For the front cover of my school magazine I used a mid shot as mid shots fit well onto an A4 page and don't look streched or distorted. Similarly when creating my music magazine I will use a mid shot because of these reasons. As i will have much more time to plan and create my music magazine it will obviously be to a much higher standard with eye catching titles, colours and a relevant main image,

This is the contents for my school magazine, the pictures are poorly placed and are not cut, this is due to my lack of time to prepare the contents. The contents has an 'On The Cover' section as do most magazines. As the audience buy the magazine because of what is on the front cover this section of the contents is perfect for helping them find one of the cover stories quickly and efficiently. When creating my music magazine my contents will also have and 'On The Cover Section' along with some other useful sections for the audience.

Coursework Portfolio

Preliminary Task

As part of the course I have to create two pages of a school/college magazine; the front cover and contents. This rough creation is not marked yet if uncompleted 15 marks will be lost from the course.

Music Magazine

Producing a music magazine is the main and most crucial part of this course. We are expected to create a front cover, contents and a two page spread of an article or feature.

Research will be needed to complete the magazine, for example; which magazines target what audiences, how various magazines use imagery etc.

Planning and creating mock ups of each page will also have to take place to ensure I have created them to my full potential. For instance my first mock up of my front cover may not look exactly as I wished therefore for future reference i will know how not to lay it out.

When happy with my rough/mock ups I will then put each of my rough ideas together to create a music magazine I am happy with. This stage of the construction is when I will be looking at fonts and anchorage and ensuring they capture my desired target audience and many more small details that play a big part in the magazine.

I will then finally evaluate my work and conclude what I personally think I have done right and wrong and also what I think i could have done better to improve my magazine.

The Marks..
Up to 60 marks for the construction and sample pages.

Up to 20 marks for research and planning.

Up to 20 marks for the evaluation.

When i evaluate my product i will have to take in to consideration 7 questions:

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


How does your media product represent particular social groups?

What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

How did you attract or address your audience?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of making this product?

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?