Preliminary task front cover analysis - Hollie Fudge.

I think the picture works with this magazine because it is bold and colourful and makes the school clear to see. I have placed the model to the far right side so she is not the main focus.

The font colours are black and white because them colours stand out against there backgrounds. The title is blue for the colour of Brigg Sixth Form and is bold italic to stand out from the rest of the magazine cover.

The model relates to one of the cover stories because she is the girl that gives the advice to people, so I have made her look friendly and approachable so people get the right impression of her straight away.

I named the magazine brogue because it is a play on words with 'Brigg' and the well known magazine 'Vogue'.

I have made the price label blue as well, like the title, so that there are links created on the front cover. I have also put it the number of the issue and the date so people know more about the magazine from there first glance. 

NME Magazine Analysis - Hollie - Music Mag

• Not too much white space
• Young audience
• Punk rock theme
• Contrasting colours
• Bold, clear masthead
• Bold colours
• Youthful tone
• Informal
• Webpage
• Puffs
• Image matches magazine colours
• Banner across top and bottom

Evaluation of what i have learnt so far - Hollie - Music Mag

So far in the course, Hollie and myself have learnt how to use a Mac correctly. We have learnt how to save, upload and work on a Mac, as it is different to a normal desktop computers. 
As well as using the mac in general, we have learnt how to use Adobe PhotoShop, to edit pictures and fonts with good effect.
We have learnt how to add things to the blog correctly, to upload images and text, and to edit the blogs' appearance.
As well as the computer skills, we have also learnt how to use a camera to good effect. We have been taught rules of photographs such as the rule of thirds and horizon. Lighting is also key to a photo, and we have been taught tricks to get lighting on a photo just how we want it. E.g. using a reflector (white card).
Also, we now know that we have to control the photo to how we want; to tell the model how we want them to look and to act, and to create the scene that we want to portray the right message.
Before we started the course, we didn't know how much went into a magazine. We have learnt all of the things that have to be thought about, all of the small details, from the colours, fonts and how the page is laid out.
Together we have learnt that it is not just our opinion on the magazine that matters, but it is our target audience's opinion that really counts. If we take into account their thoughts and point of view, we can give the target audience what they want, leading to a more successful product.