What I have learnt

Key Media Terms

Media text media text is a specific media product produced by an organisation to a certain audience.
Media form: Type of media a text is using to communicate. 
Media Institution: established organisation that produce media products for an audience in advertising, entertainment. Eg. Magazines.
Media Audiences: group of people who receive a certain type of media text 
Media representation: how the media portrays messages and meanings bout the world to individual groups. 
Media language: how the meaning of text is conveyed to the audience. 
Denotation: detailed description of what you see in a picture. 
Connotation: what you associate with the picture. 

Throughout this process I have learnt various new skills and techniques using fireworks. For example holding shift when re-sizing an image to stop it from looking too fat or squished and unrealistic. I have also learned about photography about what background suits best, the layout of the photo and the lighting.

Planned photo shoot

For my magazine and contents page, I needed appropriate photos. The photos i wanted are Plantsbrook students as it is for the Plantsbrook students and their carers. As I could not take Plantsbrook students out of lessons, I took photo's in my own time with my sister and her friend who attend Plantsbrook school therefore are wearing the uniform. this was done in my back garden, with either a plain brick wall or a fence with a bench as the background so it was not much different to the school surroundings. I also took photos of my fellow media students as we had a lesson to take photos inside the building, I did not feel this looked as effective as we were not in uniform. 

Photos I am going to use in my magazine

Contents Page

Final Front Cover

I chose this as my final front cover because the people on the front are well dressed in uniform showing that it is Plantsbrook. I have chosen this image because they are both looking at the camera smiling therefore they engage the audience and catch their eye. I have used the housestyle red, white and black throughout as that is the Plantsbrook colors and i feel they stand out. I feel that the red borders emphasis the main text aswell as complimenting the other headlines.

Contents Layout

Contents Page Layout

Magazine Front Cover Draft

Magazine Draft Front Cover

Contents Page Conventions

Page Numbers 
Page numbers on a contents page are usually non chronological and usually bigger than the title of the pages. Page numbers are in non chronoligcal order as not every story is on the contents page.
Images
Usually one main image along with smaller images referring to other stories. 
House Style
Referring back to colour and font throughout the whole magazine.
Sections
Different stories may be under different topics such as interviews and music.
Contents Heading
Title at the top of the page following the same house style. 
Subscription pug/starbursts
Encourages readers to buy the magazine every month/week.
Columns
Usually 2-3 so it is easy to follow and organised
Date/Issue Number
Informs you what issue you are reading to make sure your not buying the same one.
Structured Layout
Looks organised and easy to follow, not too many things going on so you don't know what to look at. 
Font Emphasis
Engages reader to read that particular phrase by using italic, bold, different font tyle, size, colour or using a banner.