Photography composition

Flat Plan

FRONT COVER:My front cover of my college magazine is a very basic layout is contain 3 colours and 2 of which are the college colours (yellow and purple) the other is green as it is bright, all of the colours are bright and grab the attention of the readers therefore they will be more likely to purchase the magazine. The target audience for my magazine is students studying in college therefore the age range is 16-18 year olds.The magazine front cover has many items on it containing the MAST HEAD which is NEW! this is a good mast head as it shows that there are many new things happeneing in the college all of which are new, there is also a SKYLINE which shows that there are some subscriptions with this magazine but only if you subscribe to a years worth of it, there is a main image which is the only image present which is of a new freshers student and this image will be of a girl and will be taken inside of a classroom as this is where she will spend most of her timeunderneath this is a main sell line, this links in with the main image and it is relateable, there are also some sell lines which are located around the side these tell you of all of the other stories that are featured all of which are related to by all students as they feature certain things like money, events, music and fashion. At the bottom of the front cover is a barcode, issue number and a price.This magazine is for both genders so all information present can be related to by both genders, the angle of the photot will be shot straight on this way you are catching the appropriate lighting.The font will all be the same and the text will be the same for the sell lines but will be slightly larger for the main sell line.

 CONTENTS PAGE: the colour palette is the same as on the contents page(yellow purple and green) as it is on the front cover this way the reader will stay attracted and will know that it is the same magazine.they layout of the contents page is very simple as it consists of a list of the pages followed by what is featured on that page, the main sell line is going to be more empathised than the others this way the readers will know that it is the main story, By having the contents page split into two sections one of which is the actual page numbers and the other is going to be an image of the first year students this is allowing the reader to have a break from all of the writing, it is good to have the page numbers down, therefore it is easier to skip to a certain page, the contents page isnt going to be as filled with information as the front cover however this is good as people look at the front cover more than the contents page, the text is all going to be of the same font and the colours are going to be the same this way it is seen to be very simple.

Inspirational texts

Look magazine have carefully thought about what celebrity to have as their front cover, by having lady Gaga they are drawing in the younger audience and also people who are interested in the music industry as she is a icon in many ways. Lady gaga is used as the main image of this weeks magazine as she is the main focus, she is also used as the main sell line as her story is in the biggest font this will draw in the readers. There is a skyline which is located at the top on the magazine it is in a small font so that it doesn't draw the attention away from the more important parts. The title is known as the mast head and is in big letters and is very colourful so it grabs the readers attention. There are also a few small stories which are known as sell lines/banners and these are goo stories but not as big as the main one. This magazine also has a bar code in the bottom right this will be alongside the issue number and the price all of which are needed.The magazine has stuck to a certain amount of colours to be used, this is because it doesn't want to be too colourful but needs to have a bit so that it grabs the readers attention.

The contents page looks very simple and is varies in taste. It is split into two section the first of which is a statement from the magazine editor, this includes colour and her opinion of the weeks gossip etc. The second section is the actual contents page and this tells us what stories are located on which page this is useful as it means that you can quickly skip to a certain page. The contents page gives us images and text all of which are important for this magazine as it is all based around fashion and celebrity gossip.There are not too many images used which is good as the contents page doesn't need to be full of colour it needs to be full of information so that the customer can easily find what they are looking for.

 This magazine has carefully thought about what celebrities they are wanting to represent their company in this weeks issue. they have used a few colours which represents their company. They have a main sell line which is also the main image this is combined into one but is used as the main part of the front cover. They have also used 4 sell lines these are in separate boxes but are just as important as the main one, they have images and text to attract the readers. This certain magazine has subscriptions which is located at the top alongside of the mast head. The fonts used are all the same and are all of the same size.

This is the contents page of Ok! magazine is is very simple and very basic this is a good thing as it means that it is appealing to all audiences, it has a certain amount of colours and uses no more than 3 this is good as it doesn't distract the readers. They have used images so that they can show the readers exactly what celebrities are featured in this edition. They have a title at the top which proves what magazine they are reading.Along the right hand side of the contents page is a column of the workers at the magazine who gather all of the gossip this is good as it shows the reader who is gathering all of their information.The images are used as the main stories which are known as the sell lines and they all feature a different celebrity. The contents of the page is very simple and has the information of what stories are on what page this is good as it means that you can skip to a certain page for the story you want.

Brief:Print

Preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in a medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.Additionally you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.
Main task the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
A minimum of 4 images must be used.all images and graphics must be produced by the candidate.