Evaluation

Language - I have used a medium shot of one person to fill most fo the page. This make the image bold and interesting. I added a background to give more colour to my magazine and to make the picture stand out more. My photo is a photo of a student working on textiles work which works well with my magazine as it is for a fashion college. I have used a bold colours and fonts for my words, especially 'London' which may attract people as it is a popular city for fashion. I used mainly bold colours to make the words stand out and  be noticable. I have made sure that the colours of the words on my cover match the colours of the background behind the photo.

Institution-  The photo on the front of my magazine shows that the college is a environment that someone who is interested in fashion can learn  and work. It would interest the audience as the cover makes it look attractive and a fun learning environment.

Ideology - The ideology i would like to portray is that the college looks like an interesting environment. Even though there is only one photo of a student working, the cover of my magazine should give a light feeling towards the audience to want to consider attending the college.

Audience - The audience of my magazine would be females mainly or males who are interested in fashion. Ages ranging from 16 - 25 and that would wish to pursue a career in fashion. Also the parents of the students would be part of the target audience so that they too can see into the college and find out whats going on and information they may want to read about . The audience would have to have an interest in fashion and the college.

Representation - The magazine would represent education and the college. To give a good output of the college to its students, future students and families. It would represent the college as fun and friendly environment and a good place to come and study fashion. I have used a student whos age is similar to my target audience. Hopefully my cover will influence people and help them imagine themselves coming to the college.

Overall i think that my magazine went fairly well. I did have some downfalls such as my photos being deleted and not starting till later on as i was on a trip when we first were told about it. The things i think didnt go quite well were my photos. I didnt think about how i should take my picture and what shots i should use. But thankfully my photos turned out quite well even though i lost some.  Also when i designed my cover i didnt think about how i would layout my magazine thoroughly. I think that i couldn have improved my work more by starting earlier on producing some picture and understanding more how i should present my work. However i am pleased with my magazine.

Contents Page

Here is my design for the contents page of my magazine.

Finished edit of my Magazine cover

Here is my final front cover.

Here is my draft of my front cover.

Photos

Here are the photographs i was able to take.
I had taken some others but they were deleted so i had to retake them.

I had one idea of just using a picture of textiles things like this.

Fonts for Magazine

Because my magazine is going to be a fashion college magazine, i am going to try and make it look creative and different. Here are a range of different texts i can use.

London Fashion College

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

London Fashion College

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

LONDON FASHION COLLEGE

2nd magazine research

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NME Music Magazine.

Language - The camera angles on this magazine is a medium close shot. They have the peoples body in but not their full body. I think they used this shot to get their full posture in to give show that their a indie/rock band by the way their dressed and the magazine is that kind of genre. They would have used The Wombats as the picture on the front to attract their audience who like bands such as these.

Institution -  The producer of this magazine is NME. They are a music company who produce magazines. They try to attract their audience by using bold pictures and text. Mainly putting a interview or story of a well known band on. Music is a big influence and attraction to teenagers and young adults. It has alot of information music based and would attract people with a big interest in music. Also i think it's a big influence by budget as this magazine is quite affordable and you get a wide quantity of information.

Ideology - Looking at the headlines on the cover, there are mainly about bands mis-haps or interviews and information about festivals. These would appeal to the readers especially the festivals as anybody loves a chance to go see their favourite band, and this is a way to find out how to see them, when and where. Also they include posters in the magazine which also the audience would be interested in getting. Mainly teenagers like to collect posters of their favourite band to stick on their bedroom wall.

Audience - The target audience for this magazine are mainly teenaers and young adults between the ages of 13- 25. These are the ages that are most interested in music and different genres. The front cover would appeal to the stereotyped "Indie/rock" people who enjoy band such asThe Wombats who are an indie rock band. The gender for the magazine ranges both male and female as everyone likes music so it depends what music genre you are into. The lifestyle of the people who read this are mainly people who are in education and will have the time to read and listen to music more than adults who have a daily job and work most of the time.

Representations - I think this magazine represents males more than females as there are no stories on the front cover that talk about women. They are all mainly male bands and this may appeal more to boys but will still appeal to females who like these bands. The front cover represents socials groups of stereotypes as different stereotypical groups like different styles of music and the bands on this magazine are a range of different genres. For example Muse are more of a progressive rock and Kings Of Leon are more indie rock.

College Magazine

L.I.I.A.R

Language - The camera angles on this cover is a full shot. You have the peoples full bodies in the picture and can see all of them. I think the creator used this image as they look like a band on a music magazine. This will attract young adults as this is one main thing they would be interested in.

Institution - This college magazine is called 'FUSE'. This looks like a magazine made by the college, however it could have been produced by the students. The students will have more of an idea what others will enjoy reading about and will find interesting.

Ideology - On the cover of this magazine they have included stories and issues which would relate to real life situations which people in the college may experience or find interesting to read about.

Audience - The audience for this magazine is college students as it is a college magazine. I don't think that it has a particular gender audience as it would probably been produced for any gender. The front cover would appeal to boys as it has a boy band on the front and alot of boy students may enjoy music and want to be in a band. It would appeal to girls as they may find the boys on the front cover attractive or might just find it interesting.

Representation - On the front cover of this magazine, the people are not represented as happy, maybe this is to give more of a professional look however it doesnt make the students look as fun. By the stories they have included a interview titled 'Hungover Stuntman' This could be a interview about drinking or may not but this gives the impression college students are about partying and drinking.

L.I.I.A.R Interpretation of the brief.

Language- Camera angles, close shot, full shot, zoomed shot etc. Editing (transitions ,continuity etc.) background edited if theres anything in the shot that isnt needed. Narrative, how the front cover is presented.
I will be using camera angles in my magazine for my main picture on my front cover and other photos that will be featured in my magazine.

Institution - Who produced the text. I will be producing my magazine and contents page. I will be taking the photo which i was use for the front cover and designing the whole magazine.

Ideology - This is the meaning of the text. The meaning of my magazine will be to educate and interest student in the magazine.

Audience- Target audience. My target audience will be students at college. This magazine will be for students interested in fashion and mainly females however there are males who are interested in fashion. Ages range however students in college are mainly between 16-20. The location of my college is London, so it will target a range of people from different areas as there would be a range of people from different parts of the country at the college. It will target people who are interested in pursuing a career in fashion.

Represetation - This is how you represent the text. For example my magazines fashion so i would have to make it appeal to people who are interested in fashion and include images and text that would encourage my target audience. I would also have to think about how good my target audience would expect the magazine to be.

Outline Of Brief

I am going to be producing a magazine cover for a fashion college. I will be analysing two different college magazines to help me layout my own magazine. I will develop different ideas for my magazine which will include:

• Photographs
• Research
• Different texts

After i have developed my ideas, i will draft out my magazine front cover and contents page.
My draft will include the design of my contents page (image/text positioning).

My evaluation will contain:
-What worked well
-what didnt work very well
-how it can be improved (e.g positioning of text)
-what can be improved (e.g if text is wrong or doesnt look right)