The document discusses conventions for college magazine contents pages. It analyzes 4 example magazine contents pages, noting things like masthead placement, use of images, and color schemes. Key conventions highlighted include prominent mastheads in contrasting colors, central anchoring images related to the school/college theme, and featured articles listed around the image in different colors for visibility. The document also provides ideas for article topics and visual concepts for a mock school magazine contents page.

1. Media Coursework
Print – G321
Eloise Kenton –Barnes
Preliminary Exercise: To create a school magazine to a standard
level of presentation, also produce a mock layout of the contents
page to accompany the magazine.

2. Contents Page
• Preliminary Research
• Preliminary Exercise

3. Preliminary Research

4. Conventions
• All mastheads are located across the top of the magazine page. The colours used highlights them from the
rest of the text which directs the reader’s attention to the masthead.
• The images featured in the magazine relate to the theme of ‘school life’. They are an anchor for the
magazine as they are in the centre of page the images are all of students.
• The background of the images vary the magazines ‘campuslife, college, and studentlife.’ show a photo-
shopped background whereas the magazine ‘college life’ shows a real un - edited background.
• The institution of ‘college’ is represented as modern and stylistic this is done through the contrasting colours
and the poses of the models within the images.
• The topics shown are all under education the audience could either be students with queries or parents who
need information.

5. Conventions Of A College Magazine
• Bold masthead in yellow which
• Bold masthead which contrasts with the contrasts with black background.
grey - scale background, Attracts readers.
• Central medium-long shot which
Located at the top of the page.
anchors the rest of the topics.
• Large central medium shot, anchors the
• the featured articles (all in yellow)
topics featured around the model.
are placed around the articles.
• Colour scheme of red, black and white
•The image features books
feature throughout. Offers the magazine a
indicating the audience is of post
modern and young look which correlates
-16 age – relating to mise-en-scene
with the audience.
• The masthead is white and
located a the top of the page
• The masthead is in the font of •The edition of the magazine is in
‘Lucida handwriting’. It is in the the top left hand corner.
colour of orange and clearly
highlighted. • One solid block colour as
background, differs from other 3
• The medium shot is central magazines.
and features a girl from college
–relates to theme. • Picture located in middle of
magazine acts as an anchor and
• Featured captions are in is a picture from a school trip
conflicting purple and orange which relates to the topic of
colours. Although the colours ‘student life’.
stand out it’s hard to read them
against the background. • The magazine features the
college logo this is the only
magazine that does this.

6. Will use a contrasting
colours palette - white
Ideas: masthead and white sub-
headings.
• Revision tips
Name:
• Uni advice
• Coolage
• Fun pages - funny
• Questionmark
exam answers
• The Move
• General school
news • Prospects
College/School
Magazine
Image:
• One student side on visible tie.
Magazine name coming from a
speech bubble.
Contrasting colours • Two students holding
give a modern prospectus’ for the college in a
look. dominant pose.
• 6th form student and school
student – varying ages.
Background:
• One block colour to contrast with masthead.

7. Contents Page

8. Codes and Conventions of
Contents Page
• All feature the mast head of ‘contents’ clearly labelling what the purpose of the page is.
• Featured numbered pages for easy access to the relevant articles, numbers are clearly displayed with a
small description of the articles details.
• All of the contents pages have contrasting colours with images that are relevant to the topic of ‘school life’
the images are the anchor of the page and draw the readers attention into the magazine.
• The backgrounds on the pages are plain in colour and usual only feature one block colour.

9. Result