Camera shots I have used for my pictures

The images below are the photos that i took in my photo shoot yesterday. I picked the shots carefully and thought about how they would look like on my magazine. Even though the images may not appear on my final draft of my magazine, I still had to take the photo's like they would look. For example, the picture of the three girls posing in front of the black/blue wall (below) is a mid shot. I used this shot because it shows the majority of the girls, which makes them recognisable and also gives them a setting so that it looks more like a posed shot. 

Another example of a photo that I used an appropriate shot for is the one of the girl (wearing the leopard print top) behind a table doing a 'book signing'. This is also a mid-shot and lets the viewer see what is going on in the picture rather than just a close up of her face, which especially in a magazine, doesn't show the reader much. Another reason why I used this shot, is because if i was to go any wider, it would show unnecessary space that doesn't need to be included in the picture. 

Overall, I think that I chose the camera shots carefully when taking my photos. I imagined how it would look on my magazine, and that helped me to decide the best shots to use.

Music magazine- 2nd photoshoot pictures

For this week, i have done another photo shoot using different models. The effect of this will be varied people to make the magazine more realistic.

















The pictures of the girl band dont always need instruments or microphones to show they're musicians, this is because to the audience they are well known recognisable celebrities. This is an obvious posed shot but the article that will be in my magazine will mention that the girls have been to a photo shot and book signing for their 'new book' so the pictures will go well with the story. 
Although this picture would of been good for my magazine, i havent put it in because i have found another one that suits the genre better. 

This will be a picture in the magazine that shows a member of the girl band with a fan. I will photoshop the shadows out of the picture to make it look more professional. I did not use this picture either, this is because it didn't say much about the magazine, it was just two people standing next to each other. 














This picture of the celebrity musician at a book signing is effective because its different and is a natural shot which hasn't been posed. I have chosen this angle because it shows what the girl is doing. It will go well with the article because the girl band has 'released a book about their music' and the celebrities have signed them.

The photo of 2 of the other girls in the girl band, this picture will show them doing a photo shoot. This photo will need to be cropped and the lighting edited to take the shadows out. By taking the shadow out it makes the picture look better quality and flawless to put in a magazine.

 




I used adobe photoshop and took the spots and bruises that was on the girls arms and faces to make them look more airbrushed and professional. This photo was used on my front page and was captioned with 'See what happened when Girls Are Loud turned up to their book signing in London!'. 

These are the picture that i considered putting in my magazine but didnt. I did have a go at editing a few of them, such as the second one, and the fourth one, but i found that other pictures that are later on in my blog suited the magazine better.

Music magazine- 1st photoshoot pictures

This week, I have done a photo shoot which some of the images i have taken will go onto my music magazine. I done the photo shoot with four other people and we all helped each other by taking pictures of ourselves or together. The pictures i have put on my blog will almost definitely go into my music magazine. I am still going to do one more photo shoot with other people to vary the range of 'music artists' that will be in my magazine. I will do this so there is not just the same faces appearing on the pages and so their is a range.

Out of all of the photo's we took in the photo shoot, i have only selected the ones that will look appropriate for the music genre of the magazine. 

     

      

Plan for the pictures I will take for my music magazine

For my music magazine, I will think carefully about the pictures im going to use. They will obviously all be related to music so that it fits the theme and genre. The models I will use to take photos of will be age ranged from 13-16 and will be people that I know very well. This is good because it means that I trust the models and that they know me well enough to not be shy around me and to do what I say. They will be posed with musical instruments such as guitar and tambourines. I will be photographing a group of girls, which will represent a ‘big famous girl band’ in my magazine.  I will mostly take my pictures with a professional DSLR camera in front of a white backdrop and use studio lights to make the quality better. The people that I will be photographing will be standing in my choice of positions so that it is completely how I want it to be. 

Double page spread essay

In class we looked at two double page spreads from two different magazines. They were from ‘we love pop’ and ‘Q’ magazine. 

‘We love pop’ has a target audience of teenage girls who love the latest gossip from all the biggest pop artists. The ‘we love pop’ double page spread is mainly focusing on ‘Tulisa’, a former member from the band ‘N-Dubz’ and a current X factor judge. The main text story is a conversation interview, having a casual chat about what Tulisa thinks about the ‘banter’ they have in the X factor and what she thinks about other celebrities she is friends with. The tone of the interview is informal because it is a chatty gossip interview, so phrases like 'You only have to sit down for a biscuit with Tulisa.' is persuasive and informal.

Q’ magazine’s double spread's target audience is mainly men who like rock music and who are maybe interested in the celebrities Biffy Clyro, Simon Neil, and Ben and James Johnston.  Also, just like the ‘we love pop’ magazine, the main text  on the double page spread is a conversation interview. This is personal towards the audience, because although it is a conversation between two people not reading the article, quotes from celebrities make the reader more involved. Words like "What are you having?" is a personal question which relate to the audience. This double page spread text is also informal, and use words that could only be understood if you knew about the subject; such as 'just don't challenge them to a game of Hotel'. If you didn't know the subject of the conversation before, it may be hard to understand.

The pictures spread across the 'We love pop!' page spreads are quite similar. Because the story across the pages mainly focus on Tulisa, all of the pictures are either her on her own, or with another well known celebrity friend. These have been put on the page between parts of texts to again remind the reader what the main story is about. A mixture of posed individual shots and group pictures have been put on the pages for varied effect, but the biggest pictures seem to be the ones of just Tulisa, which are long body shots The little pictures have been used to support parts of the conversation. For example, Tulisa is asked whether she knows a member of One Direction; Harry Styles, and in the middle of the paragraph about that, a picture of them both has been placed for entertainment purposes and to back up the story. 

However, the Q double page spread pictures are different. The only picture on the spread is the big one on the back which takes up the whole of a page. The picture is of three men, who are seen as having a party, with lots of alcohol, no tops on not really caring about the mess. On the bottom right hand corner of the picture, the words 'having a quiet night in in front of the X factor', is using sarcasm which goes against what the picture shoes. 

The last feature to analyse on these two double page spreads, are the layouts. The 'we love pop!' page spreads the layout is set out a lot like a newspaper article. With the headline along the top and a smaller font quote telling us more information on the story. Below the headline, a picture is in the middle of the circle of text and the layout of this page makes the picture stand out, and suggest the text links to what the picture shows. Underneath the picture was a quote from the text, again hinting parts of the story to make the reader eager to read it. The second page is a big whole page spread picture of Tulisa, and the third page of the spread, the text is down the right hand side with a total of 7 pictures, that overlap over each other a bit, all the pictures are different sizes, the biggest one being the one of Aston Merrygold and Tulisa. The last page layout is quite similar to the third one which is again a big picture (Of Tulisa), a smaller picture of Harry and Tulisa, with text on the right hand side going down. 

In the Q double page spread, the layout is quite simple. There are no images on the first page and the text is set out again like a newspaper article. The text is written in 2 columns and takes about about three quarters of the page. Like the 'we love pop!' first page, the main headline 'Biffy Clyro' is central along the top, with smaller font below it explaining more about the article. The text layout has been set out with interview names, with the speech next to the celebrities initials and the question they are being asked above it. 

From looking and analysing both magazine double page spreads, i have learnt that more information has to be included than i thought and that the pictures have to be completely relevant, otherwise the reader will not be interested or think that the pictures used are boring and unnecessary. I have also learnt from these double page spreads, however the article is laid out, my text i produce for my music magazine should be stories that will entertain the reader and make them want to carry on reading it. 

Publication Plan

Name of magazine: 'Tuned In'

Font of name: chalkboard

Positioning statement: "Tuning in to the latest music!"

Frequency of publication: fortnightly

Price: £1.50

Distribution: Corner shops, food shops, bookshops
Target audience: teenage girls from age 13-18

Rationale: (what is the thinking behind the magazine - have you identified a gap in the market?) – The thinking behind the magazine is that the audience will want to continuously buy it because of the information and gossip inside

Style: for both genders, female and male pictures

Regular content: Latest gossip on current music, boy& girl bands, pictures, tour dates, interviews, poster pages and an activity page

Feature content in your issue: Big page poster of the band

House style: what font will you use? Will it be the same for articles/headings/captions?- I will use Chalkboard font for headings, captions will be in ‘Arial narrow’,  and articles will be written in arial Unicode MS’. 

Questionnaire analysis

Magazine publishing companies research

Bauer Media:
·Closer
·Heat·Mother and baby magazines
·Zoo
·Kerrang!
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group; Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Our business is built on influential media brands with millions of personal relationships with engaged readers and listeners. Our strategy is to connect audiences with excellent content through our broad multi-touch point brand platforms, wherever and whenever and however they want.

National magazine company

·ELLE
·Reveal
·Sugar Scope
· Netdoctor
Hearst Magazines UK is the trading name of National Magazine Company Ltd, established in 1910 by William Randolph. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, internet businesses, TV production and distribution, newspaper features distribution and real estate. It is one of the foremost magazine publishers in the UK and is renowned for producing quality magazines and fostering new talent. Hearst Magazines UK believes fresh, quality journalism and creativity is of paramount importance across all Hearst Magazines UK brands, from Cosmopolitan and Red, to Esquire and Harper's Bazaar.

Future publishing
·TechRadar (the UK’s number one consumer technology website),
·T3
·Total Film
·BikeRadar
·MusicRadar
·Classic Rock
·Official Xbox Magazine
Future plc is an international media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR).  Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 200 specialist publications, apps, websites and events. We hold market-leading positions in our core sectors: Technology, Entertainment & Video Games, Sport & Auto, Music and Creative.

IPC Media
·Marie Claire
·Ideal home
·Women weekly
They focus on mass market women's division comprises famous women's weeklies, TV entertainment brands including What's on TV and the goodtoknow network. Our men's portfolio, IPC Inspire, has a wealth of leisure as well as lifestyle. IPC Southbank is our upmarket women's division and comprises luxury fashion brands, lifestyle and Essentials and home interest brands.

Conde Nast
·Brides
·Glamour
·Golf district
· Lucky
·VogueCondé
Nast is home to some of the world’s most celebrated media brands. In the United States, Condé Nast publishes 18 consumer magazines, four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps for mobile and tablet devices, all of which define excellence in their categories. The company also owns Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM), whose portfolio of brands serves as the leading source of news and analysis for the global fashion community.

BBC worldwide
·Radio times
·Cbeebies
·Good food
BBC Worldwide is the commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). We exist to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer by creating, acquiring, developing and exploiting media content and brands around the world. We also focus on creating value from BBC content and showcasing British talent both in the UK and international markets.

Hachette Filipacchi
Hachette Filipacchi Media, S.A. (HFM) is the largest magazine publisher in the world. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardre Media of France. Hachette Filipacchi was founded by Louis Hachette in 1826 when he purchased the Librarie Brdif. Hachette was purchased by Matra in 1980, a firm associated with Tnot & Filipacchi.

Examples of contents pages we analysed

Analysing a magazine front cover- 'Closer' magazine

 This is a front cover from the magazine 'Closer' that we annotated today in class. I have labelled the main features that make it obvious that this is a magazine cover and explained why and how. All these points are going to help me when creating my own music magazine. Because my magazines genre is music, the features such as advertising products to my target audience and making sure my articles are appealing to the reader is going to help when producing it. The feature I like the most on this magazine cover is the layout. The pictures have been cropped and scaled to fit the sections and shows the reader the main storys inside. 

Analysing contents pages essay

In today’s lesson, we looked at four different magazine contents pages and analysed each one in detail. The magazine contents pages we analysed are ‘Mix mag’, ‘we love pop’ ‘Q magazines’ and ‘NME’. All of them share some of the same features, but also differ in some way.

The first magazine contents page I am going to analyse is ‘We love pop’ and the contents pages it is similar too. This contents page target audience is mainly teenage girls who like pop music. The pictures on this page are varied; there are 6 main pictures, the biggest being the picture in the middle of Tulisa, with a strip of another 11 little pictures along the bottom, which are previews of posters that are included in the magazine. All the pictures are of celebrity singers of pop music, which is relevant to the target audience. ‘Q magazine’ pictures on their contents page is similar. The images are of musicians; there is one main picture on the right side of Adam Ant, just like the main picture of Tulisa on ‘We love pop’ magazine. The layout of the contents page is a little block with the title ‘Inside this month…’ and with 10 stories being shown with their page numbers. This layout is similar to ‘Q magazine’ as this contents page also has a box named ‘REGULARS” with a few stories mentioned with the page numbers. Also the layout of both magazines is similar because the contents are in numbered chorological order. This has been done to make it easy for the reader.

Another magazine that I analysed in today’s lesson is Mixmag. This magazine is a dance music and clubbing magazine with the target audience being young adults up to the age of around 30 whom like club and dance music. There is not much language that can be analysed because the majority of the contents page is filled up by big pictures, but at the bottom of the first page of the double page spread; there is information on ‘your free CD’. This is informing the reader on the artist of the CD and the songs that are included are listed on the right hand side. Where the page numbers are, are the title of the article and underneath are a brief explanation about each story. 

This is similar to the NME (New Music Express) magazine. On this contents page of the NME magazine, there are 8 pictures that vary in size all over the page, which indicates there is less space for text. The language used, are all quotes that come from the stories. For example, on page 6, under the picture of a musician playing the guitar, the quote is “Someone’s gonna have to go to the hospital” and is in capital letters which suggests it being an important quote in that article. Under the quote, there is smaller but bold font, which gives a few words about the article. For example “Howler visit everywhere on the NME tour.”  Both magazines also state the page numbers on the bottom corners of the images, and the actual contents and page numbers are not the main focuses on the page, the images are.

The only magazine contents page out of the four that have a logo is ‘We love pop!’ Their logo is ‘WE 'heart' POP!’ and is situated on the top right hand side of the page, next to the title. The rest of the magazine contents pages have the name of the magazine (Mixmag) along the top, such as ‘CONTENTS’ on Q magazine or ‘Inside this week’ for NME magazine. Fonts are also varied on some of the magazine contents pages. Especially NME, where the font is different for every story briefly mentioned. This could be to give variety and not make it look simple, but to also give the impression there is a reason for the font to be varied from section to section. Some of the language is bold, and some is italic.

When I make my own music magazine contents page, I will use this analysis to view how other magazines lay out, colour, place images and use language and put it into action for my own one. I will also use the analysis to see which features went well and which ones needed more improvement so I can reflect the good ideas onto my magazine.

Music magazine questionnaire

I am creating a music magazine for my media coursework. I have been asked to create a questionnaire that is aimed at 8-15 year olds which is my target audience. I would appreciate if you took five minutes of your time to complete my questionnaire.

1) How old are you?

8-10

11-13

14-15

15+

2) Are you male of female? (Circle)
Male
Female

3) Are you interested in pop music? (Please circle)

Yes
No

4) If so, who is/are your favourite pop artists? (Please state at least 2)

…………………………………………………………………………

5) Do you buy any music related magazines? If so, please state which ones

…………………………………………………………………………………

6) How much would you spend on a fortnightly music magazine?
0.20p-0.60p
0.61p-£1
£1.1p-£3
3.1p-£5
£5+

7) What would encourage you to buy a music magazine?
Pictures
certain celebrities in the magazine
Freebies
Any other reasons, please state below

……………………………………………………………………………

8) In a music magazine, what would you like to see included?
 (Circle as many that apply)

Information/stories
Fun/entertainment pages
Music reviewsEditor’s columnMore related articles (e.g. how to dress like a pop star)Posters of musicians / things related to the topic____________________________________________________

I have chosen these questions for my questionnaire because they can tell me alot about the music artists my age group likes, whether they buy music magazines which is good considering im making one, and also tells me what the majority of my audience want to see included and this will help me because it will influence me and give me ideas of what to put in my magazine. The question i asked about the price will also give me a estimate of what my audience would be willing to pay for the magazine. I will also be able to see the different ideas depending on the gender of the person. 

What I've learnt from making my school magazine

By getting the chance to create a school magazine, it has taught me many things. Firstly it helped me to become more familiar with the programme 'Adobe Indesign' and 'Adobe Photoshop' which I have used to create the magazine and to edit my pictures on. Hopefully these skills will help me do well when making my music magazine. I will take ideas from the layout of my pictures and text and judge how big and small they need to be next time in order to make the magazine as detailed as i can. 
I think i will use similar ideas from my contents page of my school magazine, as this has worked nicely. The pictures have been spread out evenly, and surrounded by information and relevant captions. I have used a logo on both pages to make it recognisable to the audience, and it also makes it look professional.

Front cover and contents page draft 3

This is my final draft of my front page for the school magazine. The differences on this draft is that i have added a picture of a opened school book under the big picture of the school along the top. I have done this mainly to fill up the spaces but also to give effect that it is a magazine. The second change i have made on this draft, is i have added a picture of a 'effort sticker' i took myself on the bottom left of the page. I also added a caption underneath it saying 'See what students were the first to get effort stickers this term!' This is appealing to the audience and makes them want to look inside.

On my final draft of my contents page, i have done what i done on the front page and added the picture of a open book next to the page title to give effect. Also i have added a little bit more information under the pictures just to persuade the audience a little bit more. This is my final product of my magazine front and contents page.

Compare the covers of two music magazines

The two magazines I will be comparing are ‘Guitar’ and ‘Total Guitar’. Both are specifically aimed to be read by the audience of people who like guitars and music by guitarists or the guitarists themselves. Both magazine covers share similar features which can explain why they both attract similar audiences.

The cover of ‘Guitar’ is presented in a way that shows all the information in a spread out way. The title ‘GUITAR’ is coloured bright pink with a white outline around it that makes it stand out. The colour of the title could also attract females because of the pink, associated with girls. The title of this magazine is the only text on this page which is bright pink. The other magazine cover ‘Total Guitar’ has also done the same thing with the colour. Words such as ‘Greenday’ and the background of ‘100% Accurate’ is bright pink, made to stand out, but on this cover, other text such as band names; ‘Mumford & sons’, ‘Arctic Monkeys’ has been written in bright pink font, which is different from the cover of ‘Guitar’ as the bright pink text has only been used for the title.

The title of ‘GUITAR’ at the top of the page is blocked at the end of the word by the picture of Jimi Hendrix that overtakes the page. This shows that the picture is the selling point of the magazine and the item that attracts the most attention because it’s the biggest thing on the page, and is the only picture. The magazine cover designer has done this because it’s easier enough to read without being able to see the whole word of the title ‘Guitar’. A similar thing has been done for the cover of ‘Total Guitar’. The picture of the guitarist on this cover blocks off the ‘I’ of ‘guitar’ in the title. This has been done for the same reason, that you can understand the title without needing to see the whole word.

The pictures on the covers also play a huge part of selling the magazine. For ‘Guitar’ the only picture on the cover is the picture of Jimi Hendrix holding up a guitar, a very famous guitar player. Because it is big and takes over the page, no other pictures have been put on, purely because no other pictures are needed. Other multi-coloured graphics are splashed across the picture of Jimi; this is to add colour and more excitement to the cover. For ‘Total Guitar’, there are 4 pictures on the cover. The main and biggest picture is of the man holding the bright yellow guitar. The rest are smaller and one is a small picture of a guitar to add entertainment, and the other two are pictures of bands that are explained on the cover. The both are similar with the big picture on the magazine, but the ‘Total Guitar’ magazine cover is slightly different because it’s got 3 more extra pictures than the ‘Guitar’ cover.

The text used on both magazine covers persuades the reader to buy the magazine. For the ‘Guitar’ cover, it uses words that get the reader involved. ‘Poster! 9/11 tribute guitars’. The stories the designer has included can be known by most people, and using a ‘poster’ in the magazine keeps the audience involved and interested of what the poster is of.

From these two covers, I have learnt that music magazines can differ and be similar depending on the features including on the cover. Even though music is a big industry, the pictures and text used on these covers are related to the genre. From these covers, it has helped me and given me ideas for when I create my magazine cover. The ideas it has given me are; to use pictures related to the articles, to give a variety of stories, not just the same ones and to use bold font and colours to make it stand out to my audience. 

Music Moodboard for magazine

This is my mood board for my music magazine. The audience of my magazine will be teenage girls and the magazine is about boy bands that teenagers love. I have decided to do this kind of magazine because i am a teenager myself and it is the kind of music i know the most about. I have decided not to stick to a specific genre because there is more to talk about and more artists to put into my magazine. 
My music magazine will be called 'Male Music Magazine'. This is a catchy name because of the alliteration and is relevant to what the magazine is about. 

Magazine publishing companies research

Bauer Media:
·         Closer
·         Heat
·         Mother and baby magazines
·         Zoo
·         Kerrang!

Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group; Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Our business is built on influential media brands with millions of personal relationships with engaged readers and listeners. Our strategy is to connect audiences with excellent content through our broad multi-touch point brand platforms, wherever and whenever and however they want.

National magazine company

·         ELLE
·         Reveal
·         Sugar Scope
·         Netdoctor
Hearst Magazines UK is the trading name of National Magazine Company Ltd, established in 1910 by William Randolph. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, internet businesses, TV production and distribution, newspaper features distribution and real estate. It is one of the foremost magazine publishers in the UK and is renowned for producing quality magazines and fostering new talent. Hearst Magazines UK believes fresh, quality journalism and creativity is of paramount importance across all Hearst Magazines UK brands, from Cosmopolitan and Red, to Esquire and Harper's Bazaar.

 

Future publishing
·         TechRadar (the UK’s number one consumer technology website),
·          T3,
·         Total Film
·         BikeRadar
·          MusicRadar
·         Classic Rock
·         Official Xbox Magazine

Future plc is an international media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: FUTR).  Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over 200 specialist publications, apps, websites and events. We hold market-leading positions in our core sectors: Technology, Entertainment & Video Games, Sport & Auto, Music and Creative.

IPC Media

·Marie Claire· Ideal home· Women weekly

They focus on mass market women's division comprises famous women's weeklies, TV entertainment brands including What's on TV and the goodtoknow network. Our men's portfolio, IPC Inspire, has a wealth of leisure as well as lifestyle. IPC Southbank is our upmarket women's division and comprises luxury fashion brands, lifestyle and Essentials and home interest brands.

Conde Nas

·Brides·Glamour· Golf district · Lucky· Vogue

Condé Nast is home to some of the world’s most celebrated media brands. In the United States, Condé Nast publishes 18 consumer magazines, four business-to-business publications, 27 websites, and more than 50 apps for mobile and tablet devices, all of which define excellence in their categories. The company also owns Fairchild Fashion Media (FFM), whose portfolio of brands serves as the leading source of news and analysis for the global fashion community.

 BBC worldwide
·         Radio times
·         Cbeebies
·         Good food
BBC Worldwide is the commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). We exist to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer by creating, acquiring, developing and exploiting media content and brands around the world. We also focus on creating value from BBC content and showcasing British talent both in the UK and international markets.

Hachette Filipacchi
Hachette Filipacchi Media, S.A. (HFM) is the largest magazine publisher in the world. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Lagardre Media of France. Hachette Filipacchi was founded by Louis Hachette in 1826 when he purchased the Librarie Brdif. Hachette was purchased by Matra in 1980, a firm associated with Tnot & Filipacchi.

Front cover and contents page draft 2

This is my second draft of my Front page of my school magazine. The changes i made to it this time are 

-added a picture of a student in midshot, i made this change so it met the brief
-I moved the date of the magazine to the top, i did this to make more space at the bottom of the page
-I moved the issue number to the right hand side, also to make more space for added text
-I added a caption to the picture of the student in midshot, i done this to give some more information about a article.

This is my second draft of my Contents page for my school magazine, this time the changes i made was 

-I added more text under the picture on the right hand side, i done this so it gives some more information on the article 
- I cropped the picture on the top a bit so it gave more space to spread out pictures and text
- I also added text to both captions under the pictures on the right, which can attract the audience even more and make them buy the magazine


I still need to make my pictures look more professional on both pages and maybe even change a few to make them relate to the stories more. 

Front cover and contents page draft

 Front Page
This is my draft for my front page of my magazine, i have picked these colours because it blends in with the bottom of the picture at the school which is across the top of the page. I've made sure i've included at least 4 pictures over the 2 pages (cover and contents page). 

Contents page

On my draft for the contents page for my magazine, its included the contents text of what will include inside, pictures giving hints and examples of different stories, with captions underneath which relates to the page number and which story it will be on. I did not want to overload the page with a lot of information and pictures, so i kept it simple. 

Reasons for my magazine pictures and stories

Right, i've taken near enough 30 pictures I can choose for to put on my front page or contents page for my magazine and have already attached them to my blog..Under each picture there is a description on what the picture shows. On my draft of my contents and cover pages, i have included the stories i will put on my magazine, also shown below. i will use page 10 (subject of the week), page 17 (teachers story) and mention page 13 (competition and quiz time) as stories on my front page. On the contents page, i will include that image below with the same stories shown, and show a preview of students work of the week, and mention a few revision tips.

Pictures i could include on contents and cover page

I have included these pictures to use on my blog, because they are good at representing the school and what is going on.