The document is a media studies student's foundation portfolio for their target audience magazine project. It includes details about editing photos in Adobe Photoshop and laying out pages in InDesign. It outlines the goals for their magazine targeted at 16-19 year olds, including using slang and casual language. It provides before and after examples of edited photos and explains the changes made to improve the images. It also includes contents pages and article spreads from the magazine, describing the layout and design choices.

1.  AS MEDIA STUDIES
FOUNDATION PORTFOLIO
RESEARCH & PLANNING
CENTRE NO: 11049
ST FRANCIS XAVIER COLLEGE

2. Candidate No: 2116

3.  My Target audience is meant to be young people between the ages of 16
and 19 (College students) So in my magazine I tried to include articles
that would intrigue them, such as school competitions and school
nominations for most popular etc…
 In order for my magazine not to be to boring or unattractive, I included
slang and less formal terms to attract the target market, the images used
were also very simple ones, not too detailed with informative subjects.
 In Adobe Photoshop I learnt how to edit pictures in various ways, using
the crop tool other tools. In Indesign we learnt how to put words
together with pictures and this is how the contents pages and front
cover of the magazine.

4. Contents page
Front Cover

5.  I would put in more effort in order to make it look more
professional, I would take more pictures so I have more of variety
when choosing for my magazine and my front cover. I would also
use colours that were more compatible and attractive to catch the
readers eye.
 I didn’t get any feedback but looking at my friends work and how
well they did motivates me to want to do better in mine and
possibly get the highest grade I can.
 I need to learn how to make things look better and I can do that
through a tutorial online or get someone professional to teach me.
There is still a lot I need to learn.

6.  Genre: Rnb
 My chosen title is ‘Press Play’ this insinuates
that the magazine has something interesting
to offer the music industry and it’s intriguing.
In order for you to understand the magazine
Pressing Play (opening the magazine) takes
you into a world.

8.  Half of the cover titles are
questions – this all get
answered on the inside of
the magazine
 The colour that the main
artist on the front is wearing
corresponds with the colour
theme used on front cover
 The articles are different
sizes
 The image of artists are
always facial and shoulder
shots or from the waist
above.
 The article that associates
with the artist is the biggest
and most apparent cover
story

9.  Target Audience: Young people between The
ages of 16 and 22
 Frequency: Weekly magazine
 Cover price: £2.50
 Publisher: Rhynegold publishing
 USP: The celebrities that are used

10. This is how it works.
o It clearly shows the title of the magazine on
the front cover in a white font, the main
article that I meant to attract readers is in
white also
o There is also a clear colour theme which
consists of white, pink and fuchsia. These
colours may not be suitable for all readers
but they always attract people and this may
change the mind of the readers who are less
likely to look at pinks .
o The articles and the artist that are being
used are meant to attract more readers,
they’re meant to be popular and attractive
to bring in more readers
o The person on the front cover must be
famous and influencial and that’s what I
chose to use

12. raw Final
Here is how I changed the photo and why:
I wanted to make the image brighter and more inviting, the pose that Shaun
Riley is doing is isnt very attractive so i added a colour boost and got rid of
some of the facial blemishes and made it seem as professional as possible

13. raw Final
 This image was edited simply, i chose to add more colour and make it
prettier to look at and i added a blur all over the image to make it seem a
little bit more pure and free.

14. final
raw
 I made this image brighter and increased contrast because i wanted it to be different from
the other images. The effect where the images is separated into various to create a collage
is unique so i thought id incoporate it into the image, it will make the reader more
interested and make them want to investigate the image.

15. raw final
 To edit this image i simply to highlight the colours and to enhance the silhouette aspect of
the image. The image is much more aesthetically pleasing than the initial one

17.  Key features

18.  My contents page has articles that are
included on the front cover and the
connection is shown with images and page
numbers, in some cases the colors coordinate
with the article that is coming up.

19.  How have you made the reader want to read on?
By adding images to entice the reader, i use things that are
visually aesthetically pleasing and in doing this the brain
connects more to the page. Images fonts and grammar all
contribute towards this.
 What are the links between images and words?
Using smart words and analogies that somehow connect to the
image makes the connection clear.
 What determines the dominant stories?
The images sizes the positioning of the
 How have you gone about ordering the information on the
page?
All of the articles have a page number allocated next to them
and they’re all in order so there is no confusion when you’re
finding the pages.

20.  There is a clear image of the main artist
 The page number is on the image
 It is at the top of the page so its easy to see
 it says cover article above it

22.  There is a large image of the main artist on one
side of the and his name is clearly there
 There is another smaller image to show the artist
doing something else
 There is a quote written in a larger quote to attract
the reader if its something you like.
 the colours are contrasting so its clear and easy to
read
 The colour are different for the questions and the
answers

24.  The quote comng from shaun riley is Large for  The image is in
everyone to see the whole
 There is a colour scheme in terms of the
background so
its clear to see.
interviewer and the answers Its obvious that
its him because
no one else is
talked about in
this article
apart from his
brother
 The page is
very simple but
I still appealing

25.  There is an image of Shaun Riley on the front
cover the contents page and on the double
page spread
 On the front cover it leads you to the
contents page and the contents page leads
you to the double page spread

26.  I changed it by adding
different colours, made sure
the title was different. Doing
this made it look less home
made and more professional.
 The image was different, it
concentrated more on Shaun
Riley's face. The eye contact
shows connection with the
audience
 There are more interesting
cover stories included
 more artist are included so if
anyone's favourite happens
to be there you’ll want to but
the magazine

27.  I changed it minimally, i
added more articles.
 I made it look more
attractive by changing
the layout of the
numbers and the articles
 The colour scheme
remained the same
 The article of Shaun
Riley is clearer to see
 Press play is at the top
to remind you of what
magazine you’re reading

28.  The writing layout is different and i added tour dates and an album release date
 The image was rotated to it wasn’t completely covered by the interview colomns
 The large quote is easier to make out. In the old on the words adnd the colour of
the back ground were clashing and this caused problems

29.  I changed the image and the layout of the interview, I wanted mine to
be unique so I chose I layout that I’ve never seen before
 There was no information about a mixtape or album before so I
added one in
 I aslo added a competition to see Shaun riley in concert

30.  You can find my blog here:
http://genesismediastudiesblog.blogspot.co.uk/
You can find my evaluation with responses to the 7
questions here:
(URL)
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