L02: Consent Forms

 

L01: Prelim for college magazine

PreLim for college magazine  

Examples of college based Magazine Front Cover

From the set of examples from the magazine front covers, all of the magazines have a masthead that can be seen from a distance. For example, the mastheads are either in bold, or have a coloured background opposite to the font of the masthead. Also, the front covers all have college students as the main image. This shows just by looking at the image we can tell its for a college. In addition to this, the magazines have the logos of the colleges they go to for the branding of the magazine. The designs of the magazine all follow a house style of colours that are no more than 3 colours. 

What Went Well

What went well for my front cover of the magazine, is that I managed to get the required picture and background needed for my magazine. I also think that the colour scheme used for my magazine matches the UTC colour scheme with the blues and the small parts of green.

What did not go well

What did not go well for me, was I was unable to get a full body shot. However, this is not a major issue as my front cover did not fully rely on it, but it would have been nice to have. 

What did I change?

For version 3 of my magazine, the details changed so far, is that I have deleted the fill in the rectangles, as the colours clashed together meaning the text was difficult to see. Next I have added to the sell line of the magazine. The reason why I made it say "THE LATEST UTC MAGAZINE", was because I want my audience to know that what they are reading about is fresh information, and not something written 4 years ago that does not exist now. 

What could I change to this version 

For my next version, I could try and edit the sell line, maybe reposition it somewhere else in the magazine, and try and more photos to the front cover to try and show what will be covered in the magazine. 

How will I do this?

My main idea to add more photos, is to try and get photos of the equipment around UTC. Maybe more media equipment, as I do media so it would be easier to get more for that. However, I could also get engineering in this magazine too, as I know a lot of engineers in UTC so getting information from then will be very easy, I could also get some quotes from them to add to the magazine. 

InDesign 

InDesign is a desktop publishing program.  InDesign is used to make books and magazines. I will be using InDesign to layout my double page spread, and my contents page. 

Collum Gutter- Spacing where one column starts and ends. 

Slug- It bookmarks the different articles in your magazine. 

Bleed - The allowance you give to your printer to print the pages. 

Tools used today

Rectangle tool- used to create frames to add image and text

Text Tool- Used to create text for the magazine

Drop Shadow- Adds detail to the rectangles or what contents are selected. 

L04:Evidence of editing and review of assets on Photoshop

 

Front Cover Editing For Magazine 

The image being used for the front cover of the magazine, was edited with an inner and outer glow, to make the image stand out more, by giving it a more up to life preset. This will be effective to my audience, as the brighter colours. It also shows that the magazine and the sport snooker it self has life to it.

The Masthead for the magazine is in a shade of light blue, with a red board behind it. The reason why i picked to have the red and blue masthead for the magazine was to have it link to the snooker balls, as most are red, which is why most is filled with red, along with the blue linking to the blue snooker ball. 

The cover image featured on the the front cover of the magazine, features an image that will give us a preview of what is to come on the magazine later on. This done to widen the interest of the reader to make them read further into the magazine. 

The sell line for the magazine is following the colour scheme put out for the magazine by having the green, red and blue. The sell line contains the main contents that will feature what the audience will want the most. 

The Banner of the magazine is also in a lime green to match with the snooker table and the added inner glow. The banner tells us the year the magazine will be produced (2024). The reason why i kept the UK SNOOKER in the middle of the banner the same colour of the masthead is to keep linking words and details back to the colour scheme picked. 

Response of feedback

I will add more contents to the front of the magazines, that will sell the magazine to my audience, I could add a pull line that includes something to do with a rhetorical question related to the impact of women and how their popularity is increasing. Change the colour of the the sell line "Pubs snooker why is it Popular".

 The reason why i have added the the sell line for the rise in women to be in black and red, is because I want it stand out to the rest, as it is something different to what is mostly said around Snooker and Pool. This will increase my chances of women reading the magazine and feeling included.  

What I like about my front cover for the magazine is how I have designed the masthead, as the use of 3D and the stroke really makes a difference on what the masthead could have ended up looking like if I was to not use the 3D tool and the edits done to the masthead. However, what I don't like is the outlines on the sell lines, as it makes it look cheap and not done properly, if I was to use the fill option that could make the  magazine look more professional. 

Double Page Spread

The images here are the latest versions of my front cover, and my dps.  The reason why I changed the colours, was because I believed there was too much green on my front cover and made  it look messy. 

Also, the double page spread will continue to be changed, as I am still not certain on the colours being presented. 

What I like about the latest version of my double page spread is how I have managed to add in the photos that I planned on using, along with the strong bold headline of the double page spread, that stands out to the rest of the double spread as a whole. However, I don't like the use of dark colours I have used for the background, as it could make some people who are reading the magazine, not feel as much joy due to how ere it looks. 

What I like about the contents page on the magazine is the masthead and the background photo. The reason why I like the masthead on the contents page is due to how I have managed to make it looks similar to the masthead on the front cover, and how it just stands out to the rest. The reason why I like the close up of the triangle formation for snooker is due to how the light reflects of the snooker balls along with reflection. However, I do not like the text, as I feel like there is not enough detail on the back, along with the colour of the text as I had no choice but to use white. 

The images here are the different versions of the masthead that was used on each version of the magazine. The images show the start of the masthead and how it improved over time. For example, the first image are both dark colours which people would fail to see from a distance. Compared to my last one, which consists of both light and dark, along with an outline on UK SNOOKER to make it stand out more.

Why is the last one better?

The reason why I picked to add the last masthead, is because the style and editing done on the masthead, is more unique and stands out more than the others. The reason why it stands out, is because the colour brightness on the masthead is in a bright blue colour while having a dark blue outline around it to make the masthead brighter. Also, the rectangle used behind UK SNOOKER, was kept dark red, but was later adapted with a bright red inner glow. This gives the masthead a more modern vibe and creative aspect along with it, which could potentially draw in the audience and influence other future work.

L03- Setting up PhotoShop

 300 resolution is a high quality resolution used for printing in the publishing sector. This resolution means that the final product will not look pixilated at a lower resolution that what is considered standard. This resolution also means the file I'll be using will be lossless. However, the downside of this is that it will take up a lot of file storage. 

Double page spread ideas 

For my double page spread, I will have one of my pages dedicated to being all about a snooker player and his opinions on the sport. This could be a guy who plays it for fun, or someone who plays the sport professionally. Next I could then right about the comment he has stated, and explain how this comment could have an effect on the world of snooker. For example, this could be based on how unpredictable the sport is, or how fun it can be when playing it, along with how much it can mean to the people who watch snooker seeing their country being represented in that sport, to bring a sort of diversity in sports for that country. Also, another idea I could right about on the double page spread, is the increase in women playing the sport. This is because women snooker may not be as popular as the men's snooker, but can be just as competitive and entertaining as the men's snooker. I could also get a snooker fan or snooker player, and get her opinions on how women who play snooker overcome the media backlash and continue to challenge the men's snooker in viewership and range of competitions.

These questions would be good on a double page spread, as I will be able to write down all the responses to the quotes said about the person who is the main focus on the magazine. It also allows me to write it in full detail and write down complete answers, that would interest my audience.

L03:Contact Sheet and evaluation

 Photo Analysis 

With the 7 photos that I have taken I will probably only use 5 of the ones I have currently taken. This is because with some of the photos I have taken the quality is poor, and hides much detail compared to what I have taken on other photos. 

For example, my photo which holds the most quality, is the second photo in black and white. This is because I timed the photo correctly giving me a shutter speed on the cue ball as it was being hit. I will use this photo in a few of my pages, due to how it stands out. Also, the photo I will not be using is the first one I have taken.  This is because the snooker table is too exposed by the light that is above the snooker table.  However, I could edit the photo in an attempt to down the exposer on the picture. 

Another photo that I will use is the last picture that I took. This is because the photo that I had taken is low down to make the snooker que and the balls around it look larger compared to their normal size if I was to take a normal photo. By doing this it gives the main focus of the image more detail as it is close up along with drawing more attention to those in the image. I will use this image as one of my pages, as I could do contents about the inside of snooker due to it being a close up image. 

Overall, I will probably use the other photos in my magazine as it has the right amount of content and detail that I feel is best for the magazine and the contents going on the magazine. 

Unit 3 Content images for magazine

L02: Risk assessments and Recce forms