Front Cover for magazine

This is my front cover for my college magazine I have used the colours red and blue because it is bold and bright. I have used the font I have because it is elegant . I tried to use bold colour to try make the magazine more in the readers face to get it noticed. I like how the background is the picture it gives a good idea of what the magazine is about. The picture is of a girl in college this means the magazine is more relate able because it is someone around their age. The masthead is bold across the top this differentiates it to the rest of the cover .I kept the fonts the same except for the masthead again this differentiates the rest of the magazine cover it also makes the masthead more  

bold.

This is my contents page for my college magazine . I have used the same colours as my cover , I have used blue and reds . I have also used the same font because I wanted to keep a theme. I used the same photo on the front cover as well. I think it has a very plain background  because  it is white and has no colours. The title is bold to let the reader see which page is which. I have listed the pages below in a blue bold to add colour to the page and make it bold. 

Drafts of Cover and Contents Page

This is the draft for my cover , i have done the text in a red to make it bold and to attract more readers. The plan shows which colours I will use , I have decided to use red and blue . I chose red since it is bright and Blue because it is the colour of Nelthorpe. I have used different text boxes to make the magazine more appealing. 

This is the plan for my contents page. I have decided to use a picture to make it look more informal. I have a section for tweets this shows my college magazine keeps up  with the times and is on social media. It also creates a connection with the reader since they know they are being noticed by the magazine . I plan on using the same colour scheme as my cover to keep it consistence.

Selection and Rejection

This photo is a medium close up , I like the back ground of this photo the window gives the picture light. I wouldn't use this because the model is about to laugh and it doesn't give a good angle of her face.  I won't use this photo because of the lighting and the angle she is looking. The light makes the photo dark where she is stood.




This photo is also a medium close up,  She looks away from the camera which I like however, she looks very serious which I don't like because I think the picture should show the fun and happy side of college . The top of her head is cut off a little at the top.

This is the photo I am going to use !

I like how she is looking away from the camera, this is a medium close up. I also like the background. It is very plain so it draws attention to her. She also looks like she is interested in college life , it shows shes interested in her surroundings  . Shes very distant to the readers and it gives more of an insight into college life it looks like a more natural picture.


I dont like this photo because the light reflects off the models glasses. Also half of her head is gone which means this picture isnt a very good medium close up .The window is also in the background which I dont like because it makes the background messy because people will be able to tell it isnt meant to be in picture

What i achieved today

Today I joined flickr and slideshare. Slideshare will help me upload powerpoints to my blog and flickr will let me share my photos in the group and get target research . The images below show the screenshots of flickr and slideshare.

Codes and Conventions Powerpoint

Codes and Conventions from sophiehannah200

Magazine Covers

                                                   Kerrang cover 

The Master head is along the top and is large it id in the colour blue which draws attention to the magazine. The title contrasts with the white . The magazine features are at the bottom of the magazine in yellow text boxes which stand out. the photo is large and takes the whole page. I like how the picture is taken and think I may try this out for my magazine. It doesn't just feature the lead singer of the band it has all the band allowing the audience to content more to the members and the story inside.  

Q magazine 

 I like how the masterhead is in the left side of the magazine. I also like how the text is around the picture this has given me the idea to do this on my magazine. This magazine front cover is more sophisticated than kerrang. This magazine will draw in an older audience because of this. The picture is direct and seems to have  more of a pop genre since the artist is looking directly into the camera showing she has less attitude and is letting the readers into her life.  

rolling stone 

The artist doesn't have much make up on showing she is letting people see a different side of her. I like the colours used and the camera angle and picture. She looks straight into the camera this creates a connection with the readers.

Bauer Media

Bauer media

Bauer media own many well known brands, some these include :

• 4 music

• absolute radio

• bike

• bird watching

• the box

• car

• empire

• garden news

• grazia

• radio hallam

• heat

• kiss fresh

• kiss fm

• kisstory

• kerrang

• magic

• mojo   

• Q

• rock fm

• the hits 

Q Bauer media

Q magazine is an alternative magazine, it is published by  Bauer. It is published on a monthly basis .The first copy was published October 1986.  Q has a target audience of 30-40, it is for an older generation who want a more sophisticated magazine that talks about the music, and this gives them more of an edge for their target audience than kerrang. It covers a wide range such as music, films, television and games. It includes things such as interviews with popular music artists and album reviews. Sometimes Q does come with promotional gives such as CDs. It has higher standards of photography and printing which makes it more appealing to its audience.
Q also holds awards every year. Q also had a radio station which was based in Birmingham next to kerrang however, Bauer decided to have the station available online via dab. It is also available on digital TV. Q does also own a television channel called Qtv. The price of the magazine is £3.90, because the target audience is for an older generation and better quality it allows Q to charge more it for it. 
it appeals to 30-40 year olds however, it has been shown to not be as appealing to as many  woman of this generation. Q can be subscribed to; however it doesn’t have any smart phone apps to read the magazine online.  It does have forms of social media such as twitter, Facebook and a website. It also has an Instagram page.