College Magazine Draft: Contexts Page

This is my first draft of context page with six paragraphs and a background picture with the heading. Theres a problem with the text with the background, and doesn't look good together, there will be changes to improve it.

This is my second draft of improving my context page, by get rid of the background picture and replace with a just ordinary colour background.

This is my new improvement draft of my context page with colour and font. The background of the context page, and I have get rid of the picture and replace it with a big brown holy cross with white colour background.

College Magazine Draft: Front Covers

This is my first draft of the college magazine, and I need to improve this image because the mistakes is there's writing covering the background persons face, and the background needs improvement.

This is my second draft of the college magazine, and there has been changes of the draft because the background has been improved. Even the text is no longer in the persons face.

This is my new improvement draft with nice colourful colours by using the program Paint to design the colours of the draft as prediction of a picture in the future design of my college magazine

Audience Research

This is the first question of the questionnaire, and it is useful for to know if people wanted to read the magazine. As results from the graph, most people want to read a college magazine, and so I will make a college magazine for the people to read.

Do you want to read a college magazine?
Yes- 15
No- 5

This is the next question about what type of gender, and how much are they, so as results, I have to make sure there’s an info magazine for more women, and some men. It is useful for to help me, of what gender does the magazine should attract to.

What gender are you?
Male- 9
Female- 11

This is the next question, about what colour should the heading be. However it is useful for to get people help me to choose a colour, and most people wanted a blue heading, even the text colour does follow the heading colour.

What colour should the heading be?
Purple- 4
Dark Blue- 4
Violet- 1
Red- 2
Blue- 7
Yellow- 1
Green- 1
Other- 1

This is the next question, about what age are you? This is for to know, and help me what age of people I’m aiming at. As result, and my target is the people of aged 16.

What age are you?
Age 16- 14
Age 17- 4
Age 18- 2

Next question is which one of the background pictures should be on the front cover. This question it is suitable for to help me of choosing the picture for the front cover, and as result it is the front building picture for the front cover.

Which one of the background pictures should be on the front cover?
Front Building- 9
Back Building- 1
Giant Cross- 2
Library- 1
Sports Hall- 3
Chaplaincy- 2
Café-2
Next question is how many paragraphs it should contain. This question it is useful for to know how much information should it be on the front cover, and as result many people wanted about between 4-6 paragraphs.

How many paragraphs should it contain?
1-3 paragraphs- 8
4-6 paragraphs- 12

Next question, how much should it cost for the magazine, it is useful to know the cost, because the more people who wanted cheap magazines, the more they buy it. As results most people wanted 1.50 pound for a magazine.

How much should it cost?
£1.50- 17
£2.00- 3
£2.50- 0
Last question, which type of information should be in the magazine. This is a useful information about which type of information should it be on the magazine for to get peoples attention, and as result most people wanted a news information for the magazine.

Which information should be in the magazine?
Sports- 9
Culture- 4
Music- 10
Religion- 4
News- 13

Most people will like to read a magazine, even most girls, and few boys wanted to read a magazine, and most people in the questionnaire are age 16. The plans of making the magazine are adding the blue heading and text. The picture which should be in the front cover is the front building of the college, and at least include about 4-6 paragraphs. The cost of magazine will be about £1.50, and the most people wanted news information for the magazine.

Textual Analysis

The setting of the magazine is based inside the college’s science lab, because the science equipment was included in the picture. The connotations behind the image are that students take learning seriously, and are very focussed. We can see this from the way the girl is focussed on her work in the image. The setting of the image tells us that the college is a serious place to study.



Although the person in the image is not looking at the reader, her body is facing the reader, which shows friendly body language. Her facial expressions show she is interested in her subject, making the image appealing. The connotations behind the facial expressions are that she very focused, but also with a smile she enjoys her studying.

The lighting for the image is quite simple, and it is lit from the front, we know because of the reflection on her glasses and the lighter areas of her chest and face. The background is grey and flat, which is a contrast to her figure. The connotations behind the low-key lighting are that the girl has more lighting than dark background as main point of the person studying of the college.

There is no real costume used in the image as the person is wearing ordinary clothes as a student would. The connotations behind this costume are that a student wearing non white clothes or science protection clothes seriously in the college.

The Font type used for this front cover is a Sans serif font. The word “Beloit” is used as the masthead and the font used is modern in style. However there are some different types of separate fonts in the magazine.

There are some props used in the image such as science equipment with chemicals and glass goggles. This is to represent as a science lesson in the college. The person in the image is not wearing a traditional white coat, like scientist normally do but wearing casual clothes, which makes the image more attractive to students. The connotations behind the props are that seriously well lab equipment.
The Anchorage for this picture has included different text, font sizes, graphics and image. They all combine together to create the meaning about the college to attract peoples attention to go to the college. Even showing how serious the college is.
The technical codes used for to create the image by shot size of top of the person without seeing her legs. Camera angels were aiming front of her, but the part of arm is missing. Also the lens is standard, good focus and different colours. The connotations of different colours are that there’s bright colour pink and the girl’s skin is than the dark colours in the background, which represents how she works seriously in her study.

Introduction

This is my Media blogger, I will be posting my A-level courseworks, and my first objective of the coursework is designing my project of my college magazine. Therefore I will start of my tasks, which is to make a Magazine cover, and context page.

First thing for courseworks of designing Media magazine projects is doing Audience Research, to gathering the information of what people want. Then design the drafts and scan it to the computer. Next desing the actual proper or non draft magazine as a final thing for the design of the first coursework.

Even after this coursework, it will be another coursework to do in the future next.......