School Magazine Masthead Ideas

These are my ideas for my school magazine masthead and also names. 

The Rule of Thirds

The rule of thirds is the one of the most well known principles of composition in photography.  

Rule of Thirds grid

The rule of thirds is breaking down an image into 9 parts, this helps you see what the most important part of the image is. This tells you where you should try to place the more important parts of your picture. 

People say that if you place the points of the picture that are more interesting along the lines your photo is more balanced and also more interesting. When people are looking at a picture they tend to look at one of the points of interest first instead of looking directly at the center without really noticing. 

Landscape example

Portrait example

Both of these pictures show that the points of interest, such as the boat in the landscape example and the eyes of the man in the portrait example, are in line with the lines of the rule of thirds grid. 

Counterpoints

When you are using the rule of thirds grid, you can use a counterpoint. What this means is you have a primary focal point and then you place a secondary focal point directly opposite it. This enhances your composition and also makes your picture more interesting. 

Example of Counterpoint

Sources - http://digital-photography-school.com/rule-of-thirds/

             http://learnprophotography.com/rule-of-thirds

                  http://www.ultimate-photo-tips.com/photography-rule-of-thirds.html

Magazine Cover

Photo Plan

I will take pictures of my friends in Sixth Form, and I will take the pictures in the Common Room and outside, My magazine is primarily for Sixth Form students and their parents. They will be smiling and laughing, reading and in the classroom learning. I plan to do an eye level picture or mid shot. I will need to make sure that there's enough space so that I don't need to crop part of the image that I want. The picture needs to be portrait so that it fits the magazine cover properly. I will take pictures this week. I need to organize when I can take the pictures, by seeing when my friends are free and not busy so I can take their photos. I need to also make sure that the lighting is good, because if it's too bright or too dark the picture won't look too good.

School Magazine

Contents of a Magazine

Target Audience for School Magazine

The target audience for the School magazine would be mainly students that are female and male aged 11-18. The audience would also be parents/carers aged 30-60, so they could find out news about the school and their achievements. The magazine would also be read by teachers ranging from 25-65. 

School Magazine Names

• PlantsNews
• PBNews
• PeeB
• PB Times
• Plantbrookians
• PB Weekly
• P News
• Brook Weekly 
• 9 - 3:15
• Weekly
• SixthFormians
• Six

Conventions

These are the key conventions for a front cover. 

• Masthead
• Banner
• Cover Photo
• Headlines
• Lures
• Pull Quotes
• Graphics
• Features/Articles

These are the key conventions for a contents page. 

• Page numbers
• Photos
• Hook
• Graphics
• Articles/Features
• Stroke
• Pull quote 
• Message from the Author 

Magazine Cover.

Magazine Mastheads.

The title Kerrang! suggests that the magazine is rebellious and outlandish. It also suggests that it’s a magazine for bold people, because the title is in capitals and has an exclamation point at the end. It also suggests that because of the cracked effect  gives the ides that music should be loud, and that also goes with their motto of ‘Life is Loud’, and their masthead shows that they are living up to their own expectations of life being loud, and rock music should also be loud. Kerrang also uses a sans-serif font to give it a more modernized look. 

The title Mojo is written in a sans serif font, to give the impression that the magazine is for a younger audience. It uses a black colour on the font which also gives the idea that they are simplistic. The title is all in capitals to make it stand out from the rest of the magazines. Mojo can mean influence, so the use of the word Mojo for the title suggests that the magazine is supposed to influence the readers on their opinions. The masthead sits on the front of the magazine in the center, often with it on full display to catch peoples attention as they pass by. Mojo calls themselves the worlds best music magazine, implying that the only information you need about music will be in there. The magazine is based on classic rock, and they often have articles featuring famous musicians, as well as them being on the cover. The magazine is mainly for people who listen to classic rock, but because it has a modern edge anyone from the ages of 20-40 might read it. 

Classic FM uses a serif style font. It also uses all black for the name, apart from the F to add contrast to the title. They also include the FM in the title of the magazine to promote their radio station at the same time. The title Classic FM tells us instantly that the magazine is about Classical music. There is clear gaps between each letter, which could be to make it clearer to read and recognizable. The masthead sits at the top of the page and at times has a white background on it, so that it's easy for people to read when there is a dark picture on the cover, or they put it over the image so you can still easily find it. Classic FM is a magazine about classical music, and is targeted at older people aged 40-60. They stopped publishing the magazine in 2012. They reviewed classical music recordings, recent performances and sometimes they also gave out music with their magazines. 

Vibe magazine uses a sans-serif font for the title. The title is also in capital letters and block colouring. Depending on the cover, they use different colours for each issue. They usually switch between white, red, blue and black. The word vibe can mean to enjoy listening or dancing to popular music, and that's the impression that the title gives us, the magazine has a cool vibe about it and features popular music acts on the cover each issue. They mainly feature rap and hip hop artists, actors and other entertainers. The intended audience is younger readers aged 16-24 as the magazine has a modern vibe and features the most popular people and acts at the time. 

RollingStone magazine uses a serif-style font for their title. They often use different colours for their title, but always keep the way it looks the same. The title RollingStone is easy to remember because it reminds people of the popular band. It also means a person who doesn't settle in one place for too long, much like musicians. They use a black outline around the title to make it look bolder and stand out more. The title is often placed over the image on the front cover. The magazine mainly focuses on music, culture and politics. Their intended audience is people aged 20-30. However, they changed their ideas to appeal to the younger people and made it about TV Shows, popular acts and films but then decided to change it back to their old topics.

NME uses a sans-serif font with capital letters. It uses the colour red with white and black to contrast with it and make the actual name of the magazine stand out. NME is targeted towards the younger generation so making the masthead bright and colourful will attract the younger people. NME is largely associated with rock, indie and alternative music. 

Rock Sound magazine uses a sans-serif font which makes it more modern and simple, which could be to attract the younger audience. They also promote their website by putting rocksound.tv around the R of rock. Rock Sound focus mainly on pop, pop punk, punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, heavy metal and other types but they rarely talk about indie music. Their tag line is 'For those who like their music loud extremist and non-conformist' which gives the impression straight away that their magazine is for people who like loud rock music. Their magazine is mainly aimed at young people aged 16-24.

Q magazine uses a serif style font, but is still simple and modern looking. It uses a red background to contrast with the white Q. The Q also has shadowing around it to make it stand out more. Q has a review section, where they review music, films, concerts, radio and television. They also do articles such as cash for questions, where popular celerities and musicians answer questions from the public who get £25 if their question is printed. Q is aimed at most people, but their readers range from 20-40.