2. 1. HOW DO THE MASTHEADS OF YOUR FINAL PRODUCT DIFFER TO THE
SCHOOL MAGAZINE (PRE-LIM EXERCISE)?
WHAT FONTS EFFECTS AND LAYOUT HAVE YOU USED AND WHY?
These two very different mastheads I have used in my work differ in many
ways. The awkwardly spaced out, slightly harder to read Gill Sans Ultra
Bold font is not particularly effective in grabbing the audience’s
attention, or at least letting them understand it. The bright yellow, while
matching the schools colour, looks awkward on the black background
when the symbol is actually on blue. Therefore it is not very professional
either. However, with the second piece of work there is a clear
improvement. I chose to match the black and white colours of the font to
the magazines house style. My new masthead is simpler, but more
effective with the punctuating one word. The rock adds a big
aspect, being a generated rock styled font which reflects writing used on
flyers in the 80s, from which I chose this font. The Gill Sans Ultra Bold
font used for the school magazine does not even really suit a school
theme, it is more fun than a serious magazine title, however the TNR title
and font reflects the era in a far greater way. The bigger, bolder and
darker appearance gives it more punch as a title and the worn away or
graffiti style inside has the double effect of modernising it or making it
seem dedicated to a thing of past, both helpful in getting the audience.

3. The variation between these two covers is
very distinct. As stated the masthead is
considerably different, but there are many
other different factors. The dark black and
blue colour patterns that appear in the
preliminary task do not work with the feel
of the school magazine, and the mix of
grey and white into this look just as out of
place. In comparison the main task uses
the dark approach to affect, giving the
character a shadowy and mysterious feel.
The photo is not awkwardly placed and
the list of what is involved in the magazine
is distributed around the page in an eye
catching way rather than just a list. The
model filling most of the page is also an
important theme, implying that this
character is the most important part of the
magazine, were as before it looked like the
phrase ‘live and learn’ was meant to be the
focus. The centred position makes the
eyes look more upon the reader, effective
as it will engage them through the contact
coming off of the page, unlike the
preliminary task.
2. HOW DO THE PHOTOS OF YOUR FINAL PRODUCT DIFFER TO THE
SCHOOL MAGAZINE (PRE-LIM EXERCISE)?
WHAT CAMERA, SETTINGS, POSITIONING, SHOT TYPE/ANGLE AND
EFFECTS HAVE YOU USED AND WHY?

4. The contents pages present similar
improvements. The title has become
more stylised and the list more eye
catching. Instead of the white on blue
with a thin font, that looks rather dull, I
went for a rock font, sticking with the
theme, that had a stronger red colour
to contrast to the white and grey
around it. This effectively makes the
titles of contents more eye catching
and appealing to any reader. The
singular, slightly stretched picture, has
been replaced with two well-focused
images. Unlike the focus going onto a
students work and him these images
present just one key idea in the
audiences mind each; to play music
and have a rock and roll appearance.
This makes for a much more appealing
contents page.
2. HOW DO THE PHOTOS OF YOUR FINAL PRODUCT DIFFER TO THE
SCHOOL MAGAZINE (PRE-LIM EXERCISE)?
WHAT CAMERA, SETTINGS, POSITIONING, SHOT TYPE/ANGLE AND
EFFECTS HAVE YOU USED AND WHY?

5. 3. HOW DO THE COVERLINES/SELL-LINES OF YOUR FINAL PRODUCT
DIFFER TO THE SCHOOL MAGAZINE (PRE-LIM EXERCISE)? WHAT FONTS
EFFECTS AND LAYOUT HAVE YOU USED AND WHY?
Unlike the uninteresting Arial Black used for the preliminary task, the
consistency of a rock based text is continued with Rockwell or Rockwell
Bold. ‘Live & Learn’ presents a presents a catchy slogan, but is the slogan of
the school, therefore not a new sell line for the magazine. My cover lien
being ‘The Music, the Bands, the 80s’ is much more a summary of the
magazine than the preliminary tasks version, which is what a cover line
needs to be. On a banner across the page of my magazine I put the catchy
sell line ‘grab your sic string, join the New Rom at www.TNR.com’. This sell
line for the magazine has been placed in a true cheesy style that could have
been announced over the radio at this time.
Across my magazine I have used a great deal of stroke effect, sometimes
lightly so it can simply be seen better or a more weighted outline to bring
focus to the words. With other text I have used drop shadow to bring it
forward, and make the page seem more three dimensional. Both vast and
effective improvements from the preliminary task. In to this, where as the old
lists of information without effects on them, the new layouts spread out
presentation of information, and use of effects on text, allows for prioritising
stories.

6. From completing the coursework
overall I have learnt many skills and
information regarding magazines and
their creation. Finding how to reach out
to the target audience, by learning who
they are and then what they would like
to see in my magazine was really
interesting. The amount of input that
went into the magazine was really
important, as I discovered how much
work, and particularly, thought goes
into their design. I am very grateful to
have had the opportunity to design and
develop a magazine with my own
choice of genre in music, it made it
more personal to me being able to work
hard on something I love, knowing that