My Double Page Spread!

My Contents Page!

My Front Cover!

My Pictures Which I'm using In/On My Magazine Before They Were Edited!

My Draft Article

Title of the page:

"The'X-Factor' changed my life"

Exclusiveinterview!

LucyHargreaves

After coming first in the UK’s most popular singing competition‘X-Factor’, Lucy Hargreaves (age 17) has just realised her new single ‘is thislove’ which is shooting up the charts towards No.1. Lucy is a student formDoncaster who has been singing from the age of 7. In this interview we will be finding out how‘X-Factor’ has really changed her life and what her plans will be now.

When did you start singing?

I startedsinging at the age of 7, just in my room. Then a year later when I was 8, mymum and dad said that I should try some singing lessons. So when I startedsinging lessons, I loved it and then started singing in school shows and when Iwas 16 I started singing in pubs.

Why did you audition for X-factor?

I always knewI wanted to be a singer. I've been singing from the age of 7. I've alwayswatched the show and my family just said ‘might as well give it a go’ so… I did.

What did you do before the X-Factor?

Well because I'm 17 I was at sixth form studying my A levels. I also had a part time job workingat Greggs. Just to earn a little money. And when it came to singing, I used tosing in a pub around the corner from my house.

How has the ‘X-Factor’ changed your life?

Everythingis different, everyone knows me. Everywhere I go people recognises me and askfor pictures and autographs. I have been signed, so that’s changed everything! Andmy first single has just come out, which people are buying (thank you fans).And most of all I get to sing live, which is my dream.

Did you enjoy having ‘Gary Barlow’ as your mentor?

Yes! He is sonice, and helped me so much. He gave me great advice and support. He was great, couldn't ask for a better mentor!

How are your friends reacting to all the new fame?

My friendshave been very supportive. I know a lot of them are so proud of me, but theyknow I haven’t changed I'm the same old Lucy.

What you going to do now?

Well I'm touring a little to perform my new single. Then I have the ‘X-Factor’ tour inDecember. Then I guess I’ll be working on some new songs.

What did you love the most about the ‘X-Factor’ experience?

Singinglive, I love it! Having the crowed there watching and singing along. I knowthis is what I want to do forever!

Would you change anything about you’re ‘X-Factor’ experience?

No I lovedevery second of it. And I would just like to say a big thank you to everyonewho voted. I'm so thankful.

Models

My Models:

Paige singer, Holly Fraser, Liam Lindsay

For my magazine, I have set myself a target to make my magazine look as realistic and professional as possible.  Because of this I need to make sure I plan what I would like my images to be off. They need to relate to my stories, and need to fit in with my genre ‘pop’.  I will be using different camera angles, to make the image look more professional.

Front cover:

For my front cover, my main image will be of my friend ‘Paige’ She will be pretending to be the new winner of’ X-Factor’. She will be the main image of the page and other text and images will be placed over the top. I want an image of her singing her heart out and singing into a microphone facing up.  She will be dressed in girly, glittery clothes with loads of Jewellery. This will show a clear sign of our music genre (pop).  Another idea I had if that idea didn’t work or look right, would be to have a close up of her putting her finger over her lips (showing the ‘shh’ sign).    Also on the front cover I will have images of some clothes which will be next to the heading   ‘Get the red carpet look this Christmas’ and a image of my friend ‘Liam’ who will be pretending he’s a famous singer posing for a free poster which is inside.

Double page spread:

Because my double page spread is all about the mast head (which is an interview of my made up star) this page will be full of text and images of my star. Once again my model will be my friend Paige because she is pretending to be my star. I will have another large image of her on this page and also a smaller image of her on the ‘X-Factor’ stage. Because this is not real I will have to edit her onto a back ground of her stood on the ‘X-Factor’ stage.  I will do this by using the program ‘Photo Shop’ and will use the ‘magic wand’ tool to cut her out and place her on top of my background image. This image will be small so it won’t matter as much if it’s not perfect because when small, you won’t be able to see that she has been edited in.  I would like to add an effect of an old photo film strip to add silly pictures of her, to give the affect that ‘just because she’s now famous, she’s still an average teenage girl.’ This will help the readers connect to her, because there the same age.

Contents page:

On my contents page I will need to have images of what I’m pretending is inside. So as well as images of my pretend ‘star’ I will need images of other stories which I am pretending to be inside.  For example, I am pretending I am having a free poster inside so this will be shown on the contents page. I will also have images of other ‘fake’ celebrities  on this page, with ‘fake’ stories next to them.

My Proposal (long)

My Proposal

For this project, we have been asked to create our own music magazine. In which we will create from scratch a front cover, contents page and a double page spread which will fit to my chosen genre. At the start of this task I set my own target which I would like to achieve which is to ‘make my magazine look as professional as possible.

To start off, I needed to choose what type of genre I wanted my magazine to be based on. So to help me decided a genre, I started by researching different types of music genres. There was a wide verity too chose form but I selected three in which I needed to choose form, which were Rock, POP and R&B. I wanted to pick one in which I knew a lot about, so because of that reason I chose the genre ‘POP’.  Next I moved on to researching target audience, and for the majority of ‘POP’ magazines the target audience are young teen girls. This I because a lot of recent ‘POP’ music is created by young teen boys, for example ‘Justin Beiber’ and ‘One Direction’. So because of this research, I have decided to use ‘teen girls’ as my target audience.

Now I had my Initial ideas for what I was going to create, I started to do some more research on what codes and conventions ‘pop’ magazines include.  By doing this research, it helped me know what key codes and conventions to include in my magazine. This will help my magazine look more professional and realistic. Some key conventions which I found out every magazine use include:

·         Mast head (This is the name of the magazine, which is located at the top left of every magazine. This is so that when they are stacked on the magazine shelves in the shop, each magazine name can be seen for the customers to see.) 

·         Price (The price of the magazine will be located in large font IF the price is cheap, if not it will usually be found close to the bar code)

·         Bar code (this is on the cover of every magazine, so it can be scanned when you’re buying it.)

·         Main image (This is the main picture on the front cover, which will usually be an image of a celebrity.)

·         Main Cover line (This will be in large font on the page, because it is the main story inside. It will usually be biased on the main image.)

The next task was to look at examples of ‘contents pages’ and ‘double page spreads’ and see what layout and key information they include. To help me understand what I needed to include in my work, I did a written analysis of a front cover, contents page and a double page spread.  This helped me understand what codes and conventions I need to include for mine. Another research task which I did, was researching about other magazine production companies.  I researched ‘Distributers and publishers’ and looked at audience expectations. I next looked at what my house style would be like, so I did some researched on pop magazines and the majority of girl pop magazines use ‘girly’ colours like pink and purple. They also don’t include loads of text, so normally they only include three of four columns.  I then had loads of ideas of what my magazine would look like, so next I created a mood board of my ideas. On this I included different colours, font sizes, font colours and pictures.          

I then created the name of my ‘publishing company’ which I called ‘Pink Publishing’s’. I have done this because I think it relates to my target audience. My target audience is teen girls, and everyone knows that pink is a girly colour. I have also created a logo for my company which is this picture of a heart with ‘PP’ in the middle. This obviously means ‘Pink Publishing’s’. I wanted my logo to be simple so that it is easily recognisable, like some big company logos like ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’.

To make my final ideas clear, I have made some spider diagrams to display my ideas so I can go through them step by step when in the creating process. Before starting my magazine I’m going to create draft layout for my front cover so I have a brief idea how I’m going to layout my front cover. Then I’m going to write a draft story for my double page spread so that I can plan and improve my ideas if needed. I will also need to plan my images which will be on the cover and inside such as what camera angles, lighting and who is actually going to be in the image.

When creating the pages I will use ‘Photo Shop’. So before starting this project I practiced using the program so that I could get used to the tools and get some editing practice. I will make sure that I make my pages plain and not too complicated.

My Proposal

 For this project, we have been asked to create our own music magazine. In which we will create from scratch a front cover, contents page and a double page spread which will fit to my chosen genre. At the start of this task I set my own target which I would like to achieve which is to ‘make my magazine look as professional as possible. I researched target audience, and for the majority of ‘POP’ magazines the target audience are young teen girls. This is because a lot of recent ‘POP’ music is created by young teen boys, for example ‘Justin Beiber’ and ‘One Direction’. So because of this research, I have decided to use ‘teen girls’ as my target audience.  When creating the pages I will use ‘Photo Shop’.

My logo/ Pink Publishings

P ink P ublishings

I have named my company name ‘pink publishing’s’.  I have done this because I think it relates to my target audience.  My target audience is teen girls, and everyone knows that pink is a girly colour.  I have also created a logo for my company which is this picture of a heart with ‘pp’ in the middle. This obviously means ‘Pink Publishing’s’ . I wanted my logo to be simple so that it is easily recognisable, like some big company logos like ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twtitter’.

 

Future PLC Media Research:

Future plc is an international media group, which publish magazines, websites and events. Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today they have operations in the UK, US and Australia which create over 200 specialist publications, apps, websites and events. They hold market-leading positions in our core sectors which are entertainment & video Games, technology Sport & Auto, music and creative. The UK’s number one consumer technology website is there most successful products include Teach radar, T3, Total Film, Bike Radar, Mollie Makes and Official Xbox Magazine.

They attract more than 38 million monthly and they deliver over 100 digital editions and bespoke apps on tablet devices. They are the UK’s number one exporter and licensor of magazine content because they sell 2.2 million magazines every month, and export or syndicate to 89 countries.

IPC Media Research:

As the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher, IPC Media engage with 26m UK adults and almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men. IPC Media have more than 60 iconic media brands; they create content for multiple platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events. They have a award winning portfolio of websites, which reaches over 25 million users globally every month. IPC Media focus on working in partnership with its consumers, advertisers, business partners and employees to deliver exceptional value, service, innovation and creativity.

They have three publishing divisions; IPC Connect, IPC Inspire and IPC Southbank. IPC Connect, their mass market women's division comprises famous women's weeklies including Now Chat and Women. IPC Connect, also publish TV entertainment brands including what’s on ‘TV Times’ and T’V & Satellite Week’ and the ‘goodtoknow’ network.

Bauer Media Research:

Bauer Media is Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. It works with a selection of magazines, TV programs and radio stations. The Group is a worldwide media empire, which offers over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Altogether, the Group employs around 6,400 people.

The business is built on influential media brands with millions of personal relationships with engaged readers and listeners. In 1994, the company bought a small magazine called For Him Magazine which is now the core of the best-selling international multi-platform brand 'FHM'. This has set them on the road to sucess and since them they have invested in the digital music TV channel 'the box' and have launch magazines like 'Closer' and Britain’s first weekly glossy, Grazia. Bauer Media is a sister company of the UK's biggest TV listings, Take a Break and Bella of H Bauer Publishing, publisher.

 

 

 

My Ideas For my Contents Page!

My ideas for my front cover

My second written analysis on a pop magazine's double page spread!

For my second written analysis on a pop magazine’s double page spread, I have chosen this story about famous pop singer and actor ‘Selena Gomez’. This double page spread was written by the well-known pop magazine ‘Top of The Pops’ which target audience is for teen girls.

The first thing that catches my eyes when looking at the pages was the large picture of her which is printed over both pages. The use of camera angle and positioning of image has been well thought of and really makes the page more interesting! Then the uses of text boxes which have been scattered around the picture also add flavour to the page and make it unique. This page layout really stands out and is different than the usual ‘one picture on one page’ layout.

Another element of this page which catches my eye is the bold text. It has been printed in large black font on top of a white background so that it stands out more to the reader.  Each text box has been split into subjects and they have their own information in each separate box. Compared to the other magazine this one really uses the picture well to create layout, for example her body is at the bottom right corner and one of her left is at the top left of the page

I think the magazine uses good colours to show its target audience and really sticks to their genre ‘pop’. It also sticks by the target audience a genre by having the article about this particular celebrity because she is a pop singer and a girl, so the page can be full of girly information about her.

 Just like any other double page spread, this one has images and good use of layout which makes it good to look at. It also has the usual convention which is, having a page number at the bottom of each page.

Pop questionnaire results

Pop music questionnaire results, in excel

My first analysis of a pop magazine's double page spread!

My first analysis of a pop magazine’s double page spread

Before creating my music magazine I need to make sure that when I create mine I know and include every code and convention in so that mine looks like it’s a real and professional. I need to do a analysis on a double page spread and i have picked this one which is out of  a pop magazine.

The first thing that I notice about this double page spread is the title at the top of the page. This is always written in bold text in any magazine so that the reader knows they have found the page they were looking for or that there interested in. They have also added another detail into the title, which is that the second word is in a different style of font. This has been done so that that particular word stands out to the reader. Also notice how it is located at the top left hand side of the first page, just like a mast head on a front cover, the title needs to be visible to the reader so they know what that page is all about.

What is important to think about is the layout. For example this page doesn’t have writing all over both pages. The main image of ‘The wanted’ takes up a lot of space, this is because teen girls wouldn’t want to read too much they just want to know all the juicy interesting stuff about them without having to read too much. They also will have “crushes” on the boy band so a large picture will interest them. It is also about 'The Wanted' because it needs to keep with the genre 'pop' and they are a pop band.

There are many different ways that a double page spread can be laid out. In this magazine there are two columns of writing on the left hand side and another one on the right hand side. Then little text boxes are scattered around the image to give the page layout and make it more interesting. Colours is also important on a double page spread because you don’t want dark boring colours on it, if the reader will be reading and looking at it for a long time. The page needs to stand out, like on this page the background colour sticks to the target audience (teen girls) and it stands out. Because of the light purple colour as a background, they have printed the text in a black font so that it is easy to read.

It may be a small detail, but at the bottom of each page is another convention… the page number. This is important because if I want mine too look as realistic as possible I need to add every single detail into my work. I also need to make sure that my photography for my main image is good by trying different camera angles so that the picture really stands out.

My second analysis for a pop magazine contents page!

 

For my second analysis of a pop magazine, I have decided to look at the contents page of a ‘W love pop’ magazine. This will help me understand the codes and conventions of a contents page and will help me get some different ideas for my own.
Because the first thing I notice about a contents page is that they always have some text at the top of the page, I know I need to make sure that’s what mine has. Another example would be on this magazine which says ‘we love this…’ and then below would be a list of everything which is featured inside.           

Notice how this contents page has a different layout to the first one I looked at. See how down the right hand side of the page there are pictures of the topic, numbers below and a little bit of description below them. This gives the page layout and makes the page look more interesting. 
 Another difference in this layout is that there is a main image to go with the main cover line in the middle of the page. This attracts the reader to read about their main story which they will most likely have paid a lot to get. For example they might have paid for an interview or for a photo shoot so they need as many people to buy the magazine so they can make the money back.

On this page the house style is the colours blue white and orange these are bright colours which will make the page look presentable. The font is printed in the colours of the house style so that they blend in with the theme and stand out on a white back ground. Each picture on the page relates to the genre and the story topic.

On some contents pages they even include ‘puffs’ which helps persuade the reader to turn to that page. For example on this page there is one at the bottom left of the page which says ‘Hot posters’ this will attract the reader.

My Analysis For A Pop Magazine Contents page

 

For my analysis, I have decided to look at the contents page of a ‘Top of the pops’ magazine. This will help me understand the codes and conventions of a contents page which will help me, when I start to create my own.
The first thing I notice about a contents page is that they always have some text at the top of the page, giving the page a heading. In this magazine it says ‘inside the mag…’ this just gives the page a subject telling the reader what’s on that page.  

If we didn’t have a contents page in our magazines, we would have to flick through every page before we find what we was looking for. That’s why one of the main conventions of a contents page is the page topics and numbers. These are both very important because they help the reader find what they want to read about without looking through the whole magazine.

What’s different about this contents page is that instead of listing all the page topics it has got an image of the front cover on. This has arrows pointing to each topic on the cover with page numbers at the end so that they can see what page numbers the main stories are. Notice how the page topics are all in different categories, this helps split up the stories so that the readers can search for what they want to read about, without having to read each topic.  

Just like any page in the magazine this contents page keeps to the target audience with its house colours. Because the target audience is teen girls the colours pink and white really work together, they also help the colour of the text (black) easy to read and stand out.  

Another important convention of a contents page is pictures. Most of the time the contents page will have a selection of images which relate to some of the stories, this makes the page topic more recognisable to the reader. For example if one page topic says free poster of ‘One Direction’ then there might be a small image of that poster on the page which draws the reader in. An example on this magazine would be the small pictures of ‘one direction’ and some ‘accessories’ so that the reader has more knowledge about what’s on that page.

My Analysis For A Fornt Cover Of A Pop Magazine

 

My analysis for a front cover of a pop magazine

For my analysis I have decided to evaluate the front cover of this pop magazine. This magazine ‘Top of the pops’ is possibly the most famous pop magazines in the music industry and has been around for many years! I know that the target audience for this magazine is for teen girls because…

The first thing that draws my eye on this magazine is the ‘Mast Head’ this is written in large bold text at the top left of the page. This is because when the magazine is on the shelves only the top of the magazine can be seen; this is why the mast head is placed there. They have also put the font in a pink glittery serif font which shows me that the target audience is for young girls.

Most magazines use pictures of top celebrity’s on the front cover so that attract the reader to buy them. The main image of this magazine is a large image of a famous UK pop singer ‘Jessie J’.  The image of her has been taken at a Medium close up which helps focus on her face. This is so that she stands out more, so her fans see the image and buy the magazine to read about her. The image has been used as the full background of this magazine and everything else has been placed on top of the image making sure it doesn’t block the face though. Notice how the background of this picture is white; this makes her and the text stand out more. And also because she is dressed in black this makes the pink girly colours seen and stand out on top.

The main cover line on a magazine is the main story in the magazine and is always related to the main image.  It is always somewhere near the main image and is always put in a large font so that it is easy to see. For example in this magazine the main image is Jessie J and the main cover line is ‘Jessie J tells her own incredible story “I’ve beaten my heaters!”’ This main cover line relates to the main image which is Jessie J.

Another way I know that the target audience for this magazine is teen girls is because of the house style. House style is used for any type of magazine, it is the theme and colours used which is repeated throughout the magazine. For this magazine the house style is pink, red, purple and white. This is used effectively because they all stand out on top of Jessie J’s black clothes and the text which has been placed on top of the white back ground like pink, red and purple stands out as well.

Also on the front cover has plugs on, plugs are more information about what’s inside the magazine. But there will only be about four or five plugs on the front cover because the contents page is for listing about what’s inside not the front cover. Only the top stories will published on the front cover so that they attract the customer to buy the magazine to read more! For example on this magazine the plugs which have been used are ‘who is the fittest? Justin & Harry battle out’ this is on the front cover because the writers know that the majority of teen girls will want to read about Justin and Harry because they are both very famous pop singers! Notice how they have also written a rhetorical question in the plug ‘who is the fittest?’ they don’t actually want you to give them an answer they want you to think about your answer in your head and want to read more about the article. Everything on the cover is written for a reason, to persuade the customer to buy the magazine to read more.  They make sure they use the correct words to draw the reader in, for example another plug is ‘GaGa at school, her secret past uncovered’ the word ‘secret’ and ‘uncovered’ have been used so that  the readers think they are going to read something new about her, something no one else knows.

Puffs are also used on the cover of magazines to persuade the customer to buy the magazine. For example the puffs used on this front cover are:

·         Incredible

·         Fittest

·         Hottest

·         Secret

·         Uncovered

·         Embarrassing

·         Spooky 

These are used so that they persuade the customer to buy the magazine to read more. The words sound exciting and catch your eye. Normally they will but in large font so that the word stands out.

 

My School Magazine 'Contents page' Evaluation

My Contents Page Evaluation

In this task I had to create a contents page for a school magazine which will go together with my front cover which I made. So just before creating my page I had to make sure I researched conventions of a contents page for and school magazine. This is very similar any other magazine, it needs the lists of page topics so that the reader can find a topic then want to read and also it needs page numbers next to the topics so they can go to the page in which they are interested in reading about.  Also on this page I needed to make sure the page kept with the house style which I had done on my front cover. This consists of the colours blue and black.

Because I already knew the cover stories what I was going to put inside, I could get straight on to taking pictures which would relate to my topics. I spent half an hour in a lesson taking my pictures, making sure I thought about camera angles so that they looked professional on my contents page. Then I moved on to starting to put my page together on photo shop. Because I had experience using the tools to create my front cover, this task wasn’t as hard because I already knew what I was doing. First I made sure my house style was the same so I added a blue background to my page, and made sure this layer was at the bottom of the list so every other layer showed up on top. I also added some text onto my page by using the ‘text tool’ which allows you to add text anywhere on the page. The text which I added to my page was my page topics and numbers so that it looked like it was a real magazine. After adding my page listings I added pictures which relate to the page topics next to each page number so that it is more eye catching and interesting for the reader.

In this task I have learnt how to use the program ‘Photo Shop’ and have also learnt about the conventions of any magazine and for a school magazine. Altogether, I am happy with the results and think I met my own target which was to make this look as professional as I could.

My school Magazine Front Cover Evaulation!

In this task, I had to create a front cover for a school magazine. To start off I did some research looking at examples of some school magazines to get some ideas of what conventions were on a school magazine for my work. I noticed that all the topics on the front cover were linked to that school, which meant that the target audience for the magazine is for the school children and their parents. I also notice that the magazine had a house style which means that the magazine has groups of colours which create the theme and are the same on every page. Also the main image was linked to the main cover story. Then we went on to drawing free different designs for a front cover and three for a contents page using graphic design symbols which represent the conventions of them. This helped me understand that some elements are the same on each page (front cover and contents page) for example on front covers ‘Master heads’ are always on top left of a page so that when the magazine is on the shop shelves each magazine title can be seen for the public to see. But some things are laid out differently on different magazines. This research helped me have ideas for my design; I just needed to pick what stories I was going to put on the front cover.

 
When I was ready to start, I went and off and took some pictures to go on my front cover which would link to the target audience 'children who go to my school and there parents'.  Because I knew I wanted to put a picture of me and my two friends on top of another picture I needed to think about shots and camera angles when taking the picture. For my image I took a medium shot so that you could see us from the waist up. When I had a good picture, I then moved on to finding a good background picture in which I could edit us on. I decided on a picture of the ‘Disney Land’ castle to use as my background, so I went on Google pictures and got a nice suitable picture in which I could edit us on.  

 
Then I started my work on the program 'Photo shop', at first it was hard because of all the tools and options on the program but after some practice I got the hand of it. I started by adding a master head which I called 'school life' this was the name of my school magazine. I did this by using the 'text' option, which when selected lets you add text anywhere on the page. Then I knew I wanted a big main image which would be the background of the entire page. So I had to add an image which was related to the main cover story, which was 'Armthorpe students win a trip to Disneyland'. Because we actually couldn’t get a picture of me and my friends at Disneyland I had to edit us in a picture. So I went on Google images and got a picture of the Disney Castle, which I would use to edit us into the picture so it will look like we were there, standing in front of the castle. So to do this I uploaded a picture of me and two of my friends and used a tool called 'the magic wand' to cut around us and delete the background so I could upload it in front of my Disney background. When uploaded, I made sure each 'layer' was in place so the background layer was at the bottom of the list so every other layer are placed and show up on top of the image. Then I worked on adding plugs onto the page to make my magazine to make it look more professional. After adding my main conventions (Master head, Main image and cover stories) I then made sure I had a house style which would be the same on my contents page as well. And because on my main image there are a lot of blue shades, I decided to make my house style the colour blue and black for the text so it would be bold and stand out.

 

In this task I have learnt how to use the program ‘Photo Shop’ and have also learnt about the conventions of any magazine and for a school magazine. Altogether, I am happy with the results and think I met my own target which was to make this look as professional as I could.

18th September: Contents page

18th September: Front cover

Exam board changes exam results!!

Is it fair that some of us who were told we had a C, haven’t got our C in English? NO!
I’m sure you all have heard that Ofqual forced an exam bored to change its GCSE English grade boundaries TWO weeks before the results were given out! Is it fair that all these students which were predicted a C haven’t got it and now have to all re sit English next year?! One student who got in touch was Chloe Brooks from Doncaster told us that she can’t go to college this year because she didn’t get her C. So she said she has to stay at school for another year to take her exam again.

In ‘The Sun’ newspaper an article was wrote about John Townsley, who is a head teacher and ex Ofqual board member. He gave us his views on the situation from his point of view. He said “Glen Stacey who works for Ofqual should resign anyway, we can see in the most certain terms possible that ofqual are creating pressure to the awarding body concerned in order to bring down the number of C grades awarded” But ofqual said it was part of the regulator’s job to ensure that standards are kept the same and comparable with other years.
Exam board changes exam results!!

My drawing of a front cover of a magazine (drawing and labels) 'Love It'

Double page spread:

This is a double page spread in a 'love it' magazine. This magazine's target audience is women around 16-50. One feature about this page which tells you it’s a women’s mag is the fact this true story is on a girl. Men wouldn’t want to buy a men’s mag to find this story inside because they wouldn’t want to read about this topic but women will because most women care about their health.

The text 'goodbye fat girl' is a main feature on this page. Bold and eye catching because the words 'goodbye' and 'girl' are in red and 'Fat' is in white it makes the word 'fat' stand out more. Also notice how the word 'fat' has been enlarged so that the word relates to the meaning. It also stands out on the blue background.

The main text which is in small black font is on top of a white background. This is so it makes it easier for the readers to read. It also makes it clear where the story is.

This double page spread has three columns and not much text. This is because the pictures of her transformation are very important for the readers to see how well she has done to lose all that weight.

Magazines:

this is the first page of one of 'pick me up's' magazines. This page tells you about everything you can find in the magazine, it gives you page topics and page numbers so you can find what you want to read fast.

The target audience for this magazine is women around 16-50. Women who are interested in gossip and real life stories. The colures pink, yellow, baby blue and white tells us it’s a women’s magazine because they are girl’s colures.

You can also tell a target audience by the pictures which are printed. For example on this page there are pictures of cute dogs, heels and handbags and skinny women in dressers who look beautiful. Women relate to this pictures and topics that’s what makes them buy the magazine because they like them topics.

This page has a column on the left hand side which tells us about what we can find inside. There are topic headings which are in bold, pink text and then the blue text is the different topics about the main topic which it’s under. Then next to them are page numbers so that if you want to read about that subject you can flick straight to that page.

Notice how at the top of the page it says 'this week in your pick me up' this is so that the reader knows what this page is about. At the top of every page there is usually a page heading, so you know what that page is about and it saves time reading it all to find out.

 

Magazines:

The first thing that catches my eye on this magazine is the big main image of Twilights main role Robert Pattinson and straight away i know that the main story in the magazine will be about him. It has been printed to cover the whole page on the magazine so that it stands out.

The next thing my eyes are drawn to is the 'Mast Head' (title) which is printed in large bold red text which is sans serif. It has been placed at the top of the cover so that when on the magazine racks in the shops the magazine title stands. The reason why the mast head is printed like this is so that it catches the public's eye and so it stands out.

The bar code on the magazine is at the bottom left hand side, it’s not very big as it is only used to scan when paying.

The price on the magazine is at the top left hand side, it is printed in small font this is so that the price won’t put of the reader from buying it.

A main cover line is a sentence which is based on the main story inside the magazine. Also most of the time it will be related to the main image on the cover of the magazine. On this cover it has been placed at the bottom of the page in big yellow font so that you know what the main story is about.

Also the word 'free posters' which is at the top left of the cover is printed in a yellow font to make it look important. This is a example of a 'plug' because it is telling you what else is inside the magazine to try and convince you to buy it.

At the bottom left hand side of the magazine is the words 'fantastic exclusive' in white text in a red box. This is an example of a 'puff'. A 'puff' is exciting words which attract the reader.

Under the Mast head is a Strap line. This is to gives the reader more info about the magazine! For example on this cover it says 'the world's biggest movie magazine'.

 

First set of work:

• Target Audience: is a specific group of people which a product is aimed at.
• Genre: is the type of product.
• Codes: A way of conveying meaning without using words.
• Conventions: A feature of typical media product within an even in most or all products.