The document discusses the learning gained from creating a magazine cover and contents page. Key learnings include: 1) Using Photoshop and InDesign software to design professional layouts, and learning various tools like layers, cropping and placement. 2) Applying design principles like the rule of thirds and using relevant images. 3) Creating blog posts on Blogger to present coursework, which required learning how to add posts, labels, convert files and organize content.

1. Billie-Jade Clarke

2. Front Cover
Contents Page

3. ‘IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT
USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF MEDIA PRODUCTS?’
Masthead
Issue number
My issue
number is
visible, unlike
Bazaar’s.
Cover lines
Main Photograph
Main cover line
Barcode
Here I have a barcode that is visible, whereas
the Bazaar magazine doesn’t, showing I am
challenging the conventions.

4. ‘IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF MEDIA PRODUCTS?’
Masthead
Page numbers
What's on
Relevant pictures

5. Throughout the contents page I have
highlighted the key information in
purple to make sure the college theme
is running throughout. By doing so, this
CONNOTATIONS? connotes that the college life is
important and fun.
For the Masthead I have
used the college colour,
purple, this links it back to
the college itself, a small
connotation that it is a
student magazine.
For the word sport I
have used the colour
blue because sport is
generally linked to
males, just like the
colour blue.
For the ‘Exclusive’ I have used an italic font next
to a regular one to emphasise the meaning. This
connotes that the exclusive is one of a kind; a
one off. It is in white and bold to make it stand
out and catch the audiences attention.

6. STRENGTHS VS. WEAKNESSES
Feedback from my audience shows
that my front cover has both
strengths and weaknesses.
Strengths Weaknesses
• Picture placement – • White space – There is
it is a nice composition too much white space
and fits the page well. that could be
• Catchy cover/sell filled, making the page
lines – The coverlines look a little less empty.
are nice and catchy and • Thin type – The type
appeal to the audience. font used for the
• Colours – The colours coverlines (apart from the
main coverline) is too thin
used on the page all
and doesn’t catch the eye
match and create a
as much as it should.
nice theme that runs
throughout. • Mast head – The mast
head needs to be Bigger
because is fades away
into the coverlines, not
standing out the way a
masthead should.

7. STRENGTHS VS. WEAKNESSES
Feedback from my audience shows
that my contents page has both
strengths and weaknesses.
Strengths Weaknesses
• Layout – The page layout is • White space – There is
very consistent, it is neat and too much white space
tidy and pleasing to the eye. taking over the page, the
type font should be bigger
• Rule of Thirds - It is clear
to prevent this.
that the rule of thirds has
• Better pictures - The
been taken into account for
pictures aren't that relevant
this contents page. to the information on the
page.
• Pictures - The pictures
could be of more relevance
and their layout could be
improved.
• Link – should make the
link between the picture
and text more noticeable, a
suggestion was to put the
page number on the
picture of where the
relevant text would be
found.

8. WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?
When using the camera I had to look at the rule of
thirds, composition, shot types (close up, medium
shot and long shot) and angles, all of which would
make up the perfect picture.

9. WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?
When putting my front cover together I had to use the industry
standard program, Photoshop, to enable me to create a
somewhat professional looking magazine cover. Whilst using
this I have learnt how the program works, how to put and work
on an image; changing its saturation, crop and placement. I
also learnt how to use and perfect text for the front cover.
Getting used to working with all the different layers was
confusing at first, but I soon got used to it.
I have also come accustom to all of
the different tools that are available
on Photoshop, practising in my own
time to make sure I am able to use
them with ease in lesson.

10. WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?
When putting my contents page together I had to use the
industry standard program, InDesign. By using this it enable me
to make sure my contents page and its layout was accurate
and of a professional standard. When using this new program I
learnt how to put in and fix images with picture placement, how
to make sure my page obeyed the rule of thirds and how to use
and perfect the text. By going away and practicing in my own
time, I was accustom to the tools I had to use, so I was
comfortable in getting on with my work.
By using InDesign I was
also able to bring
everything together so my
front cover and contents
page were side by side.

11. WHAT HAVE I LEARNT?
All of my Media coursework has to be in blog form, so to do this we
have used the site Blogger. Being new to this site I had to start from
scratch and learn how to use it to my best ability, getting used to
creating new posts, adding labels and converting images into PDF’s
and then uploading them and putting my posts in date order.