today MArk showed us how to use photoshop. he taught us basic effects, cutting images and special effects. he gave examples using some previous pictures and gave us the do's and don'ts which i actually understood. After we went through this, miss gave us a task of anotating 2 front covers. One was called 'Newsman' and the 'QUAD' . I started off with 'QUAD' and talked about the title and background.
we then got set some homework asking us to write a textual analysis on the 2 front covers due next friday.
Thursday, 29 January 2009
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
School Magazine Research
For this task, i am going to research "The Grape Vine" from The Weald of Kent Grammer School. The link to this is : http://www.wealdofkent.kent.sch.uk/LearningSystem/PortalHome/preDefault.asp?Resource=9A03D2EC-23F3-489F-A6FA-DA7449FE4EA9&ResourceID=7230
Then click on the PDF file.
Contents
Firstly the contents page was also the front page. I found this good because it lets you know what the Magazine is all about and whats inside it. In this case it seems there is a lot about the school and events going on. As you scroll down, you get information on AS subjects such as media and theatre. Also there is careers advice which is good because above is GCSE and AS advice and so it shows that this magazine is suited for all.
Once you go dwon further, you start to hit the informal pages which tell us about events such as a beach party (in this case) etc. Then after we hit the school trips and exchanges. There are a number of images showing what happened and relevant to the topic. The layout is also simple but effective at getting the reader's attraction.
After all this, we get to the news and gossip section which a lot of Newspapers have and are very good at attracting readers. We also start to see student pictures and reports on the things that have done or attened such as a Muse concert.
Lastly in the contents, there is a thank you page to all the poeple that participated in the Magazine.
Layout
The layout is very simple and plain (white background). Many of the pages also have images or a margin background such as hearts or a melon. The text style is also "Berlin Sans FB" which is odd because it isnt a common font. The font colour is also a kind of aqua style.
I think the layout is good at keeping reader's concerntration because there isnt too many pictures or different colours but at the same time it isnt dull.
Target Audience
i think that the target audience for this magazine is secondary school students. This is because the layout doesn't contain a lot of images and instead has a pretty nornal background of white and and aqua. I also think this because a lot of the gossip and stories are about older students and use similar language.
Conclusion
In conclusion i think that the magazine is a professionally made style and good at attracting its target audience. I also think that it is very easily made and therefore would make a better profit due to its layout of a white background and aqua text or a few marginal pictures
Then click on the PDF file.
Contents
Firstly the contents page was also the front page. I found this good because it lets you know what the Magazine is all about and whats inside it. In this case it seems there is a lot about the school and events going on. As you scroll down, you get information on AS subjects such as media and theatre. Also there is careers advice which is good because above is GCSE and AS advice and so it shows that this magazine is suited for all.
Once you go dwon further, you start to hit the informal pages which tell us about events such as a beach party (in this case) etc. Then after we hit the school trips and exchanges. There are a number of images showing what happened and relevant to the topic. The layout is also simple but effective at getting the reader's attraction.
After all this, we get to the news and gossip section which a lot of Newspapers have and are very good at attracting readers. We also start to see student pictures and reports on the things that have done or attened such as a Muse concert.
Lastly in the contents, there is a thank you page to all the poeple that participated in the Magazine.
Layout
The layout is very simple and plain (white background). Many of the pages also have images or a margin background such as hearts or a melon. The text style is also "Berlin Sans FB" which is odd because it isnt a common font. The font colour is also a kind of aqua style.
I think the layout is good at keeping reader's concerntration because there isnt too many pictures or different colours but at the same time it isnt dull.
Target Audience
i think that the target audience for this magazine is secondary school students. This is because the layout doesn't contain a lot of images and instead has a pretty nornal background of white and and aqua. I also think this because a lot of the gossip and stories are about older students and use similar language.
Conclusion
In conclusion i think that the magazine is a professionally made style and good at attracting its target audience. I also think that it is very easily made and therefore would make a better profit due to its layout of a white background and aqua text or a few marginal pictures
Tuesday 27th January
Today miss went through different styles and points of target groups. We learnt how the groups are arranged and how people target them. She also told us about how we should get pictures for our print and gave us an example of how they can be foiled, so were cautious. We were also told about someone called Mark coming in on thursday to show us how to arrange images and photoshop etc
Friday 23rd January
Today we had to create our mock ups of the print. We had to make individual which meant that because me and stew were in a 2, we did a separate issue. We had to get some images and arrange our front cover to how we wanted, in this case we were making a 'blue top' tabloid. We got the Mcdonalds M off the internet and used that as our M in Mark's Monthly. We had a bout half hour to complete this task and we did with around 5minutes to spare =]
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Thursday 22nd January
Today was the day we were going to present our pitch. We started the lesson at 11.30 and had to have the presentation ready by 12.40, which gave us enough time to work on it. We went through a range of ideas and wrote them in our brainstorm and ended up arguing over snakes and ladders. We went through the layout, advertising and content so obviously we missed out quite a lot which we didnt realise at the time.
12.40 and w have to present our pitch. Stew put our work at the bottom so we'd go last but all that really ment was that everyone would raise the bar then me and stew would bring it way down. Everyone went through their presentations explaining their ideas, answering questions etc. Then came our turn and ill be honest, i was pretty scared. I dont mind talking infront of people, just dont lik mucking up in front of people, completely throws me off.
after a while of talking through our ideas, miss stopped us and questioned about a particular peice of content. Ill admit it seemed a rollocking to begin with but i did learn from it =]
if i didnt know any better, i'd say miss dont like football that much......just a shot in dark
12.40 and w have to present our pitch. Stew put our work at the bottom so we'd go last but all that really ment was that everyone would raise the bar then me and stew would bring it way down. Everyone went through their presentations explaining their ideas, answering questions etc. Then came our turn and ill be honest, i was pretty scared. I dont mind talking infront of people, just dont lik mucking up in front of people, completely throws me off.
after a while of talking through our ideas, miss stopped us and questioned about a particular peice of content. Ill admit it seemed a rollocking to begin with but i did learn from it =]
if i didnt know any better, i'd say miss dont like football that much......just a shot in dark
Tuesday 20th January
Today Mrs Rogers was telling us what our taks was for our coursework and how we should present it. We are creating a print. At frist we will be making one in pairs and presenting our pitch on thursday =[
im with Stew who only ever puts me down but thats what friends are for is suppose. We got a little bit of time at the end of the lesson to work on ideas for our pitch and me and Stew had a few.
for homework, Miss wants us to create a blog which as you can see i think im doing now
im with Stew who only ever puts me down but thats what friends are for is suppose. We got a little bit of time at the end of the lesson to work on ideas for our pitch and me and Stew had a few.
for homework, Miss wants us to create a blog which as you can see i think im doing now
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