Monday, 29 October 2012

Finnished Proliminary Task




                                                             My finished Preliminary Task Magazine front cover


















                                             My Finished Preliminary Task Magazine Contents Page


















I believe i have done quite well with this, i agree with most of the feedback i have recieved and i know it isnt perfect as some of the pictures are out of focus and some of the text is hard to read when it goes over some of the pictures but i can use this as a baseline for my main magazine and can compare it to this when its finnished.



Wednesday, 17 October 2012

Preliminary task flat plans

Ive created these flat plans for my preliminary task. They will give me a guide for when i create my magazine.



This is the flat plan for my front cover which show the position of the masthead, main sell-line and sell lines, the main image and the barcode.
















This is the flat plan for my contents page, this shows the position of the title, the images and the list of contents.

Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Three Contents page Deconstructions (Kerrang!/Rock Sound/Metal Hammer)

Masthead-No masthead

Necessary Info-None

Text-There is not very much text, only at the bottom of the page, the text isnt very big, the text tells the reader what is in the magazine and what  pages to find it, the subheadings are in bold and some have a black background, all of the text is ordered very simply and is easy to read, it is very basic and not over the top.next to each of the infomation there is a page number for it.

Font-The font of the text is all the same, it is very simple and easy to read. all of the text is the same colour except the page numbers, there arent any italics used in this page and all of the subheadings are in bold.

Images-Images cover about two thirds of the contents page, there are 5 different pictures all at the top of the page, above the text. most of the pictures are around the same size except for top one of Slipknot. 3 of the pictures are of bands or band members, the other 2 are of album covers, the pictures have numbers on them which is the page number where the info about these is found.

Composition-Layout is very simple as all of the images are at the top of the page and all text is at the bottom of the page.

Linguistic features-None

Colour-There doesnt seem to be too much colour in the page, most of it is black, red and white except in the pictures which gives the page most of the colours.



Masthead-Very simple, plain white, small in top right corner.

Necessery Info-All necessary info in positioned under the masthead, same colour as masthead (date and ussue number) there is no page number.

Text-Not much text, all white and pretty small.

Font-All of the text is the same font, including masthead.

Images-Only one image, covers whole page. There is a caption which goes with the picture at the middle left of the page.

Composition-Layout is pretty simple, all text is in the bottom right corner, the image covers the whole page and the masthead is in the top right corner. also there is a caption for the image in the middle left of the page.

Linguistic Features-None

Colour-Most colour is the same, all text is white except for the page numbers which is in red.


Masthead-Very small, red, top left corner.

Necessary Info-Date is under the title in the top left corner, very small.

Text-Most of the text is very small and is located at the left  middle of the page.

Font-Most is the same font, Subheading are in bold, most of the writing is black, some is red.

Images-Alot of images, mostly on the left half of the page and bottom of the page.

Composition-Layout of the magazine is the same in every metal hammer magazine, there are pictures on the right half of the page and on the bottom of the page and the text is all in the left hand corner of the page, also there is a small strip of text at the right of the page going from top to bottom.

Linguistic Features-None

Colour-Mostly the same colours (black, red and white) quite dark.