Draft of creating a college magazine.

In order to fulfil assessment objective, I have met AO2, AO3 and AO4 because I have applied knowledge and understanding of creating a media product; I have demonstrated the ability to plan and construct media products using technical and creative skills; and I have demonstrated the ability to undertake and apply appropriate research.

Below is the front cover of my college magazine. It's not completely perfect but I didn't want to spend too much time on creating it. It's a very basic front cover but I think it has elements of a college magazine due to the image and the obvious masthead. I took a medium, close up shot and added effects onto images and texts such as back drop shadows, and opacity changes.



Below is my contents page. It is very, very basic. I didn't want to spend too much time on creating it because I wanted to create a very basic layout of what was included, such as editor's comments, the page spreads and relevant images.



When creating the college magazine, I had to take into consideration the elements of what makes a college magazine and was asked to take specificically a medium close up shot of a student to create a front cover. I already had knowledge of medium close up shots, but I researched them to make sure the shot I was going to take was a definite medium close up. I browsed google, and found out the actual definition of a medium close up which is: Halfway between a mid-shot and a close-up. This shot shows the face more clearly, without getting uncomfortably close.

College task.

In order to fulfil Assessment Objective 3, I have demonstrated the ability to plan and construct media products using appropriate technical and creative skills.

Task – create a college magazine.

Front cover and a mock up of contents included on the front cover

Mast head - TR Talent
Appropriate cover lines - Personality quiz, exclusive interviews, etc.
Medium close up shot of person chosen - Robyn with Media prop.

What is a college magazine?
- Sporting events
- Music performances/bands at college
- Student council/subject Reps
- End of year events – Depending on the issue
- Achievements – Prize winners – Enrichment activities
- Drama – production and performances
- Guest speakers
- Sex health and advisors
- Counselling advice

Preliminary task:
- Consists of a medium close up shot of a student. Research this and add a new post to demonstrate understanding of a medium close up.
- Create a basic magazine – when producing main magazine, there must be an improvement.
- Picture must reflect main article.

Use of medium close up shot will be Robyn (Bennett) - it will be Media related.