AS Preliminary Task

1. Media C ours ework
P rint – G 321
N aila S h ab b ir
Preliminary exercis e: a s ch ool m agazine , als o p rod u ce a
m ock u p of th e layou t of th e conte nts p age .
Main task: A new music magazine cover – min amount 3
pages.
A front cover, contents page and a double page spread of
the music magazine.

2. C ontents
• Preliminary Research
• Preliminary Task

3. Preliminary Res earch

4. C onventions of the
magazines
• All of the magazines have a main heading at the top.
• The colours are bright and radiant.
• Bold mastheads and contrasting colours.
• Clear theme which anchors upon the image.
• Secondary headlines about the content.
• School/college logo
• The language is usually formal for a school so its accurate.
• The styles relate to youth.

5. How do they differ?
• Th e y h ave ind ivid u al fonts and m agazine nam e s and m os t
s ch ool/ colle ge m agazine s h ave ind ivid u al logos wh ich trad e m ark
th e ir m agazine s .
• Th e y h ave D iffe re nt th e m e s wh ich m os tly re fle ct th e
s e as ons / ics e tc.
top
• Th e y u s e d iffe re nt te ch niqu e s of p e rs u as ion
• Th e colou rs u s e d in b oth m agazine s are p rim ary colou rs wh ich
re fle cts th e age range th e m agazine s are aim ing toward s .
• Th e b arcod e s u s e d on th e m agazine s s h ow p rofe s s ionalis m .
What makes the layout interesting?
Th e wh ite b ackgrou nd on th e ‘D U B’ m agazine looks lacklu s tre
and u ne xciting wh e re as th e ‘C O LLE G E ’ m agazine h as a
u nfocu s e d fore s t h as a b ackgrou nd wh ich re late s to th e
colle ge h aving a fre s h and op e n fe e ling.
Th e ‘C O LLE G E ’ m agazine links m ainly to fe m ale s re gard ing
th e ap p e arance , on th e oth e r h and , th e ‘D U B’ m agazine is
m ainly as s ociate d with m ale s re gard ing th e colou r s ch e m e
and ap p e arance .

6. Name:
Articles: -Campus comfort
-Agony aunt
-Success
-Revision tips
- Our destination
-College word search
-Job searches
- horoscopes
College/School
Magazine
Image:
Colour: - Relaxing and comforting images which
anchors the title
- Bright, colourful and contrasting
colours e.g.
[Yellow green purple orange] Headline:
- Overcoming College catastrophe

7. M is e – e n -s ce ne
• Ligh ting:- Th e ligh ting u s e d in b oth m agazine s are vivid
and rad iant wh ich is e ye -catch ing. Th e ligh ting in th e
‘C O LLE G E ’ m agazine looks m ore p rofe s s ional th e n th e
‘D U B’ m agazine b e cau s e of th e colou rs and th e way it
h as b e e n s h ot on th e s u b j ct of ligh ting and p os tu re .
e
• H air & M ake u p :- Th e h air s tyle s and m ake u p u s e d h as a
you th fu l look wh ich is a norm al look and s tyle am ongs t
s tu d e nts , th e y h ave u s e d th is s tyle for th e re as on th at it
s h ows th at th e au d ie nce th e m agazine is aim e d at is
s tu d e nts .
• S e tting:- As I s aid in th e p re viou s s lid e , th e b ackgrou nd
of th e ‘C O LLE G E ’ m agazine give s a vib rant and
s p aciou s fe e l wh e re as on th e ‘D U B’ m agazine it h as a
b old , b oring and wh ite b ackgrou nd wh ich looks
u np rofe s s ional and b land .

8. What makes a good
S chool/C ollege Magazine?
A G ood S ch ool/ olle ge m agazine wou ld inclu d e :
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• A professional looking and radiant background which relates to the
season/topic of the magazine.
• A clean and readable font which isn't too formal or childish.
• An image which has good lighting, good camera angles and posture.
• Colours which are eye-catching and vibrant.
• Has interesting secondary headlines.

9. Final Outcome