Magazine Analysis - NME (General 2)

The national readership survey from July 2009 to June 2010 states that 325,000 people read the magazine weekly; this is 0.7% of the total population. 218,000 of these people are from a “white collar” social class such as doctors and teachers. 107,000 people that read NME are from a “blue collar” social class. They would have professions such as a builder or mechanic. 294,000 of the readers are aged 15-44 this is 90.5% of the total readership of NME. Only 31,000 are aged 45+. 241,000 males read the magazine this 74.2% of the readership of NME. Only 84,000 females read the magazine each week.

Final Contents Page

I added in the last bit of text to my contents page and spread it out. This made it look fuller and clearer for the audience to find the section they want easier. I also added a star to my contents page to the "stars in their eyes" section. This made the page look full and added something a bit more interesting to the contents page. I made the main article "here come the girls" bolder so it stands out from the rest and also links to my front page.

First Stage of Contents Page

To begin with my contents page I added a black background, this is because it is a colour that would not clash with anything else. I then used the same font as my front page for the title and the same colour also to show a consistent theme within my magazine. I also placed the school logo in the contents page, this also follows the theme through from the front cover. I placed a blue and yellow rectangle onto the contents page which resemble the school colours. For the information on the contents page I used the same font as I used for the coverlines on the front cover, this also portrays a theme in the magazine. I then edited two pictures and placed them onto the contents page.

Final Design

This is my final piece for my Preliminary Task. I have added a lot more cover lines to my design to make it look very eye catching and interesting. I used the font for my cover lines. This is a serif font and gave the magazine a more proffessional look. I stuck to the colour blue and yellow to match the school badge. I used more yellow than blue in the front cover as it was the November edition so I linked in the colour with the autumn season. As I edited the lighting and contrasting of the picture the writing did not come out very clear in some of the colours. I resulted in putting a shape behind the writing to make it stand out and to make it easier to read. I changed the transparency of the shapes as when they had 100% opacity it was very bold and took the attention away from the main article. I included another picture to the front cover of my magazine to match one of the articles.

First Stage of Front Cover

To begin I edited my picture by adjusting the contrast and brightness to make the picture look sharper. I then added a title name "Wilmo News" in a font named "Allstar". I took the yellow out from the badge of the Wilmington Grammar for Boys logo and used it for the colour in my title. I then added a cover line for my main article. I decided to name it "here come the girls" as the article is going to be about the first year the school has had girls in the sixth form.

Original Picture

Preliminary Exercise

Preliminary exercise: 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.