Monday, 3 October 2011

Contents page

Contents Page

·       My contents page is going to be white
·       The pages are going to be split into four sections.
·       There will be 4 relevant images to the left hand side.
·       A letter from the editor will be at the top left hand corner.
·       The date will be included.  

Front cover

My front cover

My front cover

·       My front cover is going to be blue.
·       The title is ‘Magucation’
·       The slogan is ‘Scoot to School’
·       The main headline that related to the main image, is ‘See our new uniform inside’
·       I am going to have 4 stories at the side of my magazine.
·       The website will be situated at the bottom.
·       The main image is a school girl in medium close up.

Friday, 23 September 2011

Codes and conventions of a magazine front cover

Main title.
Central image.
Barcode.
Set colour theme.
Main storylines around the outside.
Most have a website.
Masthead at the top.
A date.
3-7 coverlines approx.
Masthead font is unique.
2-3 different fonts.
Direct address.
Biggest storyline matches image.

Codes and conventions of a magazines contents page

They all have small images on.
They all have numbers on pages.
All have a limited colour pallet.
All include the date.
Website included.
Title of the magazine at the top.
All have around 4 different fonts.
Used graphics.
3-7 different images.
Long paragraph about the main story.
Some sort of contact details.
Description in the picture.
What page fits which picture.
All organised into sections.
Split into columns.
Subheadings in bold or colour block.
A picture of the editor.