EVALUATION
Media Coursework
School Magazine
Our very first task was to create a school magazine including a contents page and a front cover, remembering the codes and convention of a normal school magazine. Tostart of we done some research on different music magazines. We had to review twoschool magazines from two different schools. We had to look at and compare what were the similarities and the differences of the magazines we picked out.
After we done our research, basing my front cover from the Canon Palmer school magazine, we then started to create our own school magazine using the programme Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. I added a red background using the tool fill to create a different vibe from any normal school magazine. I then went off to take pictures of students around the school. Out of all the pictures I took I had to look at which one was the best quality. I picked out a picture of a student boy studying as it would send a great message to other students who will read the magazine, and also I picked this out because the picture was very bright which will look good as the main picture of my magazine. After I have placed my picture to where I wanted it, I added the title of my magazine, which I decided to call it ‘Palmer Pages’, this is simply because my school is called ‘Canon Palmer’ and the world ‘pages’ straight away relates to information and what the magazine would be about. After I completed this, I then went on to continue working on the headlines around the front cover. I added such headlines as ‘On Point or Easily Distracted?’ to attract the readers – students to read the rest of the magazine. I then added other headlines at the bottom of the page to show that there are more stories to read about apart from the main story. After this, I went on the internet to search for the logos added to the original school magazine and attached these logos to my front cover at the bottom of the page.
I have change the colour scheme to black and red as I did not want it to be similar as other school magazines – using white, black. I wanted to make the colour stand out and made sure it was bright to make it different. I also did not add typical fonts for the text such as Arial, Times New Roman etc, because I wanted a modern type of school magazine.
I think overall, I have produced my front cover well for my school magazine. I have made my front cover different from the typical school magazine but however I still remembered the codes and conventions. If I was to change anything, I would have added the school logo somewhere on the page but I was not able to do this because I couldn’t find a clear version of the logo. I also had trouble using the programme as I am not familiar with all the different tools, but with help from my teacher and other students I was able to produce my own unique school magazine.
After I produced my school magazine front cover, I then continued to work on my contents page. I wanted to make my contents very simple so I just kept the same colour scheme and added the title ‘CONTENTS’ at the top of the page and then went on to adding headlines in one column and in line with the page numbers. I kept the contents simple but I also wanted it to be different. I think I have also produced a good contents page but however I think I could have done better with it. If I was to change anything about my school magazine, I would have just added the school logo somewhere either on the front cover or the contents page, but I think I created a front cover and contents page well.
Media Coursework
School Magazine
Our very first task was to create a school magazine including a contents page and a front cover, remembering the codes and convention of a normal school magazine. Tostart of we done some research on different music magazines. We had to review twoschool magazines from two different schools. We had to look at and compare what were the similarities and the differences of the magazines we picked out.
After we done our research, basing my front cover from the Canon Palmer school magazine, we then started to create our own school magazine using the programme Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0. I added a red background using the tool fill to create a different vibe from any normal school magazine. I then went off to take pictures of students around the school. Out of all the pictures I took I had to look at which one was the best quality. I picked out a picture of a student boy studying as it would send a great message to other students who will read the magazine, and also I picked this out because the picture was very bright which will look good as the main picture of my magazine. After I have placed my picture to where I wanted it, I added the title of my magazine, which I decided to call it ‘Palmer Pages’, this is simply because my school is called ‘Canon Palmer’ and the world ‘pages’ straight away relates to information and what the magazine would be about. After I completed this, I then went on to continue working on the headlines around the front cover. I added such headlines as ‘On Point or Easily Distracted?’ to attract the readers – students to read the rest of the magazine. I then added other headlines at the bottom of the page to show that there are more stories to read about apart from the main story. After this, I went on the internet to search for the logos added to the original school magazine and attached these logos to my front cover at the bottom of the page.
I have change the colour scheme to black and red as I did not want it to be similar as other school magazines – using white, black. I wanted to make the colour stand out and made sure it was bright to make it different. I also did not add typical fonts for the text such as Arial, Times New Roman etc, because I wanted a modern type of school magazine.
I think overall, I have produced my front cover well for my school magazine. I have made my front cover different from the typical school magazine but however I still remembered the codes and conventions. If I was to change anything, I would have added the school logo somewhere on the page but I was not able to do this because I couldn’t find a clear version of the logo. I also had trouble using the programme as I am not familiar with all the different tools, but with help from my teacher and other students I was able to produce my own unique school magazine.
After I produced my school magazine front cover, I then continued to work on my contents page. I wanted to make my contents very simple so I just kept the same colour scheme and added the title ‘CONTENTS’ at the top of the page and then went on to adding headlines in one column and in line with the page numbers. I kept the contents simple but I also wanted it to be different. I think I have also produced a good contents page but however I think I could have done better with it. If I was to change anything about my school magazine, I would have just added the school logo somewhere either on the front cover or the contents page, but I think I created a front cover and contents page well.
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