Survey for School Magazine Results

I asked ten different people to complete my survey about my school magazine I will be creating. I had already designed a few drafts but the point of the survey was to get more ideas on how to make it better and which parts of my draft magazines was already working.

The first question I asked was "Which Masthead do you think is more appropriate for a secondary school magazine?" I showed them three examples to choose from. From my data I have collected I can see that 'Masthead three' was the most popular choice however it only one by one point so therefore if I couldn't corporate into my design I could use 'masthead two'. 'Masthead  One' was clearly the least favorite masthead so therefore I will not be taking that design forward.

The second question I asked was "From the three designs which magazine would you more likely to pick up and want to read?" 'Design One' received three votes whilst 'Design Two' received no votes and therefore 'Design Three' received the remaining seven votes, this shows that 'Design Three' clearly has the best overall appeal and this will help me create my finish design.

For the third question I gave them three different topics to choose from and asked "Which do you think is the best main topic for the magazine?" I also then gave them the option to put forward there own ideas, the ideas I received from that was gossip from around the school. The first magazine headline was '2015 GCSE and A-level results- best results on record?' this headline received 20% of the results which means this option is not popular to take forwards however I could use this as another subject on my magazine cover. The second headline option was 'Out with the old and In with the new' this headline is about the new school building and this headline was the most popular headline option as it received 70% of the vote so consequently I will be using this as my main headline.

When I asked "What should the color scheme be for the school magazine?" 80% of the votes went for the school colors - black and red. The other 20% of the people believed that the colour scheme shouldn't just stick to these colours but it should be more colourful. So for that reason I will be sticking to Plantsbrook school's traditional colours.

For the next question I asked which of the three magazine drafts looked the best, this wasn't about what was on the page but more as where everything was positioned on the front cover. The results for this question was very close and neither of the options really stood out however 'Design two' received the most results out of the three. Due to 'Design Two' not winning by that many votes I will change 'Design Two's' layout a bit differently by using the other results as the masthead and other factors will change and they all need to fit and due to 'Design two's' layout I will need to tweak that design slightly anyway.

The other question I asked was"Do you think the masthead is big/clear enough?" It was only a yes and no option and the results turned out to be yes which means they believed that the masthead was the correct sizing for the magazine cover. As a result I will not need to change the size of the masthead I have used for the drafts on my official school magazine.

The last question asked was "How many sub-headings do you think this magazine needs?" I asked this question because I wanted to see my audiences opinion on how many they thought would be enough without making the page too crowded. 70% of the votes believed three-four subheading would be best suited for my magazine front cover, I think this is a good amount as it will help fill up the page without making it messy and look overcrowded. 

I have created a survey to find out which design ideas to take forward for my official school magazine. Please be helpful and complete my survey to help me make my decision, you can do this by clicking the link below
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NVNFQKN

Magazine covers 2

These are my three magazine designs for my school magazine. I have used different layouts to try and find out which is the best and I've also used different mastheads also to experiment which fits best for the style of magazine I'm going for.

This magazine hasn't stuck to the usual colour scheme (red and black, that I have used on my other magazines) I have used different colours to try and make it more attractive to the audience and to see if my target audience prefers this. This magazine has included a more cartoon type of logo to also see if its more appropriate for my target market group. 

My third design has adopted less colour and more serious design however the design at the moment may look more darker due to the fact the main image isn't in colour- yet. This design uses more simplicity which I think works well as it gives the magazine cover a more classic look overall. The school logo and slogan stands out more due to the darker colours used with the rest of the magazine.

Front Page Layout Ideas

These are five different designs I could use for a front page of an magazine. I've tried different layouts too see what works best for the front cover. 

School magazine front cover layout designs from serenaharper

My magazine design

Camera Practice

These are some ideas I have come up with for my school magazine, I have created a table to organize my photo ideas and what sort of shots and angles I will use for them such as medium close ups or long shot.

Photography Lesson 2

What we've learnt in photography in media so far:

Rules of thirds- 

Cambridgeincolour(.com) says that the rules of thirds is "The rule of thirds states than an image is most pleasing when its subjects or regions are composed along imaginary lines which divide the image into thirds — both vertically and horizontally." The rules of thirds is generally used as a guideline for photographer more so when taking portraits. The rules of thirds allows the photographer to take better photos so they look more balanced and less busy.  

Depth of field-

Miri(.com) says that depth of field is "Depth of field is the amount of distance between the nearest and farthest objects that appear in acceptably sharp focus in a photograph. A preferred selection Depth of field ("DOF") in a focused subject in an image can be quite subjective." The depth of field is good for photographers as they can have what they want in sharpness in an gradual transition. 

Lighting-

There's lots of different types of lighting we can use, lighting is important as it changes the quality of the photo but also can change the way we look at the photo. Some examples of different lighting is soft light, hard light, synthetic lighting etc. 

Visual lead-ins/ Lead-in lines- 

A lead-in line can be any line to take the viewers eye to the image. It draws the viewers eye to the subject in your photo. 

Movement in photographs- 

Movement helps to bring the photo alive. So if the photo is blurry it shows something is happening and brings the movement in the photo alive, 

Model/Subject position-

The position of the model helps tells the story of your image and what it may represent. 

Photography lesson 1

We went around the schools in a team taking different picture of our surroundings. We tried to use lots of different types of shots such as extreme close up and different angles such high-angle. The idea of this was too explore different techniques I can then use when I take my real photo for the magazine.