Evaluation!

I think that my final outcome, my front cover of the magazine and the contents page turned out well. I think that my colour scheme and house theme worked well together and the font i chose for both contents and the front cover worked well because they were both simple bold fonts but effective which makes them stand out so you look at the text and pick it up.The colour of my font was an important issue as, on the front cover the photographic background could have easily masked out and hidden the text, but as i made the colour of the text so bright and bold the text hit you and did stand out.

I used a digital camera to take my photographs. I photographed all of my images within the Wyke College grounds. I  think that my photographs i chose to use worked very well as they represented college life as a happy and fun time and not a boring long dull time. 

I think that i could have improved my photography by maybe using more photographs on my contents page, other than that i think that they worked well. 

I had a few problems with cutting around photos on photo shop for my contents page as they didn't cut a smooth line, so instead i just used the full photo's, i think that they looked okay in the end anyway.
My photograph for the front cover i think personally was the best photograph i had taken for this project,it also fitted in with the issue date which was autumn, so the student was dressed appropriately for the season and the setting of the photograph looking appropriate for this season also.


I decided that the name for my magazine "life@wyke" was suitable as its a more funky and modern version which would appeal to young students at Wyke College.If i were to chose another name for my magazine cover i may have chosen something like "Wyke life" which again would relate to student life.


I think that the story lines in which i chose to use were suitable and effective and if this were a magazine in a College i think that people would pick it up and buy it. They weren't very educational story lines which means that they would appeal to many students as most people wouldn't really be interested in the magazine if it were educational.

If i were to improve on things during this project i would definitely improve my contents page and, i don't think that i would change anything on my front cover as i like the layout although i could have maybe made the headlines a little larger, but i didn't make them bigger as i wanted the photograph to be visible and not be hidden by a lot of text.

Final contents page plan!

The layout above the contents page is design i decided to use, i think this version of my contents page looks much better than the first one i made, also it looks as if it belongs to the magazine cover much better than the other contents page. I have carried on the same colour theme and font style appart from the contents masthead, simply because the computers at College do not have the same font as the one i used on photoshop at home, so i tried to find the most similar one i could on photoshop at college and make it exactly the same colours to make it even more similar.I used the same font for the small headings as i did on the front cover so its linked, I also used a green border to highlight the images to make them stand out from the purple background, i think that this makes it stand out more so.

Layout design for my contents page!

This was my first layout design for my contents page. i tried using this layout on photoshop, example above, but i dont like it so i am going to try a different layout.

Contents page idea!

As i am only designing my draft for the contents page i will not need to produce the finished design, so my contents page will have things on it in which i would have improved on and changed if i were to produce the finished peice.
I need my contents page to look as if it belongs to the front cover so i need to use the same house theme green, purple, blue and white. Also i will need to use the same fonts used on the front cover, or very similar so they look the same.
I will use photographs which i have taken for the contents page ... one with a student stood outside the new building, one with a student reading in the library and one with the dance students in the theatre. 

Story headlines in which i will use on my contents page will be...
.Official opening of the Oak building.
.Wyke library wins award.
.Wyke talent show.
.Media 2011 New York trip.
.Uni open day information.
.NUS. what are the advantages?.
.Smoking, your veiw!.



I chose these storylines as i want to represent student life in my College magazine and i think these storylines represent this well.

My final front cover!

 

This is my final front cover for my College magazine. I chose my house theme to be purple, green, white and blue to match the College website. All of the headlines plus email and date are in the same font "Teen light", i chose this font as its easy to read and also its bold enough to stand out from the photographic background. The story headlines are all in green and blue and the captions for each story are blue and purple, i did this because i wanted the text to stand out against the photograph and as the photograph looks quite busy i needed a bold vibrant font that stands out even if the text is small.

 My masthead is in  a different font so that it stands out from the other text on the page. I chose to outline the masthead in green as the purple didnt stand out very well against the photograph. The masthead is in a childlike font which makes it seem more fun and exiting just by looking at the masthead.

I was going to cut around the student on photoshop and place it onto either a purple or green background, like the College web page, but instead i decided to keep the photo as it was, simply because i wanted the new building to be featured on the front cover, also i think that the photograph covering the full page looks more proffesional and well thought out.

I edited the contrast and temperature of the photograph on photoshop to brighten the picture and make it stand out more. Editing it also made it look like a much better quality photograph than the original photo which looked quite dull and bland.

Story Headlines i will use!

On the front cover, i will advertie three story headlines so that the page isn't too cluttered with writing, the storys in which i have decided to feature are ...

.The official opening of the Oak building-i have decided to chose this as a main story as the photograph for my front cover includes the new building in the background, also as the Oak building is new to the students of Wyke College a story about the new building would be appropriate.

Second story headline!

.Wyke talent show-I decided that as this was a student life magazine i didnt want it to be very educational based, so i thought that advertising a College talent show would be a good idea to attract the students attention into looking through the magazine to find out more information about it.

Third story headline!

.My third and final story headline will be New York 2011 media trip-I chose this story as many students who take Media as a subject may be interested in this fabulous opportunity.Also the students will see this on the front cover and look through the magazine to find more information about it which means that they will look through the full magazine.

My chosen photograph !

This is the photograph i am going to use for the front cover. After looking at all of the photographs in which i had taken for my front cover, i decided that this was my favorite as it shows the student looking enthusiastic and happy. I think that this photograph best suits the theme of College life and looks bright and vibrant for a front cover image, which will also attract attention with its bold brash colours.

Photos i took for my front cover !

This is one of the photographs i took for the front cover,but i decided not to use this photograph as i would like it to show college life and not so much "education" on the front page .

I like the angle of this photograph .I think i may use this in the contents page to show the student studying in the new Oak buildings' Library .

This was an outdoor shot so you can view the new Oak building that opened earlier this year .The only thing i didn't like about this photograph was the tree trunk blocking the vue of the building .

Here i wanted to photograph the student looking back at the new College, but after taking the photo it doesn't look how i would have liked it to .It looks as if the student looked away as i was taking the photograph which is why i am going to use a photo with the student looking at the camera or facing forwards so you can see the face, and it doesn't just look like "bad " photography.

I think that this photograph shows that this is a College student ready to work as he is holding his book and stood outside the new building but I wasn't too keen on the angle of the photograph. 

I think this photograph is good as it shows that the student looks happy and enthusiastic about College, but as half of the building in the background is cut off i will not be using this photograph.

I think that the angle of the photo is good but again like the photo above, the building in the background is cut off which is why i wont be using this photograph.

I thought it would be a good idea to photograph outside the Wyke College sign as its showing you the new Oak building, but also showing you the student stood outside the College looking enthusiastic and ready for work.

Here is another photograph similar to the one taken above, but a closer up of the student. I aren't as keen on this photograph as it looks quite squashed up and close together.

Magazine name ideas !

I want the College magazine to represent College Life, so i need the Magazine name to be appropriate for this .
Some of my magazine name ideas are ...
. Life@Wyke
. College Life
. Wyke News
. What's on at Wyke,and 
. Student Life 


The one i highlighted is the name i have decided to use .I think that it looks modern as the word "at" is replaced by the abbreviation ,this will look much more up to date and fashionable .

Front Cover layout idea !

This was just a quick plan of a layout which i may use for my front cover.
But i arent sure about the layout of the headlines and logo all being at the same side .

This was my second layout idea with the masthead and photograph central ,which gives it a more original themed style ,rather than a modern style .

 

This is my final template for my front cover.I think that the photograph covering the full page instead of a background with a photo on top will look more modern, proffesional and will also stand out. I chose to put the masthead in the top left corner as ir looks more modern as its not central on the page,also i will make the masthead very bold so it stands out. I will put the email adress in the bottom right as its not really something that needs to stand out, the same applies for the issue date which will be situated in the top right hand side. The story headlines will be down the left hand side in a different font to the masthead as i would like the masthead to stand out significantly more so than the rest of the text.

House style !

After looking through the Wyke College website ,i noticed that the house colour style was GREEN ,PURPLE ,BLUE and WHITE . 

So i think that it would be a good idea if my magazine used the same house colour style ,to keep the theme going  ,also the students will recognize the magazine straight away as the colour scheme will be the same as the web page .

For a College magazine i think that these four colours would be appropriate as the tone 

white symbolises innocence and purity, this  tells us that the students that attend Wyke College are excellent examples of college students that are willing to learn ,and they enjoy life at College .Blue symbolises  trust, loyalty, wisdom, confidence, intelligence, faith, truth, and heaven.This shows us that the students that attend Wyke are confident intelligent learners who are trustworthy and loyal people .

Purple symbolises wealth ,leadership ,royalty ,luxury and sophistication .This shows us that the College offers the students expensive equipment and technology .Leadership tells us that the students have a say in what happens at their College, they can approach teachers and tell them if there unhappy or happy with something at College .
Green is the colour of peace , nature, well being and growth .This shows us that students grow in knowledge within their time at Wyke College .It also shows us that the College is peaceful and a tranquil place to be in .

Things i need to think about before making my magazine cover !

As the magazine i am designing will be for college students at Wyke College ,i need to think about the design layout and stories in which i will present on the main cover ,also i will need to think about weather my magazine will be free of charge or have a small price charge for my magazine .

Price
As a student of Wyke i think that college magazines should be free of charge so as i am going to make a magazine for students i will make it free of charge so it will appeal to many people .Putting a price tag on my magazine would bring the sales down and it wouldnt be very popular within the college community which is not what i would like to happen .

Presentation
As i would like my magazine to appeal to students i need my magazine cover to look modern and stylish to attract attention .Dull bland colours will not work for this age range ,so i would like the colours i choose for my cover to be bright and vibrant to stand out as much as possible to make the students want to read it .I will need to choose a house style so the colours dont all clash on the page and look untidy ,to find a suitable house style i will first look on the Wyke College website to see what sort of colours are used on there ,then take that into account when choosing my colours .I want my layout to be quite unique and modern so ,i am going to put my masthead somewhere different from where you normally see it ,maybe in the top left hand side ,or right ,i will also mess around with the angles of my writing to make it look as unique as possible .

Photography
As i need to use a medium close up of a student for the front cover ,i want the photograph to be appropriate for this type of magazine so ... i will maybe photograph a student in the library studying (showing the educational side of Wyke College ) ,or a student sat in the canteen(this would show the social side of Wyke) , or a student stood outside the Oak building (this could represent the new building and its grand opening ) .I would like the student to look happy and enthusiastic about the thought of college as i want my magazine to create a positive optimistic thought and represent  what student life is like at Wyke College .

LIIAR !!!

Audience: The audience for my College Magazine will be from the ages 16-19 as Wyke College has most students aged from 16-19 .

Representation:  Will be a Photograph of a student using a medium close up .Font styles and colour schemes .

Idealogy: for example:Education, Photography ,after college clubs ,sport ,dance .

Institution: Will be Wyke 6^th Form College

Language: Conventions= Synergy ,Masthead ,Slogan ,Puffs and headlines . 

Front cover of the Grimsby College Magazine !
Colour scheme =blue,white,grey and black


Language
The masthead "gx magazine" is loacated in the top right hand side of the page ,which looks modern as it isnt centred and even ,like every other magazine .The masthead also varies in font sizes and boldness ,the "GX" must stand for something significant to the college .This is written a very blocky bold font so its the first place you look at when you see the page .Underneath where it says "Magazine" the font is much smaller and less noticable ,maybe this is because they wanted the "GX" to stand out significantly more .Simply becasue we already know this is a magazine . Also something very unique about this magazine cover is the slogan "the word on the street ..." very few magazines have a slogan ,which makes this magazine again look more modernised and unique ,and if this was on a shelf in a store this would deffinatley stand out from the rest .The sub headings in blue have the same font as the masthead which is good as it all looks very organised and smart ,but they are quite difficult to read as the blue is masked by the grey background which is a similar brightness to the blue font,the darker grey colour similar to the grey trousers to the left of the text would have more appropriate here it would connect with the image to the left of the text but also still fit in with the chosen colour scheme . 


Institution
The institution for this magazine cover is Grimsby College .We know this from how many times the word "Grimsby" is used on the front page .


Idealogy
The idealogy for this magazine seems to be ,College life ,and what its like to be at Grimsby college .This magazine cover doesnt really advertize this magazine as being very educational on the front page as the top stories shown are ..."Not just a pretty face " ,"Booze ,drugs and life " and "Shanghai suprise" .This indicates that this magazine is purley for information on student life and not so much on educational information .As this magazine is targeted at the students of Grimsby College ,Student life as the magazines idealogy is good ,as reading about education will not be in favour for many students ,reading about everyday life and problems we may have such as the "booze ,drugs and life" will appeal much more to this targeted audience .


Audience
The audience for this magazine are the students who attend Grimsby College .This is made very clearly through the use of the cartoon drawings and the young womans face presented on the bottom right hand side of the page .Also the slogan ,again because its modern and funky it is suitable for the chosen age range and will appeal to this chosen target audience .

Contents Page


I think the good thing you notice straight away about this contents page is that you no it belongs to the front cover as the "GX" masthead is on the left page and the colour scheme is the same as the front page .Something i also like about these two pages are the amount of images used .They make it look a lot less dull and more interesting to look at.I like the way the contents overlap the photograph this makes the design look as if they have thought about the layout and design of the magazine .I think that the contents written in different colours on the right page looks good as they stand out and are easier to read ,again this makes it look less dull .They have kept the font the same throughout the two pages which is also good as its not confusing and messy .The layering of the photographs is a good idea
Again the only critisism of these two pages would be ,the page on the left only has two photographs taking up a full page maybe just one photograph would make it look better with some more writing .Alo the Masthead on the right page that says "Contents" is a different colour to the previous mastheads which have been used ,also its a different font to the others which have been used on the front page and also the left inner page .

East Riding College Magazine Cover Analysis !

This is an example of a Magazine for East Riding College .This magazine cover has both good ,and bad aspects .The masthead "student life" is central at the top of the page which is where the reader will usually look first .Also the white font stands out against the black background which again makes you look at the masthead before anything else .Bad points about the masthead are ... the font isn't bold enough ,its very plain so it doesn't make you want to read the magazine as it looks boring .The white colour scheme does stand out from the black background but it is very dull and bland .To appeal to the target audience ,which are the students ,the masthead wouldn't appeal ,a much bolder colour could have been used to make this stand out .

The small story headlines in the bottom left are mostly educational apart from the anti bullying headline,which suggests that this magazine is mostly educational based information .Usually the most exiting story lines /information is on the front page ,which suggests that if the information on the front page is boring ,then the rest of the magazine will be even worse .The East Riding College Logo is very poor ,as the house colour is black and white but ... its a very boring colour scheme to use ,the college logo could have been in a different colour to highlight what college this was from to make it stand out .

The photographic image is also very poor ,its dull and gloomy .It does show students out of college on a trip which is a good idea ,but they have probably chosen the worst photograph to use for a magazine cover .It doesn't stand out as being a good magazine ,it stands out as looking depressive and gloomy ,not something which you would pick up and want to read .The students backs are turned and are in silhouette so its unclear as to who the people are .

Overall i think that this is a poor example of a college magazine ,many different things could have been done to improve this magazine and make it appeal to the target audience .

The Breif !!!

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new School/College magazine, featuring a Photograph of a student in medium close up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally you must produce a mock up of the layout Of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.


Main task: the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine. All images and text used must be original, produced by you - minimum of four images. Presentation of your work:
The presentation of the research, planning, and evaluation may take the form of any one, or combination of two or more, of the following:

• A presentation
• A blog
• A podcast.