candidate number: 1125
About my preliminary work
My preliminary work explores how well we can understand media and by doing this we have to create a school magazine and it 100% has to be original coming from ourselves. Creating the school magazine, we will be using different software's including InDesign and Photoshop.
We must use desktop publishing and an image manipulation program to produce the front page of a new school magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up as well as some appropriately laid out text and a masthead. We must also produce a mock-up pf the layout of the contents page using a DTP to demonstrate our knowledge of the program.
We must use desktop publishing and an image manipulation program to produce the front page of a new school magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up as well as some appropriately laid out text and a masthead. We must also produce a mock-up pf the layout of the contents page using a DTP to demonstrate our knowledge of the program.
Deadlines
- Preliminary - 03.10.14
- Initial hand in of Research & Planning - 07.11.14
- Final hand in of Research & Planning - 18.12.14
- Initial hand in of Production Exercise - 02.03.15
- Final hand in of Production exercise - 20.03.15
- Initial check of Evaluation - 13.04.15
- Final hand in of Evaluation - 20.04.15
Brief
- Preliminary Exercise
- Research & Planning
- Production Exercise
- Evaluation
Research&Planning
Research and planning should include:
- Research into similar products; analysis of front covers, contents pages and double page spreads from a selection of music magazines.
- Research into a potential target audience; analysis of existing magazines, music, TV, products aimed at this target audience, as well as a specifically designed questionnaire for your audience.
- A mood board for your construction.
- Planning of photographs - models, location, background, clothing, lighting, props, time, positioning, framing etc.
- Evaluation of preliminary images taken.
- Edited photographs, with commentary.
- Planning of font style, size and colour - influenced by market research.
Production Exercise
I have to produce the front cover, contents page and a double page spread of a NEW music magazine.
All images and text MUST be original and produced by you, with a minimum of FOUR images used.
I will be assessed on my creative use of the following technical skills.
All images and text MUST be original and produced by you, with a minimum of FOUR images used.
I will be assessed on my creative use of the following technical skills.
- Producing material appropriate for the target audience and task.
- Showing understanding of the conventions of layout and page design.
- Showing awareness of the need for variety in fonts sizes and styles.
- Accurately using language and register.
- Using ICT appropriately for the task set.
- Appropriately integrating text and illustration.
- Shooting a variety of material appropriate for the task set.
- Manipulating photographs as appropriate to the context for presentation, including cropping and re-sizing.