Media work for my

1. Media coursework
Taylor
Chambers

2. The masthead
instantly allows us to
understand what we
can expect from the
magazine
The main image is
a perfect example
of what aspect of
school life this
magazine is
focusing on
The words at the bottom of
the magazine also allow us to
understand what can be of
expected inside the magazine
The puffs also give us
and sneak preview of
what is inside the
magazine helps us to
decide whether we want
to buy the magazine or
not
Colour scheme of
orange yellow
and white, colour
scheme is
maintained on the
front cover
There is a anchorage so we
know who the person in the
front cover is

3. The masthead relates
to the main image
allows us to
understand the topic of
the magazine
The main image shows
us the innocence and
youth of a teenager, also
shows us the maturity
these are shown through
the braces and the cap
The puffs relate to what all
students are interested in
(GCSE results) allows them to
interest the audience before
the look inside the magazine
As it is aimed at
school children it
takes into account of
finance as they have
priced their magazine
at 99p which makes
it affordable for
school children
The font that is used
is usually seen on
the back of varsity
jackets which are
associated with
secondary schools
They have kept to their
colour scheme

4. The masthead again
relates to the main
image as it shows
students reading
The students aren’t giving
the camera any eye
contact to show that they
are interested in the books
Colour scheme of
white blue and black
The main image and
puff allow us to get a
sneak preview of what
can be expected inside
the magazine
Appropriate catchphrase
for a school magazine

5. This is a close up of two
students. Only includes
the top half of their
body.
I have edited this
picture by darkening
the edges and
darkening the
background, I also
darkened the two
girls in order to make
the picture clearer.

6. Rough version of school
magazine
As you can see from
my rough versions I
experimented with
different lightings
and fonts before
coming to my final
decision

7. I have changed the picture
from colour to black and
white and I have cropped
out the other member of the
photo in order to make the
picture the right size for a
magazine
I standard colour
picture of two
students working

8. This is the final
version of my
school
magazine, as
you can see I
have further
edited the
pictured and
added puffs in
order to attract
my audience into
buying and
reading my
magazine, the
smaller pictures
on the cover
allow the
audience to get a
insight into what
can be expected
inside the
magazine

9. School contents page
This is my final version of my
contents page, I have darkened
it in order for the to get rid of
some of the back ground and
to create a contrast between
the main image and the smaller
images, I added some text
along with the pictures so that
my readers will know what is to
come without having to read
through the whole magazine.
The pictures help to interest the
reader. After getting feedback
from other peers I decided to
go with this design as this
seemed to please most

10. Colour
scheme
R&B
R&B R&B
I would choose
to use images
like these as
they are some
of the most
recognisable
R&B artists
R&B magazines
usually have clear
bold font so these
are some of the
fonts I would
choose
From R&B magazines I have
seen they mostly consist of
colours such as Blue and
white so that’s why I've
chosen these

11. Mood board

12. MAIN IMAGE
MAST HEAD
QUOTE
TEXT
TEXT
TEXT
Page
number
Page
number
Page
number
PICTURE
EDITORS COLUMN

13. Front cover analysis
Vibe is published Len Burnett

14. Contents page analysis

15. A deep direct
gaze, makes
us feel
included as he
is looking
straight us
A common
blocky text
that is used
for the
masthead,
black colour
which is
usually
associated
with Goths
and rock
A dark black
background, helps
create the mood of
the rock magazine
Smoke
coming out
of his
mouth,
stays with
the colour
scheme of
the black
and white
The central image takes
up most of the space of
the front cover
There are additional
things that come with the
magazine to attract a
specific type of audience
Kerrang! is published by
Bauer Consumer Media.

16. Images of artists
that are
associated with
the rock genre
allow people
who are the
reading the
magazine to
automatically
know if they are
interested in the
magazine
The contents page is
very crowded, which
is how rock
magazines are
usually like
There are a lot
images on the
page which are
accompanied by
a lot of text, the
images allow us
to see a sneak
peak of what is
to come, allows
us to decide
what we want to
read before
purchasing the
magazine
properly
The text is the
usually rock
genre font,
blocky with a
dark text or
back ground

17. A clear
classy font
helps the
audience
identify the
genre of the
magazine. A
typical
classical
music
magazine
masthead.
The main
image is very
clear and not
cluttered, well
lighted and
neat, a medium
shot, still
makes the
women
attractive, as
well as classy
Shows what kind
of people would
read a classical
music magazine,
upper classThe magazine has free
incentives to bring in a
wider audience.
The magazine uses a
well known musician
who is associated
with classical music
which allows
customers to
automatically know
what genre of music
magazine they are
buying

18. The contents page of
the classical music
magazine looks very
clean and organized
which is what we
expect of this genre of
music magazine
The font is very clean and
clear which is how a
classical music is meant
to be, by doing this they
are allowing their
customers to become
familiar which how their
magazine looks
They have different
sections to their
magazine, gives us an
idea of the people who
will read the magazine,
allows them to select
their target audience
easier and they choose
subjects which they
know a specific amount
of people will be
interested in
The colours that are
used in the contents
page are what we
would expect, they are
bright and not
overpowering, mostly
red, white and black.
Makes the magazine
very clear and bright

19. The double page
spread usually
has a picture that
takes up a whole
a page or can
‘bleed’ onto the
next page
The second page usually has a lot of
writing explaining the person in the
picture on the other side, The text will
start with a drop cap in order for the
reader to know where the text starts
The writing on
his face gives
us and insight
to his
personality,
while the text
gives us a
deeper
explanation into
who he is
The picture used shows us that he is happy with
the ‘life of a shooting star’ Shows him smiling, the
picture also allows us to see his interest in body
art as in the picture he is covered in words and
pictures

20. The picture is
bleeding onto the
next page
The word wild is written in
‘wild’ text as the world child
I written in a more standard
bold text
A clear colour
scheme of black
white and pink,
they use these
colours as pink is
associated with
girls
There is a lot
of writing on
the second
page which
is what is
expected
from a
double page
spread
The women is wearing black leather clothes
which contrasts her blonde hair, sticks to the
colour scheme of light and dark
Dark eye make
up, seems
mysterious

21. The vibe masthead is very simple it used a black
bold font to contrast the white back ground and
this helps the masthead to stand out and makes
it easy for the audience to remember.

22. The Kerrang! masthead is very unique as it has a effect that creates a
smashed glass effect, this allows it to be very unique and because of this
it is very identifiable by their audience. This is good as then they are
easily recognisable and it sets them apart from the other magazines that
are doing the same genre of music. Also the ! Connotes that there is
something special about this magazine.

23. This classical music masthead, is very clean and
simplistic which is how all classical music
magazines are and therefore this helps the
audience to identify this magazine as it is what they
would expect from a classical music magazine. The
symbol above the writing resembles a crown which
helps to identify their target audience. (Upper
class)

24. Questionnaire

26. What I learned from my results
 From my questionnaire results I have learned that my
audience value magazines which have a high quality and that
they are willing to pay more for a magazine that is high
quality, furthermore from my questionnaire I was able to find
out what extras my audience would prefer to see inside my
magazine and therefore I will now be able to gather a wider
range of people through analysing the answers and adapting
my magazine to them.

27. As you can see from the
image on the left it was
very generic and boring,
because of this I
darkened the picture a
lot in order to get rid of
the chair and to highlight
his hands, the name of
his guitar, his face and
the symbol on the strap
of the guitar. It also bring
the focus of the main
image onto him as well, I
also brightened the mast
head font colour and
some of the puffs, I
added more puffs in
order to grab my
audiences attentions