Contents

Final College Magazine Front Cover

Evaluation Questions

What have you learnt from completing this task?
How have you used technology?
What conventions have your used and why?
What would you change if you were to do this task again?

Main Image Ideas

Types of Shots

Feature Story Ideas

Dramatic increase in A* grades

Rag Week

French exchange

Wyke students celebrate biology success

Wyke student wins anti-bullying award

Wyke's magnificent seven

Rob Armayo cast in HBO drama

Another outstanding year

Colour Scheme

Magazine Name

College
Student Life
Success
Rising Stars
Wyke

Mood Board

Front Cover Analysis

Semiotics/LIIAR analysis

Language- What piece of medium you are looking at and the particular technology?

Institution- Who controls the production process and how does it affect the final product?

Ideology- What values are explicit and implicit?

Audience- Who is it for, what do people do with it and who's needs does it fulfill?

Representations- Which individuals/groups/issues appear in it. How they are portrayed and who is excluded?

Advert Analysis

Position Signs: The camera and the viewer

The main position of the camera is the unicorns muzzle, as it is pointing towards the mint.
The unicorn is not looking at the camera which means that the viewer is not level with the unicorns gaze.

Treatment signs: Devices of the process

The background is white which emphasises the theme of purity and fantasy. The black evening glove stands out against the white background. The glove signifies wealth and class as there is diamond jewellery on the glove.
The framing of the glove means that the viewer cannot see whom the arm belongs to. The person is feeding the mint to the horse. Stereotypically a person wearing that type of clothing would not be stood in a field feeding a horse. The picture of the mint is placed in the centre at the bottom of the page, which grabs the viewers eye.  The message conveyed by the advert may be interpreted as being that the extra strong mints are better than any other.

Brief

Preliminary task C/W brief: To design a college magazine front cover and mock up contents page. Images used on the front cover must be original.