After carefully planning and researching into magazines and constructing drafts I came up with this design which I am very happy with. It has all the conventions which It required and looks professional in my opinion. The slogan used throughout the magazine took me a while to think of because i wanted something a bit cheesy because these saying are more easily remembered. I though of two other slogan names which were : ‘Giving you more’ and ‘Inside information’ but they just didn’t have the same ring to them for my magazine. I also considered a few magazine names except my final one : ‘WYKE review’ such as ‘Wyke times’, ‘Wyke Mail’ and ‘WYKE magazine’. I preferred the one I chose for the final draft because it is more appropriate as the magazine is reviewing what’s happened in the first term and it’s more unique than the obvious names already in use like times, guardian or just ‘magazine’. All the way through the magazine I will be making the ‘Wyke’ part of the title bigger than the ‘review’ bit in ‘WYKE review’ because it makes the institution I’m representing clearer and shows the importance of the college through making it bigger and more imposing than the fact it’s a review. I changed my mind a few times during the planning stages and I’m very happy with the outcome.
Front cover:
My front cover contained my favourite story headline which I will use for the interview of the ‘Wyke wonder kids’. This is a big image which will attract attention and the banner head is cheesy for the same reason as the slogan and will stick in reader’s minds. I chose not to use any green although it will be used throughout my magazine because it didn’t look as good as the purple and white version used in my front cover when trying them out. It wasn’t as attractive and I wouldn’t be as interested in it to pick it up. Again I used Photoshop to make my masthead and banner head which are big and eye-catching. I kept the bottom bit the same which I will all the way through because I think it’s important to have information for the audience. The picture represents the institution well because it shows an extra curricular activity in which college attendants are involved with and having success in. The picture is very good at getting people to pick it up as It seems a relaxed and enjoyable background were they are all smiling and enjoying themselves. The issue number and price as well as bar code add to the conventions of this magazine and finish it off.
Contents:
I chose this contents layout because after constructing my draft for the front cover which I wasn’t entirely happy with, I researched into a few different magazines just looking at their front covers and contents to see what a successful magazine had in it. This gave me ideas of how to set out my contents page and allowed me to input my own ideas for the magazine. I chose these colours because they represent the institution which the magazine is about (Wyke college) by using their recognised colours. After deciding to use these colours I then thought about how I could mix them together to get the best possible results. I tried a few methods on Photoshop but in the end used the brush tool to get my purple lines on the green background I created using the paint bucket tool. I liked this idea and stuck with it. This was the basis of my magazine contents page. After taking many photos to compare which was the best and most appropriate ones I chose ones which I thought represented the institution (Wyke college) best which was a relaxed atmosphere and smiling students who were willing to share their college experiences with fellow students. This was easily achieved with medium close up shots with one of my models cameras. I think one of the most effective aspects of my magazine is the different font styles and sizes on the contents page to make it a little more interesting and eye-catching instead of all one style and size. Also, I think the little purple circles with white text inside work very well because they give the reader a clear and easy to understand reference to what story the picture is from. This was an effect I created using Photoshop again. The purple background for text and white writing maintained a good house style throughout the contents page which will be continued throughout the magazine. I made sure my contents page appealed to my target audience of everyone associated with Wyke college by using bright funky colours to attract attention and used the college’s colour scheme to help readers instantly relate to the magazine. I also used the website address along the bottom of the page to inform my audience about how to get further information about their college. I also chose to make two photos different from the rest by using Photoshop to manipulate the image into an octagon shape to make it different and stand out. I took a picture of me and a model from a birds eye view but maintained the medium close up shot. This linked very well with that stories name : ‘A different dimension’ because this picture is in a different dimension to the rest of the photographs.
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