Photography Composition

Photography Composition

Flat Plans

The flat plan for my magazine front cover incorporates the purple, grey and yellow house colours which I aim to use for my preliminary magazine. The masthead 'We R Young' is large and has an attractive layout which draws the target audience's attention. My magazine is for a college and is aimed at people aged 16 to 18 and so I used bright, eye-catching colours in my text and backgrounds. I chose these colours because they encapsulate what my magazine is about: the purple and yellow are the standard house colour for QE College which is the college that my magazine is aimed at and the grey in my 3 pallet rule colour scheme portrays the feel of simple cool which my target audience relate to. 'We R Young' uses an abbreviation for the word 'are' which is common among teenagers and relates to their interests; by using the word 'we', I ensured that the magazine title includes the audience as though it speaks directly to them.
Above my masthead is the skyline which I used as a banner to advertise that the Freshers Fayre is currently at the college. This gives the reader an idea of the features in the magazine.
I used a large colourful image of coolly posed teenagers (relating to the target audience) to draw appeal. I used the usual waist-upwards camera angle for my image as most magazine covers' photographs follow this camera angle.
My main sell line is large and bold to draw the readers' attention and the smaller, colourful sell lines on the sides show different features in the magazine with a colourful red background behind them which is called a banner.
I also included a bar code and price of the magazine which is an appropriate £3.80 so readers can see the price of the magazine.

The contents page of my magazine also follows the 3 pallet rule and uses purple, grey and yellow as they are the house colours for my magazine. However, three of the images which I used to promote the content of the magazine, use different colours (red, green and blue) because they are advertisements and I intended for these to stand out.
At the bottom of my contents page, I included a section for subscription information which most magazines also have.
My table of contents is the main feature of the contents page which has a list of the titles of pages in the magazine with a column of page numbers. I listed these pages in order of efficiency (library inductions and bus times) to general interest (student association feedback, top ten back to school outfits and a page including information on next week's issue of the magazine).
I used these features to make my contents page both attractive and easy to read as well as making it appeal to my target audience which, in my opinion, I think works quite effectively.

Inspirational Texts

This NME magazine has all of the usual features; a bold masthead with the magazine title below a skyline giving information on the contents of the magazine. The front cover also has a main sell line which is large and stands out with size and colour to grab the reader's attention. Numerous sell lines dotted around the page give additional information on what the magazine contains and a barcode in the bottom right hand corner allows the magazine to be sellable and give the price.
Also, a main image from the waist up (the usual camera angle for main photos on front covers) also catches the reader's attention and gives information on what the contents of the magazine are. Numerous smaller images also do this.

This contents page for NME magazine has the usual masthead with the main title of the contents page and a table of contents below is the main feature of the page which is split into categories. It has the page number and a main image which promotes the content of the magazine. This contents page also has a small box with helpful subscription information and a Band Index which is an A-Z list of bands featured in the magazine.

This front cover for KERRANG! magazine follows the standard structure for most magazine front covers. It has a small skyline giving information on ticket sales above the masthead which is the title of the magazine. As well as numerous sell lines, this magazine front cover incorporates a large main sell line and a large image to show the bands featured in the magazine which is of the band members from the waist upwards and is the standard camera angle for magazine front cover images. The barcode gives sales information at the bottom right hand corner.

This contents page for KERRANG! magazine has the usual page numbers in a table of contents which is split into appropriate categories and a main title which is 'Contents'. It also contains subscription information and numerous images which promote the contents of the magazine instead of one main image. 

Brief; Print

Using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front page of a new school/ college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally, you must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate your grasp of DTP.
Main Task; the front page, contents and double page spread of a new music magazine.
A minimum of four images must be used. All images and graphics must be produced by the candidate.