Original Photos - updated




I was thinking of getting an image whereby my models will be talking in an enthusiastic way. This will make them look as though they are positive about college. Which is why I liked this picture. The downside was that the male model's hand wasn't in focus so I wasn't able to use this image becuase it didn't look strong around the 'hand' area.

 



I liked this image because it looked interesting. Both models are looking up and it makes it look like the male on the left isn't as keen as the female model on the right who looks as though she is positive as to what she is looking up at. In addition, because they are holding eachother, it is like they have eachother to look out for. So if one student isn't confident, the other student who is more confident can give a help in hand to bring them at that level of confidence. The is the main reason why I also used this image is because of the angel that it was taken at, the lightening and the focus of this image.

- I used this for my Contents page.





Linking to the above image about 'help in hand', I also took this image because I wanted students to look like they are working so that if I was to add this image to my magazine, it will represent a school magazine because they are looking through books and are studying.

 

-I used this for a secondary image on my front page

 


This image looked fun , alothough I wasn't looking for an etreme long shot to be used for my contents page. So I retook a photo and came up with:





this image. I like the way the 3 models were set to the left third of the frame and you can see the background of a school behind the models. It also made the image look fun too look at because all models are looking positive and as you can see the one of the further left is wearing a college ID so it represents that she is in college.

- I used this for my contents page



Finally, for my front page, I was looking for something which looks inspirational fo my audience. Having a model look up and lean on to a fence - like shown in this image. Looked as though this model has a big plan ahead of him, and he is thinking about every moment of it. This made a good front page image because it looks motivating.

- I used this for my front page cover.

 


I took this image before the one above and realise that it didn't give that motivational look, so thought to zoom in and have a medium close up of the model instead. (As shown above.) But I made use of this image by adding it on my contents page.



Drafted design ideas - updated

Audience Research results for college magazine

These groups show what my participant's thoughts on school magazines are. By doing a questionnaire, this helped me decide an ideal image of school magazine design. Without these results I would’ve done something completely different to what I’m about to do now.

My ideal school magazine will be bold and bright with a mixture of colourful text and images to drag attention from the students.

With the answers of 20 randomly selected students, I believe that my school magazine will be perfect.  

College Magazine Questionnaire

This is a Copy of My Questionnaire which i used to Figure Out How My College Front Page and Contents Page Will Be:

Questionnaire

I kindly ask you to fill out this questionnaire, as it is part of my media coursework. This questionnaire is about school magazine and you filling this out will be doing me a favour. I guarantee that you wouldn’t be wasting your time.

1.       What gender are you?

Female........                                     Male.......
2.       How old are you?
16-17 ....                                  18-19.......    

3.      How often do you read a magazine? (tick one)

4-7 times a week  .........                                         
5-6  times a month .......
2-4 times a month......
Once a month..........
Once every 2-4 months.......
Once every 5 or more months.......

4.       Which of the following magazines would you rather read? (tick up to three)

Business  .......        

Fashion....         

Education ........                          

Computers .......        

Aviation   .....   

Automobiles  ......

Entertainment   .........

Sports   ......
Comedy.......
Horror .....

5.       What are your favourite colours for a magazine? (tick one)

Black, White & Grey ....
Red, Blue & Black ....
Pink, Purple & White....
Black, Blue & White....
Blue, Green & White....
Silver, Black & Gold....

6.       What the maximum amount of money you’ll pay for a magazine, if you had to buy one?
50p – 79p....
80p - £1.49....
£1.50 - £1.99........
£2.00 or more....

7.       Where do you normally read your magazines?

At home .....

On public transport....

In a working environment (e.g. school, work).....

Other (please specify)__________________________________________                                                                                                                                

8.       What one thing makes an attractive magazine?

­­­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________________________­­­­­­­­___________________________________________________________________________________________

9.       What type of prizes would you like for competitions in your magazines?

Gift vouchers....
College trips .......
Other_______________________________________________________________

10.   .What style would you most prefer?

Bold and bright....
Soft and pretty.....
Other _________________________________________________________________

11.   What size would you prefer the magazine to be?

A4 .....
A3 .....

Other ________
12.   What would you prefer in a magazine?
More images.....
More words.......
Other ___________________________________________________________

Thank you for your cooperation, most appreciated,

 Questions such as age and gender helped me figure out whether the gender and age group makes a difference to my results,i found out that the age didn't make much of a change but the gender did.