Code of Conduct

Deyes High School Charter Of Values
  - Commitment
  - Kindness
  - A Forgiving Attitude
  - Value & Respect All People
  - Trust
  - To be resposible for your own actions
  - Enthusiasm
  - Honesty
  - Co-Operation
  - Respect Other Peoples Property
  - Fairness

These are the Charter of Values for our school and apply to my media coursework in a big way.

Front Page Draft

This is a short draft which took ten minutes to make, it is what I possibly want my Front Cover to appear like. It will be much more advanced than this because this is just a basic template. I will improve this template shortly.

Narcissistic Identification

This is a picture of a Rolling Stones magazine with Jay Z on the front cover.

Terminology

Buzz Words: "Wow", "Exclusive", "Free" are all examples of this.

Puffs: Colourful boxes promoting features inside.

House Style: A magazine's distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.

Strap Line: A slogan

Banner: Text which stands out on a coloured background generally at the bottom of the magazine.

Copy: The Main Story in the Magazine

Anchorage Text: The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and vice versa.

Pugs: Placed at the top left and right corners of the paper and are known as the 'ears' of the page. The price of the paper, the logo or a promotion are often positioned there.

Motto: Memorable phrase that is recognisable to a brand

Headline: Catchy Title for the main article

Sell Lines: Text on the front cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience

Caption: Description of the main image

Masthead: Name of the magazine

Lead: The introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.

Drop Capitals: Really big letter that starts off an article

Media Questionnaire

This is my Questionnaire, Please take a minute to fill it out here.

My Chosen Genre

For my chosen genre, I am going to be choosing a wide variety of Acoustic, Pop and Indie. Reason being they are nice chilled, relaxed genres which will work nicely. This is an image of Pixie Lott, an individual who I am basing my project on.

First Blog

My name is Mike. I am studying A Level Media at Deyes High School. Here I will be uploading blogs, updates and videos. These posts and blogs will include a front cover of a music magazine, a contents page and a double page spread of an artist of my choice.
I have also been given a practise task of creating a front cover for a college magazine. Below are the steps I intend to take in producing both of my tasks.
I wilb post drafts of magazines and ideas of artists and examples of genres. I will be using Photshop to help me make sure my magazine outcome is High Quality and looks professional.
I will be using a model of my choice, someone I know to pose for the front page of my Music Magazine. It will all be my idea for example what he/she wears, where the shot is taken, how they stand and what the look like. The model I choose will have to represent the genre I intend to pursue for this peace of coursework.