Photo shoot plan



What I have learnt

The things that I have learnt in relation to skills, techniques, media concepts and terminology through completing the preliminary activity are...

- With media concepts, I have learnt what different things are, for example a masthead, I have shown my understanding of what a Masthead is when designing different mastheads for my magazine front cover. Another place that I have shown my understanding of media concepts is when I have used different sized fonts for different things so the more important things are in a bigger font.

- On my front cover and contents page I have also tried to use visual syntax so that it makes both pages easier to read.
- The media techniques that I have used are shown also in the front cover and the contents page, it is shown by the colour of them, the colour makes the pages stand out more. Another technique that I have used is by using sans-serif font to make the text clearer and readable for the user of the magazine.

I feel that I have gained alot of skills during this activity because at the start I would have not been able to use the program and I also would have not known what the media concepts are.

final contents page

Progress of contents page

final front cover

This is my final front cover

contents page layout 1

Key conventions of a contents page

Pictures – You would use pictures to make the page stand out more, the pictures could also have page references on which could link you to the article of which the picture relates to. There are many different styles of how you could use pictures to make a contents page more appealing and useful. You can use from a minimum of one picture to about ten; this is because if you have more the page will start to look too crowded and unattractive.

Title – The title of a contents page is usually ‘contents’ this is usually situated at the top of the page where it can be seen. It is usually in a clear font so that it can be easily read.

Columns – the columns are used in the contents page because it will make the page easier to read, it also makes the page more organised and makes it look more professional

Banners – The banners on a page would make the page look more attractive and formal. It would add colour and importance.

Page numbers – The page numbers will guide you to the page that you want. On the contents page you would not need to put the words ‘page’ or ‘pg’ before the number. The number is usually large which allows the reader to find the page they want easily.

Information – the information that will be in the blog is usually a blurb, the blurb usually gives a quick summary of what is in the magazine.

Issue dates – these are dates that will be shown of what issue the magazine is so they usually say ‘October 2013’, this will benefit people in whom collect the magazine on a regular basis.

Structures layout – the structured layout will allow an easy read for the reader via visual syntax.

Colours – the use of colour will attract people and make the page more attractive.



Masthead for plantsbrook magazine

PB magazine layout 1