The student has learned several key skills for designing magazines since starting the course, including how to crop images successfully, add effects to images to make them more interesting, use interesting fonts, create a magazine for a specific target audience, remove backgrounds from images, embed documents in blogs, use a professional camera to take higher quality photos, and get feedback on a survey to understand the audience. The student noticed improvements in their own work from their preliminary magazine to their pop magazine, especially in terms of using more interesting fonts, cropped and edited images, and including additional photos on the cover to make it more engaging.

1. Question 7 – What have you
learnt since the start of the
course?
By Tayla Debenham-Scott

2. Setting: Fonts: Mise-en-scene:
The setting I have used on my The fonts I used on this front cover were The costumes on this front cover
magazine is effective because it simple and basic. I used sans serif font for are effective because it is a
is a school magazine and it is set the masthead and coverlines because it school magazine and the models
in a school. The audience know makes them stand out. are wearing schools uniform,
this because there are makes it easier for the reader to
computers in the background. understand it is a school
magazine. The props used also
represent that it is a school
Shot types:
magazine because he is holding
The shot type I used was a a pen and has paper in front of
mid-shot because the reader him.
is then able to see the
setting, the models and the Colours:
costumes that they are
wearing. The colours I have used are
bright and also follow a house
style because the colours of
Layout: Neale Wade are red, black and
white.
For my layout I used the route of
the eye and an ordered layout., I Photography:
used an ordered layout because The photography that I used was
it is a school magazine it should with my iphone as it produces
be neat. good quality pictures.
Mode of Address: Editing Techniques:
This magazine speaks to the audience in a positive tone For the front cover of this magazine, I edited the
and an educational tone because it is a school magazine picture by making it brighter than the original
and the magazine should come across as educational picture because I wanted the picture to stand
but also interesting to read. out.

3. Mise-en-scene: Mode of Address: Editing Techniques:
The costume I used on this My magazine speaks to the audience in a For my front cover I used many
front cover is conventional for positive tone because it is based on the techniques such as cropping,
pop magazine as it is casual but idea of pop music and pop music is effects of the image, adding fonts
also brightly coloured. usually upbeat and happy. and removing backgrounds so that
the fonts looked natural. I used
websites such as pic monkey and
Colours: font space because they were
The colours I have used on my effective and helped with what I
pop magazine front cover are wanted to achieve.
conventional because they are
Shot types:
bright and feminine meaning
that they relate to the target I used a mid-shot for my front
audience. cover image but I also used close-
ups and long shots for the poster
Photography: images. I did this because the main
The photography that I used image is the most important and a
when doing this photo shoot mid-shot means that they can see
was a professional camera the costume and also see the
so that I could produce great emotions on her face. Using a
quality photos for my close-up for the poster images is
magazine. I also used my effective because it is a smaller
iphone for the poster image and you want the reader to
images. be able to recognise who it is.
Setting: Layout:
Fonts:
The setting I used for my magazine was just a The layout for my front
plain wall because I wanted the model to stand I have used a variety of fonts on my front cover follows the route
out and not have anything to eye catching cover because I used sans serif fonts for of the eye and the left
behind her. the masthead and main coverlines. third.

4. Setting: Mode of address: Editing Techniques:
The setting for my contents page will My magazine speaks to the Some editing techniques that I will use
be a school because the principle will audience in a positive tone showing on my contents page will be making
have him picture in front of the them that school doesn‘t have to be the images brighter, cropping the
school and the students will also be negative. images and also adding fonts.
in school.
Shot types:
Photography: I will use a variety
The photography of shot types in my
that I will use on contents page such
my contents page as a mid-shot, close-
will be using a up and long shot. I
camera so that I am using these
get good quality shots so that the
photos. I may also audience can see
use my phone as it the faces of the
is easier to use models in the
than a professional magazine.
camera.
Colours:
The colours I will
use on my
Mise-en-scene: Layout: contents page will
The costumes that I will use on my The layout for my contents page follows follow the house
contents page will be school uniform the principles of third, putting the most style of red and
and sports wear because it is a school important information in sections. So black because they
magazine. There will also be props that is what the audience will look at are the colours of
such as pens and paper, footballs and first. Neale wade.
bunsen burners

5. Editing techniques: Photography:
Some editing techniques that I used For my contents page I
for my contents page was making used a camera to take
the image brighter, removing the my photos because I
background from my text and think that it takes
cropping images. better quality photos
than my phone.
Layout: Setting:
The layout for my For my contents page I
contents page follows the have used similar settings
principles of thirds and because I don’t want the
left third because the background to take
most important attention away from the
information is on the left artists. So, I just used a
side of the page. plain wall.
Mise-en-scene:
The costumes that I Shot types:
have used on my I have used similar shot
contents page is types on my contents page
effective because the because a mid-shot means
audience will be able to that the audience are able
relate to the clothing as to see the artists face and
they will be able to costumes.
afford it.
Mode of address:
My contents page speaks to the audience in a
positive tone because it has smiley artists on the
page, it also included happy subjects.

6. Comparison
From looking at both my preliminary magazine and my pop magazine I can see that I have improved in terms
of shot types, layout, fonts, costumes and editing techniques.
The images are very similar as they both have
smiling models in them which gives off a positive
feel for the magazine.
The mastheads of my
magazines are similar
because they are both big
and bold, although my
pop magazine’s is more
interesting to look at.
The coverlines of my
magazines are very
different as my pop
magazine has more
interesting fonts and a
colour background,
which makes it stand
out even more.
The main coverlines
are very similar
because they are
bold and white.
At the bottom of the page on my preliminary
magazine I have another coverline but with my pop
magazine I have included other images which makes it
stand out more when the audience first look at the

7. Highlight key areas of progress
From looking at both of my magazines, it is clear that I have learnt a lot from this course on how to
produce a conventional magazine because my preliminary task doesn’t have interesting fonts
compared to my pop magazine. In terms of my progress I am now able to crop images successfully and
also be able to add effects to make the images more interesting and look effective to draw the
audience in.
Cropping
Use a professional How to make a conventional
camera magazine for a specific
target audience
How to create a Key skills I have learnt How to remove
survey backgrounds
How to add effects
How to embed
How to get more
documents to a blog
interesting fonts