Contents page.

This is my contents page for the college magazine. I decided to take the picture I used for my front and used it as the background. I then sent the picture to the back so it allowed the writing to be seen. Then I changed the format of the picture to washout so it made it leave noticeable and made the writing stand out more. I choose to use this colour writing because on my front cover I have a few reds and I didn’t want to use the exact same colour but one close to make them blend together and seem as if they have the same affect. I choose to have the Wyke college logo on the bottom right of my contents page so it shows what college it is for. I also placed the Wyke college website next to it to allow people to be able to access the website. I put the issue number and date on the contents page as well so people know what issue it is if they have missed it on the front cover.

Final evaluation.

Overall I think that my media product uses develops and challenges forms and conventions that would be expected in real media products. From making my magazine I have learnt to use Photoshop. I used Photoshop to make my magazine as it had all the features that I needed to make my magazine. I
I think this because I have made sure to include all the different aspects of real magazine such as little things like the bar code, the issue number and the date. Even though these are only the minor aspects of the magazine they make it more realistic because every magazine includes this.
I have also included the more major aspects with when people buy a magazine look at such as the title of the magazine and the additional articles, which i have made sure stand out so people can notice them, which is what media products aim to do so.
I think that overall my magazine indicates from the front cover the brief impact of what will be inside it and it shows that it is about all round college aspects and not just one certain subject etc.My media products audience is aimed at particularly students aged 16-19 years which is the age that they would presume to be if they were attending college. It would also be aimed at some students in year 11 aged 15 and 16 which could give them the chance to read the magazine before they came to the college in order for them to know what to expect at the college. It could also be aimed at the parents of students to read in case that there is something that they would want to know about the college, or what is going on, or how to get something for there son/daughter etc.
I designed my front cover in order to make sure that it stands out to the audience and so it will catch there eye when they see it. The way that i addressed my audience was that i made sure in the additional articles that they new what it was aimed at. I also used bright colours and made them stand out so that it would attract them to my magazine. My magazine would be in-house production.
The college would produce it itself and get it published by the local publisher. The magazine would be published for many reasons such as to promote the college. The magazine could be used to get people that are thinking about joining next year and make it look good for them. It could also be used to promote such things are exams and the results that it achieves to show how good it is to the parents as well at the students.
I have learnt from the preliminary task how to use Photoshop and design my own magazine. I have learnt to be able to develop my skills in to the next task and to be able to use it better to produce a magazine, contents and double page spread.

Magazine front cover - final design.

This is the final design of my magazine. I decided to design my magazine cover in Photoshop. The first thing that I did was take the photograph for my magazine, when I was finally happy with the photograph that I had decided on, I chose to edit it in Photoshop. I did this so I could make the best effect of the photo which would look the best on my magazine.
First of all I sharpened it and then I blurred the whole thing and rubbed out with the eraser on the part of the image that I wanted to remain there which enabled it to stand out more than the rest of the photograph.
I named my magazine 'Real' as I thought it was an all round name that could cover anything, as this is a general college magazine not just based on one topic. I thought that the name real was short, catchy and easy for people to understand. It was also a good word to fit into my slogan 'the real way to achieve' as this gives the college a good impression.
The font I used for the title was veranda; I decided to use this one out of them all because it looked the most suitable for the design of my magazine. After testing a lot of colours out for my title, I chose the font to be in white because it was the colour that stood out the most against my picture and background. I used an outline glow around the title and a low shadow as this made it stand out a little bit more than it already did, compare to the other text on the page.
Next I designed my slogan; I used the same font for the whole of the writing on the page as I thought it would look more professional if I did. I decided to put the slogan in italics as it was the smallest writing on the page so it would help it to stand out more. As the slogan is just as important to the magazine because it gives it the all round effect by summing up the college.
In the bottom right hand corner of the cover I placed a bar code, the date and the Wyke college website. I did this because every magazine has a bar code and the date on so it would need this on it and having the college website on it makes it so people who are buying the magazine they are able to access the website as well if they need to find out more about the college if the magazine didn't tell you it.
The way that I placed the advertisements of some of the different articles that are in the magazine on the front cover took the most time. I had to choose different font colours for each but ones that looked right with the rest of my magazine. I chose to use whites and reds, as white went with the title of the magazine and red went with the advert above the title. I had to be careful not to use to much white in the rest of the writing in case it made the title not stand out as much as it needed to.

Taking and editing photograph.

For my college magazine I am not basing it on a certain theme I am just doing it as a general college magazine.

For my picture I decided to take it as a general college look of a student working. I took my picture from this angle because it allows you to be able to see the folder that she is looking through and I had her put her right hand like that because I think it makes it look more like she is concentrating on her work. This could also give the impression that Wyke college students work hard in order to achieve good grades, so it is a positive picture for the college.







Next Iuploaded my photograph onto Photoshop and because it was quite blurry I had to sharpen it to give it more of affect to make it stand out. This is effective because it gives the main focus of the picture stand out more.















Finally to make the main body of the picture stand out so the audience know what they are focusing on. I blurred the background as then it makes the person stand out more so the audience can't focus on anything else. It makes it as so she is concentrating on her school work and nothing else around her. This gives a positive effect on the college because it shows that students are positive towards there work.