Contents Page Draft

3 Things on a Contents Page

- Easy to read page numbers, to navigate through the magazine.

- Housestyle consistant with the magazine

- Images that relate to the articles in the magazine and its genre.

10 Generic Conventions - Starter Task

House style and colours that connote the genre of the magazine EG – using dark colours for a metal magazine

Artists that relate the genre of the magazine.

-Masthead that connotes the genre of the magazine

-Anchorage that connotes genre and artists

-Sell lines that relate to the genre, EG Kerrang! Life Is Loud

-Images and photos that relate to the genre, for example the way in which they are edited, like black and white.

-Mode Of Address that relates to the particular audience the magazine is aimed at.

-Synergy (cross media refference) - The kinds of companies that they work with, if they are relavant to the specific genre of the magazine.

-Advertisements used - If they relate to the readers.

-Reviews! on artists and bands of the genre of the magazine.

Frontcover Draft

Todays lesson...

Today in this lesson i feel that my skills on photoshop developed as i found doing certain things hard, however i overcame these and ended begning a successful draft.

Five rules to taking pictures for the cover

Rule One No cluttered background
Rule Two Make sure you focus on the lead singer if it is a band shot so you know who they are - If it is a singel artist make sure it is a medium shot or a close up.
Rule Three Leave room for a masthead and don't cut heads off!
Rule Four No high angle shots, fine for double page spread.
Rule Five Animate your band, make sure they're doing something and looking at the camera.

Starter Task

This week I have researched mastheads and come to a final 4, I am yet to pick a final one through testings these with images on Photoshop.

I completed my ideas for my magazine, learning that my masthead must be clear so it can be read from a distance.

Finally I have learnt that the image for my front cover must have space at the top, so that the masthead can be seen clearly.