Thursday 27 January 2011

College Magazine Mock up

This is my mock up of the college magazine i will be making. I made this on Mircosoft Publisher.

My Questionnaire

please fill in my questionnaire it would be really helpful and it can be found here.

Monday 24 January 2011

Termenology

Here are the answers for your terminology match cards we did today in lesson:

Buzz Words: "Wow", "Exclusive", "Free" are all examples of this.

Pu
ffs: Colourful boxes promoting features inside.
House Style: A magazine's distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.
Strap Line: A slogan

Banner: Text which stands out on a coloured background generally at the bottom of the magazine.

Copy: The Main Story in the Magazine

Anchorage Text: The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and vice versa.

Pugs: Placed at the top left and right corners of the paper and are known as the 'ears' of the page. The price of the paper, the logo or a promotion are often positioned there.

Motto: Memorable phrase that is recognisable to a brand
Headline: Catchy Title for the main article
Sell Lines: Text on the front cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience
Caption: Description of the main image
Masthead: Name of the magazine

Lead: The introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.
Drop Capitals:
Really big letter that starts off an article

Thursday 13 January 2011

First Media Blog

Welcome to my blog, I have been given a task to complete for my media coursework. This task consists of me producing a front cover for a Music magazine, a contents page and a double page spread on a artist of my choice.
Before I start producing my task, I have been given a practice task of creating a front cover for my sixth form magazine.In both the magazines i will be including,
Pictures
Double Page Spread
Genre- Pop/R&B
mock up of a contents page
I will be doing all this on desk top publishers e.g. photoshop.