magazine cover terminology.

• title - a name given to a piece of work. This would conventionally appear at the top of the cover.
• sell line - a short, sharp description of the title's main marketing point for example 'Cosmopolitan' has the sell line 'The world's No 1 magazine for young women'.
• splash/burst - an insert on the front cover which contrasts from the original image in order to stand out. 
• menu bar - typically a horizontal bar listing things that can be found in the magazine.
• WOB - white on black on the cover to create contrast.
• dog end - pretend fold on the corner of the page.
• cover lines - one line descriptions of articles found on the cover of the magazine. Their purpose is to entice the reader into buying the magazine.
• boost - the biggest sell line that is intended to increase sales of the magazine.

contents page.

this is the draft of my school magazine content page which is something else as well as the cover that i needed to do for my preliminary task.

 The colour isn't exactly the same as the cover as i did it on a different computer but i would obviously make them match if this was more than a draft to keep the in house colour scheme.

 I also need to put a photo of the editor, me, but i never had any on this computer so I couldn't.

I tried to split all my contents into different sections to make the page easily navigational and i think it worked well. 

I included an action picture of the school football team to accompany the top story 'Libero wins the league' and to also make the page look a bit more interesting rather than just writing.

I re-emphasised the magazine title at the top of the page as I'd seen this done in more commercial magazines like 'Vogue' and really liked it.

I made the page numbers bigger than the words as i think sometimes on contents pages you can't see what page its on and i wanted this to stand out. 

I left the background clear as i thought this made the page look clean and allowed all the words to be clearly read.

hello first draft.

I seriously have way to much time on my hands, but thanks to that, i made the first draft of my school magazine cover!

I've tried to keep a 3 part colour scheme to fit with conventions of typical magazines and I've hopefully kept it.

 I like the photo I've used as the book shows connotations of school and the mid shot also follows typical magazine conventions. Though i dislike it cause its blurry, i tried to fix this with editing and by brightening and contrasting the image but it never worked.

I added a burst in the corner with a competition headline to try to grab the readers attention.

The main headline is 'Libero wins the league!' and I've tried to convey this but making it slightly larger and all capitalised in comparison to the other sell lines.

Not really sure what I'm gonna change about it at the moment but I'm very sure I'll start finding faults. Fun fun.

preliminary task shots!

I think theses are all possible candidates for my front cover image.

I probably wouldn't use this one though as it is too blurry.

one i don't like as much

This one for me is a no go. Unlike the 'Source' there is no apparent color scheme on the cover and for me this a main convention of what should be on a magazine. 

The front cover image also covers some of the writing which with popular magazines were people are already well aware of what the writing is, for example on a cover of the 'Rolling Stones' music magazine a celebrities head covers some of the title. This is fine as 'Rolling Stones' will already have a well established fan base. Also the use of many different fronts on the cover takes away the continuity that magazines should have. 

It also detracts from the professional look that other school magazines have managed to establish.

The back ground is also very busy which distracts from the writing on the front cover. 

The title also has no use of capital letters which completely opposes basic English. As well as having no capital letters its size ratio to the main headline is smaller leading some readers to believe that magazine is called 'New Humanities Building!'

The inconsistency of the font also helps in lessoning the professional feel of the magazine as it uses Serif and Sans Serif fonts which are conflicting. This doesn't follow magazine conventions wouldas other magazines would keep the consistency for a professional look. 

Some of the font is also quite hard to read which means some readers wouldn't bother to work out what it says. 

The cross dissolve of pictures at the top does look good and effective which is something i like about the magazine.

The use of the school logo next to the title does make it look more conventional and gives it a more authoritative look. 

one i like.

This is one of the best school magazines I found! I think the conventions of a school magazine should be quite simple and formal in comparison to tabloid magazines such as 'More'. though it should also follow some of the more generic magazine conventions. 

The consistent color scheme of the cover gives it a professional feel and the simple picture thats been 

graphically edited isn't to busy to distract from the information.

This is one of the best school magazines I found! I think the conventions of a school magazine should be quite simple and formal in comparison to tabloid magazines such as 'More'.

The title is bold and stands out drawing to readers attention directly to it, this is what a magazine should do as you need to know the name of it. 

The pink colored writing at the bottom right is in my opinion what lets the cover down. It reads in 

continuous prose which isn't how i believe it should be read. Slightly letting the cover down. 

The main headline is central to the cover and the odd shapes and bright colors attract the readers attention straight way.

The small burst in the corner will appeal to some readers as it is a well known television character and people like when they see things they know, hence why famous celebrities are on the covers of commercial magazines. 

The writing used is sans serif which gives the magazine a less formal look but as it should maybe appeal to children, this is a good thing. 

The two faces on the cover appear to be headteachers from the school which means that the pupils and parents will know who they are mimicking a 'celebrity' status. 

The plain white background makes the magazine look clean and allows the reader to see clearly what is on the page.

 The magazine isn't one to be sold which i why, unlike a real magazine, the cover doesn't have a barcode or price. This is because its a school magazine and conventionally these won't be sold in shops.  

school magazines.

The preliminary task we do on this course is to design a school magazine cover and draft a contents page. In order to do this we need to do some research. Thanks to the world wide web I am able to do it from the comfort of my media room seat. Love technology.

FIRST POST!

Starting a blog for AS media. Everything we discuss or do thats interesting will go on here, can't wait to start researching!