G321 Foundation Portfolio in MediaOlivia Quinn

Candidate Number: 2154Centre Number: 27258

PRELIMINARY

Chosen Set Brief

Print – 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, produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the contents page

Questionnaire

Target Audience for my

school/college magazine

Interests – sportsFashionmusic

Gender - all

Age - 12-18

Concerns – examsMoneyJobsgrades

Daily Routine – school

Features Advertised to Appeal to my Target Audience

Topic of Interest Feature Language on the cover

Grades How school grades are going – are the averages getting higher or lower?

Formal language. Quite a serious topic that should be presented in a sensible tone.

Revision Give out various revision tips in order to help students with exams.

Friendly language in

School Fashion Share the seasons trends.What looks good while still being smart?

Very informal language

Upcoming Events Give out information of all upcoming school events with dates, times and details etc.

Fairly formal language – needs to be informative

GENERIC CONVENTIONS

General Conventions of a Magazine CoverThe general function of a front cover is to sell the magazine. It needs to be eye-catching, brightly coloured and interesting.

The logo makes the brand instantly recognisable for the customer.

There are a variety of fonts, sizes and colours used on the front cover in order to make it interesting for the reader and for certain things to stand out.

Main shot – one celebrity. Usually shot in a close-up (head and shoulders) or a medium shot (upper body) as seen on the example.Shot in a studio and is always the feature article of the issue. The person will generally be looking directly at the reader as it is welcoming. However, like this cover, they sometimes look away to create a certain effect.

Cover lines are the main text on the cover which entice the reader and advertise articles inside the magazine.

There are usually a palette of colours (3) used to create a style throughout the issue.

Web address used to entice reader to website.

Feature article cover line – the main subject of the issue. Used to sell the magazine.

Content

Main Cover line – name of the major article inside the magazine (Kendrick Lamar)

Central image – close upRecognisable logo

Cover line

Plug

Direct mode of address

Plug

Layout/structure

Left side third: is where a lot of the important information for the issue is placed. This can be because of the way it is stacked in the shop but mainly because people read left to right.

Barcode, issue number, date and price: are usually on the bottom right of the page because they are most insignificant. However, here they are on the bottom left.

Masthead (logo) on top left of the magazine

On well known magazines the image overlaps the masthead

Contents is layered over the top of the image

Celebrity's face is never covered by text

Presentational devicesRange of fonts and text sizes used to differentiate content. Also shows which parts of text are more important. Plain fonts keep it easy to read and gender neutral.

Colour theme is maintained throughout (red, white and yellow) which are gender neutral colours and the background colours (pink and green) suggest a mix between female and male.

Maintains the house style of XXL.

Photograph of Kendrick Lamar relates to the main feature/article.

Mise-en-scene represents Kendrick as being, mysterious, confident and intimidating.

Language features

Lots of well known names used to attract the reader to look inside

Questions used to intrigue reader so they will read inside

Contents Page Generic Conventions

Layout – usually set out in columns to make it easy and clear to read.

Main image – relating to future article in order to tell the reader what the main story is.

Page numbers - to indicate the location of featured articles so the reader can skip forward to articles of their interest.

Masthead - Name of magazine to remind the reader of the brand.

Colours - the same colours as the cover are used in the contents to give the magazine a neat appearance throughout.

Contents – the contents are divided into headings to identify the different sections of the magazines and make it clear for the reader.

Sublines – sentences underneath the subheadings showing the reader more information about the articles

Bottom – page number, issue number

Lots of other smaller photos are used to capture the readers eye and show other features

Representation

Representation of A$AP Rocky

His gold teeth and chain associate with money. The close-up shot makes him

seem intimidating and close to us which could suggest

intimacy or a sign of aggression. He is looking directly at the camera and

has his mouth open which is eye-catching for the reader.

Representation of Lily AllenOn this cover Lily is being presented in a sexual manner. We associate panthers as majestic and fierce animals. The colour

black is secretive and mysterious, making Lily seem appealing. There is

also a full body shot to show off that she isn’t wearing a top and her bottom half

is black which makes her seem sexy. The way she is peering over her shoulder

with her leg bent suggests she is trying to be flirty.

Representation of EminemOn this cover Eminem comes across as intimidating and masculine. It is a

medium shot so we can see his straight face and crossed arms which

represents him as strong. He has a plain vest on which makes us look at

his necklace with the cross on, suggesting he is religious. His

tattoos also stand out which we can associate with masculinity.

PLANNING

Front Cover Plan

“YOUNG AMELIA” using vulpes font

“the only way is up” using TypoGraphica font

“win tickets to see Drake on his 2016 tour” using heavitas font

“KendrickDrakeSkeptaStormzyNicki” using bebas font

“We had an exclusive chance to speak with Amelia – the most upcoming artist in hip hop. “I used to live in a one bed flat with my family – now we have 5 houses”” using Rabbid Highway Sign II font.

“Quiz – which rapper are you most like?” using morning type font

“The UK’s freshest hip hop magazine” using white elephant font

“What to expect next year? All the dates and events you need to know about” using Bebas Neue font

“Drake’s shock album – Views From The 6. What’s everyone saying about it?”

“£2.99, 10.11.15”

“RHYTHM” using quartzo font

Contents Page Plan

Double Page Script

SKILLS

Before & After Photoshop