The document provides instructions for a media coursework assignment to design a music magazine cover. The preliminary task is to create a mock-up of a school magazine contents page. The main task is to design a 3-page music magazine cover including the front cover, contents page, and a double-page article spread. Research on magazine conventions discusses formatting styles like bold mastheads, clear themes, and formal language for school publications. Factors that make magazine layouts interesting like backgrounds, lighting, and color schemes are also examined.

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 :
C
• 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