This is my Prelimary tasks. This was a school magazine that I created in order to practise before making my real music magazine

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.