Finished product

What have you learnt from completing this task?
I have learnt that there is more to just designing a front cover magazine as you need to consider other areas such a photography, location, planning and research into the magazine genre.

How have you used technology?
To design my magazine I went on the computer/ mac and the programme i used was photoshop. I also used my iphone to take the photos.

What conventions have you used and why?
I have used the mast head, bar code, main article, masthead, main image and feature stories. The reason why I picked these was that I didn't want to overload my first magazine and also they were the main conventions I would expect to see on a magazine

What would you change if you were to do this task again?
I would probably change the whole genre of the magazine to science as it would be more interesting to work around. But if i was sticking with my genre i may change the colour scheme and maybe add more conventions.

Creating/ Designing Product

Digital Draft

Basics Of Photoshop

Draft Contents Page

Mise-en-scene And Location Ideas

Mise-en-scene
As my magazine is sports themed I got my model to wear sport clothing which was a Leicester tigers rugby shirt and jogging bottoms. Because he was in a rugby kit I got him to hold a rugby ball to add more of an effect.

Location
Because it was a photo of a magazine I wanted a plain background and never intended to go on location anywhere as I wanted all the attention to be drawn onto the model.

LIIAR Analysis

LANGUAGE: Codes and conventions used within different media to take messages to the audiences. Including the content, theme and purpose of a print base text, media language helps the audience understand the layout, design and the use of written language of photography and illustration.

IDEOLOGY: A set of attitudes, beliefs and values held in common by a group of people. Ideology allows society to understand and learn the meanings of messages.

INSTITUTION: Any of the organisations responsible for the production, marketing, distribution or regulation of media texts, institutions control and structure the media.

AUDIENCE: Groups or individuals targeted by producers for the projected audience that will read the text.

REPRESENTATION: The process where the media construct versions of people, places and events in images, words or sound for broadcast through media texts to an audience.