Lesson 4

In this lesson, I started my contents page. I thought of some possible headings that could be present in my magazine, and then made them the same font that my main heading would be and tried to place them in a good place on the page. I also thought again of some possible photographs that could be used for the front page of my magazine.

Picture Ideas

 Here are some photo's I have taken for my school magazine. I am unsure at the moment which one I like best.

Headings For Magazine

 This is the first page of designs I did for the Heading for my magazine. I tried a variety of different fonts, sizes and colours to come up with come good ideas.

 I then narrowed my first page down into 10 different designs that i kind of liked, and would see being the heading for my magazine. They are all very different, but all had something about them that caught my eye.

This was my last lot of designs, and I picked the two designs that i really liked the look of. I then changed them around a bit, using some of the idea's from my other pages to try and get the perfect design. I eventually came out with the design I best like the look of, which is shown at the bottom. I like the colour of the background, as it is eye catchy, but is not too bold and birght. I used the same font I used on the second from the top, and then made the outline of the words thicker so that it is easier to read, but still looks interesting.

Lesson 3

In this lesson we conitinued researching for our magazine. We searched for pictures that would give us inspiration for our own pictures that we will be putting on out magazine. I find a few, that i could use of clear pictures of children doing sport.

Lesson 2

In this lesson, we started researching ideas for our magazine. I got three pictures of different school magazines and wrote the positives and negatives about them. None of them were very effective in catching attention and showing what they are about. I also edited my blog to what Mr McRae wanted us to do.

Magazine Research

This magazine is a lot different to the others, as it is quite busy and seems that there is a lot going on at this school. The picture supports the heading down the side, so we know the magazine will be about sports. The title however, looks out of place, and gives the idea of more of a logo for a product from a supermarket. Also, the photograph is taken from a birds eye view which is very effective for this magazine, as it makes it that bit more interesting. This magazine is also too busy for me, the re is the main picture in the middle, and then there is lots of little headings and pictures going on around it. Due to this, there doesn't seem to be a clear purpose of the magazine. It says it is about Junior Athletics, but at the bottom there is a picture of the American flag and a radio which does not fit in.

 

This magazine is relatively good, as it gives an idea of what the school specialises in, as the front page is just of teenagers doing art. It also has a simple side shot of the girl, and clearly shows what she is doing. The paint brush it hard to see, as the colours blend in together, so initially we are not sure whether she is paining or not. The italic font in hard to understand, and some of it is very small which means that people may not know what exactly is in the magazine by reading that. Even though there are positives to this magazine, the overall image is very boring for me, so I will try to avoid this type of magazine when I do mine

This magazine creates a different type of feeling than the other two. The picture is extremely effective, as the boy looks like he is thinking very hard which is evidence for the heading “Generative Thinking in Independent Schools.” The picture is also quite depressing and he looks very sad, whereas the colours give a jolly feeling as they are quite bright; mainly the title. The writing on the left, is quite hard to understand. as the font is quite big and the colour is quite dark so from a distance it looks lke the letters blend in to each other.

Lesson One

In this lesson, I was new to the class so i started creating my blog. We also spoke about some school magazines and what was wrong with them, and then had to go and research about some more school magazines.