Deconstructions Of Contents Pages

These are my deconstructions of three magazine contents pages. In this PowerPoint I will be discussing and analysing the features of these prints, and explaining why they are used. I have chosen three different kinds of genres as they all present different ideas and significant features to their prints, such as, language and design to fit their particular genre and target audience.
I have learned different aspect from these deconstructions. One thing is that all contents pages fro different magazine are different, and can basically take on any structure. They are definitely organised and carry the current theme of the issue. I will definitely take on these tips for my own work and how I manipulate it.

Deconstructions Of Front Covers

This slideshow presents my deconstructions of three magazines, of my own choice. I have chosen them to be similar to my chosen genre, which is a mix of hip hop/rap/R&B, which these magazines include. I have analyised different aspects and factors of all of the magazines and discussed their role and why editors choose to use or include them, along with why they look the way they do, and how that appeals to readers.
I have learned different aspects from this, mostly the main conventions that creates a fort cover, and allows it to be professional and high quality to readers. From looking at past covers, I have now been inspired, and I have now got some ides on how to design my own cover, as well as what conventions and elements to include. 

My College Magazine, And What I Have Learned

These are my final designs for my college magazine front cover and contents page. I used my flat plans for inspiration to create the final piece, but also decided to make other factors whilst actually producing it on photoshop. I used my own photos which I took of my college, and the uploaded them to either make a background or featured pictures on a page. I included the essential aspects like the sell lines, logos and even a barcode, as these are all essential to produce a professional and realistic magazine cover.
I have learned a lot from this process, including a lot of skills in which will help me to create my music magazine. I have also realised that creating a magazine, editing images  an creating effect is harder than it looks. I found photoshop difficult to use at times, and I feel as if I practiced more I can obtain its effect and potential.

College Magazine Flat Plans

These are my flat plan designs for my college magazine front cover and contents page. I have planned what I would want my front page and contest page to look like and feature by drawing and adding notes to explain what i want each feature to include. hopefully I can look back at these to help me produce my real version, and to help me make it look as professional and as real as possible.

My Expectations For My College Magazine

My expectation for my magazine will differ for each feature.  Firstly, my front cover should look intriguing, as the whole point of it is to catch readers attention, and to potentially try and get people to join our college. It must have appropriate colours that aren’t boring, and it should display a smiley image of a student, to show readers that students are happy here and enjoy life here at college. The front cover may also include headings and the name of the magazine, to present certain articles in the magazine and to tell people the name of the college and to present the college logo.

The contents page is also important. To start is has to fulfill its definite purpose and display all of the articles and their pages, to give people a general idea of what they will find in the magazine. Page references are important, so that the reader can easily find a specific article.  As the page doesn’t want to look boring, images would be important so that the reader can also look at different images that could possibly represent college life or college students.

Throughout the magazine, images are important so that the reader can understand concepts visually. I will include images of students, and also images of things like the college building, teachers, and classrooms.

For the font, it has to be readable and easy to follow, not something that people would find annoying or hard to follow. Some fonts would be bold, for headings and such, but when I will be writing in paragraphs it wont be as bold. I think that all of the fonts, colours, and sizes will stay the same in paragraphs, but possibly different in headings.

The types of features throughout the magazine will contrast between college information and life of students possibly. However, as we want to try and grab the attention of young people, and cant overload on the writing as it may be boring.

The articles could differ from talking about a certain students college life, or just explaining about college life in general for all students, there could also be articles explaining about different campus’ and subjects that are on offer for students.

Hip-Hop Moodboard

The first thing I needed to do was to pick a genre for my music magazine. I decided on Hip Hop/R&B as I personally enjoy this particular genre and I have a fair amount of knowledge on it. Once I decided I created a mood board, in which I have also included here. I used Microsoft PowerPoint to help create a fluster of images to present the idea of Hip Hop and R&B. I have included pictures of artists from the genre, but also pictures of past music magazines to help me with my inspiration and ideas.

Introduction

My name is Holly Anderson, and I have currently started learning Media, as part of my A-levels at college. As part of my coursework, one of my tasks is to produce and create a music magazine, on a genre of my own choice. During this process of creating my coursework, i have to create a front cover of a magazine, a contents page, and a double page spread, all on my chosen genre of music. Al of the features included in my magazine will all be created from my own creations, and not simple images or words from the internet. Therefore, by the end of this project, i should have  the most professional magazine cover/contents page/double page spread as I can.
The purpose of this blog, is to present all of my work that i will be producing on my music magazine, and to keep track of all of my documents and features that I will be needing to complete the magazine. i will be updating the blog either from day to day or on a daily basis, to keep my work updated and professional. overall, this blog will help me keep organized with this project, and help me keep track with my creations and ideas.