocky wearing a Supreme towel in the style of Arabian men wearing their Turbans

The Article features small sell lines because they are not as important as the main image and the article.

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