Preliminary Task

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I have used publisher to create a school magazine front cover and content page.


Front cover: I have used the colour red as it stands out more and resembles the colour of plumstead manor school uniform. I have also used an image of two girls opening their result letters as the article is about plumstead manor negus results day. I have used a mid shot as I wanted the image to be focused on the two girls opening the results day letters. 

I could include more images on my front page cover of my magazine as many teenagers like to see images more and read less as my magazines intended audience are college students. The title of my school magazine is very long and by looking at front covers of school magazines I know the codes and conventions of the titles being short such as the title 'Plum line' which is short yet simple. In addition by looking at the front covers of school magazines I know the codes and conventions of the layout. The masthead should be short and simple and there should be more text and articles. 

Contents page: I have created a simple layout for my contents page as I don't want my magazine to look very crowded. I have also used red on my contents page to create a constant house style. I have also used three images on my contents page showing a student working on the mac computers, an image of a mac computer and pencils. I have used the image of the mac computer because of the new stock plumstead manor have provided for the students which enables them to use the macs and do their coursework on them just like the student is doing in one of the images. Here I have used a mid shot to show the girl sitting down on a computer. I did not want to focus on the girl so much as having the image in a mid shot focuses on the computer and the girl together. I have used an image of just a mac computer as I wanted the readers to be focused just on the mac computer which emphasises on the new product which has been provided by the school. For my third image I used a high angle close up shot of the book and pencils. By using a high angle close up shot the readers it catches audience attention as it feels as if they are looking at the new pencils and books which have arrived in the school as a learning source. If I was to do the contents page again I would change the layout as it does not meet the codes and conventions of contents pages. I would add more articles to it and change the layout of the images. 

I have also included a free microsoft office disk inside for students. I have included this so students can use mircrosoft office to do their work on it. I got the idea of including a free gift in the magazine by going to the shops and looking at children and teenage magazines which have a gift inside them as this attracts children and teenagers to buy the magazine. 

I have kept my article simple and informal so that it would be easier to read for college students as some teenagers do not like to read formal articles e.g. such as the guardian newspaper so I have kept my magazine article simple. If I was to rewrite my article again I would I would include more articles about new subjects and after school clubs which are taking place in the magazine so that my magazine can meet the codes and conventions as magazines have many articles inside it which makes it a magazine to read.