Preliminary Exercise

For my preliminary task, we have to produce a front cover and a content page for a school magazine.
During todays lesson we were all issued with a camera and took photographs which will be featured in our magazine of relevant items.
For my magazine I chose to take photographs of:

• The Dining Hall
• Pupils Making Healthy Food
• The New Uniform
• A GCSE Student
• Keep Fit Students

These are listed below. My main story is about the new school uniform, and the other images are for the cover stories.

 The Dining Hall

 Healthy Eating

 New School Uniform

 GCSE Student

Keeping Fit

Different camera angles

An image which connotes stress

An over the shoulder shot

An up-close of someone in nature

A close up of someone using a mobile phone

A close up of time

Extreme long shot

High angle long shot

An image connoting friendship

Long angle medium close up

Medium shot

Two people medium long shot



Very long shot conveying isolation





Codes and Conventions of Magazine Covers

All Magazines Covers Must Have:

• Mast head
• Main image
• Tag line - positioning statement - tag line above title
• Issue number - date
• Bar code
• Bold font
• Buzz words
• Cover lines

Mast Head - always big and usually at the top or left hand side of the cover
                      bold eye catching, brand name font/typography must be unique

Issue Number - so we know how many of the magazine has been published

Price - reflects the content of the magazine - how much the production costs

Bar code - technical way of selling

Central Image - the largest image on the cover page.
                           direct mode of address, the central image is looking at the audience, reflects
                           the atmosphere of the magazine, usually feature a medium close up.
                           images show a hint towards some of the stories that are in the magazine
                           the main image can be of either male or female

Cover Lines - lines of text advertising what will be in the magazine

Colour - mast head - stays the same throughout every edition of the magazine
               reflects the attitude of the magazine and what will be featured.

Codes and Conventions of Content Pages:

• Columns - small text, no bigger than 11 point
• Sub-headings
• Illustrations
• Page numbers -along side the subheading
• One main image - reflects the main story/double page spread
• Images - eye catching