AS Media

2.  Print- preliminary exercise: using DTP and
an image manipulation program, produce the
front page of a new school/college magazine
, featuring a photograph of a student in
medium close-up plus some appropriately
laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally,
produce a DTP mock-up of the layout of the
contents page.

10. Target Audience for
my school magazine
Concerns
Age
Gender
Daily
Routine
Interests
-Sports
-Music
-Socialising
-Male
-Female
-16-18
-school
-social life
-work
School:
-workload
-time Management
-Revision

11. Topic Of Interest Feature Language on the cover
Driving Lessons • Driving tips
• Insurance information
• Info on local driving schools
Win 2 free driving lessons
UCAS & University • Different university courses
• Information about what
university's can offer you
• Interviews with students who
have gone to university
The perfect uni for you..
YES one does exist!
General News • What's currently happening in the
news
• The weeks latest news
Managing time/workload • Interviews /tips with learning
mentors
“Is you workload getting too much?”
Fashion • Latest fashion tips
• Do’s and Don'ts of fashion
Fashion dos’s and don’ts

12. Bold, big mastheadMain image is of
a famous celeb
Date and price
2-3 colours
scheme (pink &
orange)
stereotypically
these are quite
girly colours.
Advertisement of
competitions
Articles that
will be
featured in
the
magazine
Front Page

13. Images of celebs or
things that will be
featured in the
magazine
Sub-heading to
section of the parts of
the magazine
Page numbers
and what is on
the page with
short details.
Magazine name
with a rhetorical
question.
Contents Page

14. Front Cover

15. Contents Page

17. Recognisable
masthead
Plug
Central Image
(usually medium
shot)
Direct
mode of
address
Main cover
line
Barcode
Puff
Dates and
Issue
number
Plug

18. Left side third: Most important
as it’s the side people read first.
It will feature the most intriguing
things contained in the
magazine.
Barcode, issue
number and date
appear on the right,
and are quite small
so seem less
significant.
Masthead top/left,
very bold and bright
as its one of the first
things people see.
Usually well
known artist/celeb
on the front, so
people are drawn
because they
know who it is and
its familiar.
Contents layered
over the main
image. Main cover
line often bold and
big, layered over.

19. Presentational
Devices
Range of fonts and
different sizes, used to
differentiate contents.
Colour theme is
maintained, often 3 colour
scheme (red, white and
black) Mixed gender
colours.
Maintains the house
style of the Q
magazine.
Main photograph
(Adele) relates to the
main feature and the
direct mode of address
makes it more
personal for the reader,
as well as catch their
eye.
Mise-en-scene
represents Adele as
being strong, seductive
and fun.

20. Quotations used,
which will usually be
the most interesting
and controversial to
entice people.
Ellipsis often used to
suggest there is more to
read in side. Also
creates suspense for
the reader about the
feature.
Alliteration, makes it more
catchy and fun for the
reader this draws them in.
Puns make the
magazine more
fun and catchy.
They are more
likely to attract
readers.

21. Props:
Panthers are quite dangerous
and wild, this suggests Lily is
like a panther. Also she's
posing with them represents
that she's fearless .
Costume:
The fact she isn't wearing a
top implies she is confident
and outgoing. It also has a
seductive touch to it and is
showing she is sexy.
Pose:
She is looking over her
shoulder with her hand up
to her mouth and her
other hand on her hips.
This seductive pose, it
also make
Framing:
The long shot
allows the readers
to see her sexy

29.  From my results I found most people would like a monthly pop
magazine that is priced between £2-£2.50. The magazine needs to
include competitions, interviews, upcoming artist and bands and
more.
 The magazine needs to include posters, and the most favoured
colour is black and white.

31.  My magazine genre is teen pop which means my models costume
needs to be appropriate for quite a young audience.
 They also need to look like a pop artist which means quite modern,
and stylish clothes.
 I also plan to use props such as headphones or microphone
something that is music related.
 I also want them to wear a different outfit for the double page
spread to show they are on tend and up to date like most current
pop artist are today.

32.  I plan for my photo shoot setting to be very plain and simple as I
don’t want the background to distract from my artist. It also makes it
easier when it comes to cropping and editing the images.
 My lighting needs to be bright as this suits my target audience and
genre more rather than a dark and dull lighting hic is more suited to
a rock or heavy metal magazine for instance.
 When it comes to taking my pictures I want my lighting to be bright
this will mean my images will come out to a good quality and
standard.
 It will represent and imply that my artists is a happy and a positive
person, which will intrigue the readers as they want to be happy like
the artist.

33.  I wanted my artist to come across as being fun and happy,
therefore this can show in their facial expression, so I plan for my
artist to be smiling and laughing in the photos.
 My artist pose and body language will also be very open for
example with their hands on their hips or hands in the air, looking
as though they are enjoying themselves.
 This will be more inviting for the readers.

34.  I wanted my artist to have quite simplistic and natural hair and
make-up to show they are not too over the top. But I want them to
have maybe some colourful lipstick or brightly coloured eye shadow
to show they have a wild and fun side to them.

35.  I want to use a variety of shot types as it can reveal more of my
artist and their costume.
 For example;
- A long shot would shows the artists costume and body language
whereas a close up or extreme close up would show their facial
expressions in detailed.
 I will try to take shots that look professional and not like I have
cropped parts of them off.

36.  At the end of my photo shoot I will need to check my images before
ending the photo shoot, to ensure that I have a good range of
images to use for my front cover, contents page and double-page
spread. I will also need to ensure the quality of the images are
good for example the focus is correct etc. And that I have viable
and effective photographs before I begin to edit them.

38. Conventions of a
Contents Page Name of magazine
(masthead) very bold and
big.Images taking up half the
page to show readers
what are inside and
attract them. Most of
them have captions with
details and the page
number.
Main information
about what's inside is
on the left hand side
There are three
subheadings, each have
information below
regarding what’s inside
the magazine. This helps
readers find a certain
page or to attract readers
to buy the magazine
based on what it contains.
All three are the same
font as the main title, this
helps readers recognise
it’s a MOJO magazine
and gives the familiarity.
Numbers along the
side of the information,
this helps the readers
find the information.
3 colours used
(gold, red & black)
house style that
people will
recognise and link
the MOJO.
Mini subheadings

39. Conventions of
a Double Page
Spread