Creating your own School Creating your own School magazinemagazine

Getting started…Getting started…

AS\ G321: Foundation Portfolio in AS\ G321: Foundation Portfolio in MediaMedia

Preliminary taskPreliminary task

You must work in pairs to design You must work in pairs to design your own school magazine front page your own school magazine front page and contents pageand contents page

What is the purpose of this task?What is the purpose of this task?

The point of doing this task is to give The point of doing this task is to give you a basic understanding of the you a basic understanding of the conventions of various types of print conventions of various types of print mediamedia

To help you to understand audience To help you to understand audience and purpose when creating media and purpose when creating media textstexts

This task will enable and encourage This task will enable and encourage you to use the DTP packages with you to use the DTP packages with confidenceconfidence

Details of the task…Details of the task… You You must must produce the magazine for produce the magazine for

a a newnew school/ college so this can be school/ college so this can be a primary, secondary or sixth form a primary, secondary or sixth form institutioninstitution

You You mustmust include an original cover include an original cover shot (medium/close-up of a student) shot (medium/close-up of a student) which you have manipulated using which you have manipulated using DTPDTP

Details of the task (cont...)Details of the task (cont...) You You mustmust also include some also include some

appropriately laid-out text and a appropriately laid-out text and a masthead.masthead.

You You mustmust also mock up the layout of also mock up the layout of the contents page to demonstrate the contents page to demonstrate your knowledge of magazine your knowledge of magazine conventions/DTPconventions/DTP

……there’s morethere’s more Although you are working in pairs for Although you are working in pairs for

this project, you this project, you must produce 4 must produce 4 images eachimages each using cameras and using cameras and demonstrating composition/DTP skillsdemonstrating composition/DTP skills

The completion date for this task is the The completion date for this task is the 2323rdrd October – October –

this date is not negotiablethis date is not negotiable

Key points to consider…Key points to consider… There should be an element of There should be an element of

research involved-research involved-What do school magazines look What do school magazines look like?like?Who is the target audience?Who is the target audience?What type of school magazine What type of school magazine

are are we creating?we creating?

Parents, teachers and studentsParents, teachers and students Consider your image, who are you Consider your image, who are you

representing on the front cover and representing on the front cover and why?why?

How does your font/typography How does your font/typography reflect the type of school you are reflect the type of school you are representing?representing?

Try to develop a ‘house style’ Try to develop a ‘house style’ What will be your ‘mode of address’?What will be your ‘mode of address’? What features will the magazine What features will the magazine

contain?contain?