My magazine cover follows many conventions of real life media products. For example it has a large masthead featuring the title of the magazine. It is designed to stand out and be read easily, even at a brief glance of the cover. Just below the masthead is a dateline, this is a line of text featuring the issue number and date of the magazines. This is so that people are aware of how old or recent the issue may be. This is in a much smaller font than the mast head as it doesn't provide the purpose of gaining attention. Once again following the convention of real life media product, my magazine cover consists of a single main image. The image i have used is one of a school and it links back to the title of the magazine, which is also the title of the school.
Although my magazine cover does not feature as many coverlines as usually thought conventional, i still have coverlines distributed around the main image. I have made sure that these do not in any detract from the main image however as it is important that the image is still the main feature.
My magazine cover challenges conventions of common magazine cover as it does not include a main cover line. Instead it includes a few evenly spread coverlines all of the same size and colour, as there is not one that is of more importance than the others. I did this so as to show that all content within the magazine is highly important and there is not one article more important than another.
As my magazine is a school one and not one used for advertising of products, there is no use of the left third for advertising things such as sales and discounts offered in shops. Something that is usually seen on magazine covers. My magazine does also not feature a price or barcode as most magazines do, as it is not a magazine that would be sold in a shop, it would be handed out freely within the school.
How did you attract/address your audience?
Since it is a school magazine i used formal language and used standard english. The magazine is aimed mainly at the current or perspective parents of the school pupils therefore it needed to show the school in the best light it could. It needed to have a serious and formal feel about it and i wanted it to look as neat, formal, and tidy as possible. The images in my contents page feature the school boys looking smart, wether it be in a suit or another school kit. I want parents to see that the pupils at the school have a good attitude and abide with the school uniform rules and regulations. I also thought it was important to get pictures that featured some greenery, as this shows that the school is a nice environment, trees also connote serenity and that is a good impression to give off.
What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt how to make presentations on the website 'prezzi'. I have also learnt how to use photoshop as before the making of these magazine elements i was completely unexperienced as i have never used it before. It was therefore a very good oppourtunity for me to learn how to use it and discover many of the things that I can do on there. I learnt how to import and resize images, how to alter the brightness, and to add and edit texts.
what are the strengths and weaknesses of your final product?
I think my front cover is quite strong as it looks professional and very neat which is what my main aim was. I believe too that my contents page looks neat and organised, however it does not follow all the usual conventions of a professional contents page, and i believe i could have added more elements to it and developed it much more. I think one of the main weaknesses with my cover and contents page is that i have not used enough technical features using the photoshop programme. For example i think it is important that for my main task i use more of the editting tools that are available. I believe my cover is still however clear and effective in drawing in the audience although i feel as though it could possibly be more eye catching.
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