examples of Binary opposition

Binary opposition is the theory of two opposites for example Rich vs Poor

Binary opposition is found nearly everywhere, however is mostly seen in TV dramas and films for example super hero films nearly always have binary opposition like Good VS Evil and Hero VS Villain.

Examples of binary opposition:

• High status vs Low status
• Power vs Weakness
• Black vs White
• Boy vs Girl
• Naughty vs Nice
• Young vs Old
• East vs West
• Hot vs Cold
• Security vs Fear

I will use Binary opposition within my magazine to make my magazine interesting and appealing to my target audience.

Costume ideas for photos

Kinsley's costume ideas;

As I want pictures of Kinsley before she changed from pop music to house music, I also wanted her clothing to reflect the genre of music she is expressing.

Costume 1:
The first costume for Kinsley will be her girly costume which she will be reflecting her pop genre. I would like Kinsley to wear girly colours such as Pinks, Pastels, and textures on the clothing such as ruffles which can symbolize femininity.

Costume 2:
The second costume will show her transition from Pop music to House music which will show how Kinsley has grown up as well as reflecting the House music genre. To show the house genre I would like Kinsley to wear dark colours like black, I would like Kinsley to wear a black leather jacket to show that she has matured and become the house sensation she is.

By showing the different colours from light to dark shows the binary opposition of Young vs Old which shows Kinsley has matured.

James Smith's Costume ideas;

I would like James Smith to wear a navy/black top to show that he is sophisticated and modern .As I would like James Smith to be shown on a mid shot I would like him to be seen wearing a pair of headphones as this is a stereotypical item that we associate with DJ's.


 

Contents page draft

I have made a contents page draft to figure out and start what I want my contents page should look like, I have tried to include in my first draft some of the aspects I want in my final contents page.

As this is a first draft I will change certain aspects of the contents page to improve it.

Blog progress

Blog progress so far .......

Blogs progress so far:  30

Next steps

• Make a video of a interview with "Kinsley"

• Make a draft contents page 

• Make a draft double page spread.

• Consider cover lines  

Target audience profiles

Profile 1 -

Name: Lizzie Thompson
Lizzie Thompson is a representation of my target audience.
She's 21 years old, at university and has a part time job at a café which she earns her money from.
She loves house music and her favourite artist is Calvin Harris, she has seen him numerous times at festivals.
When she goes to do her weekly shop she buys the music magazine MIXMAG but she will buy anything that has her favourite artist; Calvin Harris on. She buys the magazine to be able to find out information on her favourite artists, festivals and concerts and latest songs in the charts.
Lizzie loves to listen to music on her phone and she has many social media sites like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter this is so she can stay up to date with the latest  updates.





Profile 2 -

Name: Carl Shade
Carl Shade is a 17 year old who is into any type of house music. He is currently doing his A-levels and get £10 a week from doing chores around the house from his parents.
When he goes to the shops, he browse's around the magazine to look for house magazines. He buys the magazines to be able to find out the latest news about his favourite house artist and to see what festivals and concerts are coming up. He hears many of his favourite songs on the radio and also listens to his music on his phone as well as having the social medias like Instagram and twitter to also be able to find out what is happening with his favourite artists.




Profile 3 -
Name: Taylor Robinson
Taylor Robinson is a 26 year old who loves to listen to house music. She is currently working in television and is earning her money through that. When she pops to the shops she looks for house magazines, what she looks for in a house magazines is to be able to find out the latest house songs, and to find out about up coming artists. She also listens to house music on her phone and on the radio but is able to find information out from her social media site on twitter.

Magazine front cover; practice

I have created a first draft for the front cover of  my magazine, I have tried to make it so that it will have some of the things I will feature for my final magazine.

As this is a first draft I shall make some alterations to it before it becomes my final magazine cover but to improve it I  would add more cover lines, I will need to experiment more with colour to be able to find the right colour for the cover lines.

Target audience for my magazine

Who are they and age?

My house magazine will be aimed at males and females aged 15 - 30 years. The target audience will be focus on people who are a mature age but still like to party and have fun. The reason I haven't put my target audience any younger is because I feel that house music is a more mature genre and wouldn't be deemed appropriate for under 15's.

What do they do in their spare time?

A average 15 - 30 year old would be socialising with friends, having fun, having a good balance between working to make a income and home life and like sing their social medias.

House music artist they would listen to?

My target audience would probably listen to mainstream house music artist such as Calvin Harris, Duke Dumont, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens etc.

Consumers and users of social medias?

My target audience most likely would be consumers and users of social medias, consuming social medias to listen to House music and users of social medias, to look at their favourite house artists and celebrities.

House magazine conventions

• House music magazine tend to have light colours for the background such as white and then bright, striking colours for the cover lines such as bright pink, yellow etc, the bold striking colours bring attention to the target audience.
• The main image of the magazine tends to have someone that is a well known artist for house music on the front cover to attract a large audience.
• Cover lines usually contain things to do with the genre of music, house music artist, festivals and concerts etc, this may apply to the artist on the front cover or other artists in the magazine.
• Mainly the space around the main image on a house music magazine is taken up with cover lines to show to the target audience that there is a lot of contents in the magazine.

Music magazine publishers

Any type of magazine needs to have people who publish the magazine to be able to get the target market to read the magazines.



Bauer media manages over 600 magazines. Bauer became very successful and now has expanded out to radio and TV.  Bauer publishes magazines such as Kerrang, Grazia, Closer and many more. Bauer's magazines cover all different types of target audiences for example Kerrang is a rock music magazine that is focused on a target market of males and female s17+ years who are into rock music whereas magazines such as Grazia are a womens magazine for females from the age of 18+ who are interested in fashion and make up. These two magazines are complete opposites to what they show for contents to their target audience.



Another large publisher of magazines is IPC media. IPC media and sell millions of copies of their magazines worldwide and have also spread their magazines onto different medias such as tablets and phones. Magazines such as NME, TV times, Instyle and many more are published by IPC media. IPC media have magazines that cater all different types of target audiences for example, Instyle which is a fashion magazine for females, to NME which is a music magazine which target females and males  aged 17+ to Amateur Gardening which targets males ad females etc.

Knowing about magazine publishers will help me with my music magazine.

Colour triangles on magazines

 

 

I have chosen a magazine cover that is a house music magazine, I am going to use the function of colour triangles to show the similar and different colours within the front page.

 

By using colour triangles you are able to identify the things that stand out, so for this magazine cover the bold colours of red, white and black are striking against the background and draw the reader in. The white colours also link with the face of the artists. The face is outlined in white which is also the logo of the band, the colour triangles help to identify that this is a main aspect of the front cover and is important which will draw the reader in to the magazine and want to read further on.

 

On this front cover again the bright colours of pink contrast with the black making it striking, Most of the colour triangles on this front cover are central which makes you focus more on this that a near the centre. The white of the trousers and suits of the artists link with the writing as they shown highlighted this must be to show important information. The bright pink also does the same and shows the most important information, the colour triangles show the important colours and makes you focus on them.  

 

Masthead breakdown of magazines

Kerrang is a well known rock magazine whose target audience is 17+ for both male and females.
The masthead is iconic as it has stayed the same for many years, the iconic black and white is what is so recognizable for the target audience and for people who don't read the magazine but knows what the magazine is. The writing has a crack on it which is meant to look like glass, this shattered glass affect relates with the genre of the magazine which is rock to maybe show the tough stereotypical side of rock.

 

 

 



NME is a rock, indie and alternative music magazine, the bold colours of white, red and black are iconic for the target audience as it is the first thing they see, the colours are block colours which are simple and striking so this will make the masthead striking and bold on the front cover of the magazine, it will also make the recognizable to the target audience.

 

Top of the Pops is a pop music magazine that target audience is females aged 9-14. The girly colour of light blue attract the target audience because it relates to the target, the stars are also a girly touch which shows that it is a magazine focused for females. The blue is very bold which will also attract the target audience  and will be the first thing the target audience sees.

Character profile for double page spread

The character for my double page spread, will be a female artist and her name is Kinsley.

Kinsley Bloom is a 23 year old  female artist from Milton Keynes who produces house music. She was originally a pop music artist from the age of 18-22 years, who was knee deep in all things pink and pop. As she grew older she became tired of being a pop princess and wanted something different from the pretty pink life she was living. When she was 21 she took a year off to go traveling and landed in Ibiza where she met house artist James Smith. James Smith who was currently touring and was having a concert in Ibiza met Kinsley and asked her to sing on some of his tracks, then he asked her to sing live at his concert and had made her voice perfectly suited to the house music. As Kinsley heard her voice on a house track, she soon had a passion for house music. As she turned 22 on her birthday she released a new song but not as a pop princess but as a house sensation thanks to James Smith.

I am relating my character to Propp's theory by linking my Character Kinsley to being a hero and a princess.

Codes and conventions of a magazine

This is the meanings of the terminology for the codes and conventions of a magazine cover.



A masthead: The title used on the magazine, usually always at the top of the magazine cover, this is the first thing the reader looks for.



A main image:  Image of a person or object associated with the magazine.



Strapline: A subheading that is below the masthead, normally has something that relates with the magazine.



Tag: A phrase that is meant to engage the reader into a article.



Splash: Main story of the front page along with a headline and a photo.



Secondary lead: A preview of a article inside the magazine.



Spread: A article that normally covers more than one page.



Barcode: Used to state the price and to show the item. Always shown on the front cover.



Puff: A Phrase or word that attract the reader in.



Date: States the date the magazines issued.


Colour Theme: The theme colours of the magazine, usually matches the genre and is the same colour throughout the magazine.



I will use some of these Codes and Conventions in my magazine.

Propp's theory

Vladimir Propp came up with this theory; Propp's theory which shows the different typical characters that are mainly found within media.



The hero
The character that is good, that is shown to fight against evil.

The Villain
The evil character, mostly at war with the hero, hurts the princess and the character that we are made to dislike.

The princess
The character who needs help from the hero.

The helper
The character that helps the hero on the task normally known as a sidekick

The dispatcher
Send the hero on their task/mission

The donor
The donor helps give information for the hero, to help the hero in their task

The false hero
The character who is believed to be good but is actually evil.

Using Propp' theory I can relate it to the characters for my magazine.

Magazine name ideas

For my magazine I came up with some names for it, the types of names I came up had a relation to the genre house. These were the names I came up with;

• Bass:
• Chicago:
• Spike:
• Live:
• Time:
• Harmony:
• Rhyme:
• BPM:

I asked a group of people what they thought to the names of the above and to pick which names they liked or thought which name would go the best with a house music genre.
The results were that BPM was the most favoured name for the magazine, so I shall use this name for my magazine.

Photo shoot ideas

For my magazine I came up with an idea for my front cover image, double page spread and the locations, that I thought would be good for the for my photo shoot. I am going to have two characters featured on my magazine. There will be a Male artist; James Smith, who  is a house music artist which will be on the front page, the double page spread  will have my female artist; Kinsley, that was a pop princess turned house sensation.



The front cover

For the front cover I have decided that I will either do a long shot of the artist or a medium close up of the male artist; James Smith, I shall show the image with him having possibly some headphones around his neck. This character of the male artist will also be on the double page with the female artist as they both know each other in a certain way, so I will take a picture of them together. I will take a few shot to see which one is my favourite to put on the front page.



The double page spread

The double page spread will have the female artist Kinsley on the page, I will have a picture with her as the pop princess on stage and then another picture as her in her new image of a house artist. I will also have another picture of her with the male artist James Smith together. I will take about 3-4 pictures to put on the double page spread.

The types of locations I want for my photo shoot are ones that look like a festival or concert stage, a plain black so you are able to bring the features of the artist forward and then another background that looks like the female artist is on a fashion shoot so maybe a plain white background.

layout ideas for magazine

I thought a good idea would be to make a layout of my front page, double page spread and contents page. I decided to do a first draft to see what I thought would look good on each page and to see how I would want my layout to be like.
 These pictures are my layout for my front page, contents page and double page spread. This is my first draft so I shall try and attempt to make a prototype of these pages, I shall ask my target audience what they think to the prototypes and see the likes and dislikes of the prototypes or if I should adapt to improve or whether I should leave the layouts as they are.

colour scheme for magazine

After getting feedback from my questionnaire for my magazine, one question was about the colour scheme and suggestions such as neon colours, monochrome and strobe came up so I researched which colours fit into those category's, here is what I researched.



Neon colours

 

Monochrome                                                                                                                   Strobe

 

After researching different colours for the colour scheme for my magazine, I will use this information to help create my music magazine.

 

 

 

Questionnaire and answers

I have created a questionnaire which I handed out to my target audience which was males and females from 15-30+ years what they thought. I asked a series of 8 questions about house music and what they thought about house magazines. Using the answers from my questionnaires I will use them to help me with making my house music magazine.

1. My target audience is 15-30+ years females and males, who like House music. I asked, what sort of articles would you expect to see on the front cover of a house magazine?

Most of the responses to this question was information about the DJ's/artists and their albums, latest bands, house songs, festivals and concerts and how they make House music, what they do outside making music.

   2. What artists would you most likely want to see featured in this magazine?

Most answers where quite well known house music artists like; Duke Dumont, Calvin Harris, Oliver Heldens, David Guetta.

   3. Can you think of a name for a house magazine for my target audience?

Although I hadn't had any actual names for the magazine, the most popular answers were names that should relate to the technology used to make house music and to relate to the genre.
  
   4. What would you expect to be on a house music contents page?

Many answers said that the contents page should have pictures of artists, articles stated and many said it should have the page numbers so they know what page things are on.

  
5. What articles would you find interesting for 15-30+ year olds interested in house?

Nearly all answers said that they would be interested in seeing articles on festival/concerts, the music and charts/ upcoming albums and gossip and articles about house music artists.


 6. If there was competitions or offer/ free items would this interest you into buying the magazine?

All answers were yes.



    7. What colours or colour theme would you think suitable for a house magazine?

I  had a range of ideas for this question, half of the answers said bright, neon colours and other answers said I should use dull, monochrome colours. One answers said I should use colours that are like strobe lights which I found interesting.



     8. Do you agree that the target audience 15-30+ years is a good target range?

Most answers said yes this is a good target range because it fits with everyone and that it is a wide range however I did get an answer that said I should target to an audience from 15-25 years because they believe that people over 25 wouldn't listen to house music.

After doing a questionnaire and receiving these answers, I shall use the answers to help create my house music magazine.

Blog progress

13/11/15

Blog progress so far ….

14 posts so far.

Success – research and analysis of house magazines.

 Research and planning

Analysis of Magazine covers, analysis of double page spread, front page, Maslows theory and the colour wheel

Evaluation

Different music genre magazines, 3 different house magazines, double page spread

What I am planning to do next?

Next I will be making a questionnaire to find out what my target audience would expect on a house magazine, I will try and take pictures of characters for my magazine as well as doing more research on contents pages

Double page spread example analysis

I have decided to make a double page spread to go with my magazine that I am making, so I decided to research and analyse a double page spread. I chose to analyse a double page spread that was a house magazine which is the same genre that I am doing for my magazine.

This is the double page spread that I chose to analyse.

The title of the page is in the same font and the same colour, which represents goodness and a neutral feeling to the page.
The background of the page has the artist who's being interviewed; Duke Dumont in the picture and shows him in a regal house, this links with the artists name 'Duke Dumont' a duke is stereotyped with being a higher status so it links with the setting of a regal house. Half of the background is dulled out by the colour black to let them see the writing.
The main image is of the artist Duke Dumont which helps attract fans to buy the magazine because he is featured in it, another reason for half of the background to be dulled out is to bring the features of the artist.
The cover line helps to anchor the title, the coverline helps to show his success.
The interview itself consists of questions that are about the artists success, family, music and music career.
The line of artists next to the interview advertise other artists to try and get fan too buy the magazine.

3 House magazine evaluation

http://www.slideshare.net/Edenis-media/evaluation-of-house-music-magazine-mixmag

I have made a presentation that shows three different house music magazines and I have evaluated each one to show the techniques.

The colour wheel

 

 

When deciding to make my music magazine I shall consider the different colours from this colour wheel. The colour wheel sets out the different colours which also are used to show different connotations. The colours on the wheel that are opposite contrast for example blue and orange this shows that these colours wouldn't be effective together and may not look great when contrasting colours are put together. Colours that are next to each on the colour wheel would be colours that would go together effectively and would look good together.

Colours from the colour wheel represent different connotations for example red represents danger or romance. Another example of colour connotations which is green which represent jealousy, yellow represents happiness etc.

My Music magazine idea

Pop princess turned House sensation.


My idea for my music magazine will be a house music magazine that is based on all types of house music, my magazine will be aimed at people from 15 years to early 30's.  The front cover of my magazine will have a house music producer that will be related to the character on the double page spread I am making. The double page spread will be about a character who was a pop princess loved by teen girls aged 10-15 years and has now turned from pop princess to house sensation. The two page spread will include how she made the transition from the pop music to house music, the relationship between the house producer on the front page, how her fans have come to love her new style of music and why she has changed her image.

Two page spread:
Name: Kinsley Bloom
Age: 23
Music Genre: Pop and House music
Kinsley Bloom is the cute pop princess turned House sensation who has grown up and transformed herself into the amazing house artist Kinsley.

Front Page
Name: James Smith
Age: 26
Music Genre: House
James Smith is the talented House music producer who makes his own music and helps produce other peoples music like the turned House/pop artist Kinsley.

My Final Genre idea: house

When thinking of which Genre of music I wanted to do for my magazine, I researched three different types of genres, Pop, R&B and House music. I felt that I was drawn into doing Pop and House music however I was tied between doing Pop and House so to decided that I would combine the two genres in my music magazine. I want to create a magazine that is aimed at the more mature reader. The readers that I am aiming at would be around the age of 15 to late twenties and for boys as well as girls, I chose this age range because I could ask my peers what they thought as they are within that age range.
Within  my magazine I would include interviews with singers/producers, relationships, jobs, types of house artists such as Calvin Harris, Disclosure, Tiesto etc. My influence for my music magazine comes from the magazine Mixmag, when researching magazines that there are not many house magazines by using this magazine I can use it as a starting point to help me come up with ideas for my magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genre idea 3: House music

HOUSE magazine:

 



Mast head – The mast head is bold and catches the readers eyes, it is a recognised name so can stand out to the target audience.

Cover image – The cover image is of a DJ called Calvin Harris he makes music of the same genre of this magazine.

The cover line- The cover line anchors  the cover image as the cover lines says ‘Calvin Harris’ this is the person who is on the cover image and the cover lines tell us who he is. By having his name on the magazine makes him the focus of the magazine.

The strapline – The straplines at the very top of the page show what other articles are in the magazine and gives a hint to what you can expect in the magazine.

Tagline – The small tagline underneath the mast head shows what the magazine is about “World’s biggest dance music and clubbing magazine”

Cover lines – These cover lines at the right bottom side  show what else is also in the magazine, these cover lines show questions relating to the genre of music.

The splash – The splash at the bottom of the page helps advertise something, in this case it is the “the best dance music.” The splash is in a  bright pink to catch the readers eye.

The colour of the mast head and cover lines are pink, this shows that the magazine isn’t targeted just for boys it is targeted to girls as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genre idea 2: R&B

R&B magazine:



 

Cover images – The cover image is mainly shown to show who the article is about (Nicki Minaj) and to attract fans to read the magazine because she is on the Magazine cover.  The cover image covers the mast head which shows that the cover image of the person is more important than the mast head.

Mast head – The mast heads font is large so stands out and catches the eye of the reader however the Cover image is covering part of  the mast head which shows that the person is more important.

Straplines – The straplines at the very top of the page are shown to show an interest into what else is in the magazine and what the articles are based on.

Cover line – "why is DRAKE so angry?" this cover line has another music artist mentioned which would appeal to the target audience which is teens to adults from 14 to mid twenties, the other music artists name is written in bold which shows that he is important and would be a good article to read from this magazine .

Cover line –  "Kanye's Kilt" this cover line appeals to the target audience because it is writing well known music artist and there fashion, this appeals to teen to adults because they can try to copy there style.

Cover lines – The cover lines that says ‘Nicki Minaj’ is a different font to the two lines underneath the first which says ‘Notorious K.I.N.G’ this shows that there is something different about this article that is linked with the artist Nicki Minaj.

The colour of the Mast head and cover lines are the same colour of Nicki Minaj’s hair colour and co-ordinates together.

The magazine appeals to teens to adults who like to listen genre R&B. The music artist Nicki Minaj appeals to girls who are teens to adult and would make them want to read the magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genre idea 1: POP

 
POP Magazine -

POP music magazine:


The Masthead - The mast head is put at the corner of the magazine to be able to catch the readers eye, it also is there because it is a well know magazine and readers look for the mast head when looking for the magazines. The masthead is in front of the image to stand out and be recognisable.


Cover image – The subject shown is Cheryl Cole, she is shown so she is able to attract fans to read the magazine and to appeal to the target audience which is girls from the age of 7 - 15 years old.

Puff- The Magazine has used a puff to be able to show what they think about the interview. The interview has put “Her best interview this year” this is trying to make the reader want to read this interview because Cheryl has said it herself.

Skyline- The skyline is there to show who is in the magazine and relates to the cover image because the cover image and skyline are normally about the same person. The skyline has the name of the artist which is Cheryl Cole and the cover image is Cheryl Cole so both the skyline and cover image link together.

Bottom puff (bottom of magazine)- The music posters at the bottom of the magazine show what genre of music the magazine is aiming to show and who the magazine is targeting (girls). The recurring colour theme through this magazine is pink this also gives the reader an indication that the magazine is aimed at girls.  

Cover line – The "summer shopping guide" this fashion  part interest readers who are interested in fashion and give another idea into what else is in the magazine. The fashion will also target to the target audience (girls) because they are experimenting with style of clothes.

Sub feature headlines – The " Watch out" sub feature headlines are placed here to show what else is going on in the magazine and to interest fans.

Completed Version; school magazine

 After having asked other students about my front page and contents page and what I should improve on, here is my completed front page and contents page. I have aimed my magazine at all the years in school and gave a variety of subjects for all the years.

Maslow's theory

Maslow's theory

Maslow came up with a hierarchy of needs, he made the system into a Pyramid.

Maslow put all the things that we need to survive into Physiological needs; food, water without these basic needs we wouldn't be able to survive and couldn't proceed onto the next layers on the pyramid.

Safety needs is the second layer of the pyramid, we need a safe body and a safe home to make us feel safe in our environment and to make us happy.

The third layer of the pyramid is Belonging. People want to be needed and loved and to know that there is someone who needs you, this helps to make someone happy and is able to have interaction with someone who want to know they need you.

Esteem needs is the fourth layer of the pyramid. Esteem needs helps with our confidence if we have confidence it helps us to achieve the next layer of the pyramid. Belonging and Esteem needs come under psychological needs because without these important we aren't able to reach the final part of the pyramid.

The final layer of the pyramid is self actualisation, this helps us with creativity and helps us reach our potential. Without basic needs and psychological needs which makes a strong base, without the base we aren't able to reach self actualisation.

I used Maslow's Pyramid to make my front cover and to help relate the pyramid to the cover.

contents page; school magazine

My contents page


After making my front page I need to make a contents page, I researched what a contents pages looks like and found all contents pages have page numbers, most have a few pictures to show what is in the magazine. So taking the research I found I created my own contents page.

This is my contents page

I used the school logo as a background to show what the logo looks like to parents and student who read the magazine. As a must I put the page numbers on the contents page to show were everything is because it helps the reader identify what page they want to read. I also put pictures on the contents page to give the reader an insight into what might be in the magazine.

Changes to school magazine

I needed to change some parts to the front page of my magazine which I did change. The masthead is now at the top of the cover which will be the first thing the reader will look at. I also changed the name of from "Montsaye" to "School weekly" as I had already had the name Montsaye on the picture of the front page of the cover I still wanted that to be there to show the school however I decided to have another name to make it different to the school name.

Another problem with my first front cover age was the colour of the writing from a distance it was hard to read, I changed the colour from red; which is associated with danger and I didn't want to make  the school look dangerous, so I changed the colour to yellow to make it easier to read. I ask other students to read the front page of the cover from a distance and all agreed that they were able to read the writing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

front cover and contents page: school magazine

I needed to make a front cover and contents page for my media coursework, I started to think of what I could have on the front page of the cover and decided to take photos for my front page and contents page.

• Firstly I decided to take photos of things around my school such as the sign outside of the school and the sixth form block to show to the audience what is at our school.
•  Secondly I researched some examples of school magazines to get ideas of what a good school magazine would look like. I found that most school magazines have a big picture as a background such as a student from the school. Another part of the school magazines I researched, is that the magazines have a  masthead that is there to catch your eye, the colours of the writing normally contrast against the background to stand out and most importantly that the reader can read the titles. Most school magazines have smaller pictures on the front page to show an insight into what the magazine might be containing.
• Thirdly I needed to make a contents page to show what will be in the magazine and what pages to find the information about the articles on.

  This was my first attempt of my front page for my magazine, I used all the ideas I had researched for the front page; the big picture, the big masthead, contrasting colours however when I asked other student what they thought of the front page they told me that the masthead needed to be at the top of the page because that will be the first thing the reader will see. Another point they said could be improved was the colours of the writing because from a long distance away it was hard to read and the writing would be the second thing that the reader would see.

 I am going to improve my front page by changing the colour of the writing to be able to read properly and to move my masthead to the top of the page to make it the first thing the reader will see.

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