Unit 3 - How to write a magazine article

• To write a good magazine article, you should focus on generating strong article ideas and crafting and revising the article with a good attention to detail.
• Find some different types of double page spread for your blog
• Look at structure of the different types - number of questions, paragraphs, work count, size etc.

1. Generating ideas - 

• Analyse publications you enjoy reading
• Consider recent trends or topics you talked about with a friend or peer
• Look up upcoming events in your area
• Consider what other writers are publishing 
• Think of a new angle on a familiar topic.

2. Crafting the article-

• Research your article idea using sources like books and published texts
• Locate individuals who could be good sources
• Interview your sources
• Transcribe your inters (type up your notes for the interview)
• Create and article outline (plan)
• Use a hook line first
• Weave in quotes from experts or reliable sources
• End on a strong concluding statement that illuminates or expands on your article topic.

3. Revising the article - 

• Discuss the article with your editor (Ms Frost. Ms Eyres)
• Apply editor and peer feedback to the article
• Revise the article for flow and structure
• Turn in the revised article by the deadline.

These are some different types of double page spread

The Rita Ora double page spread word count: 443 words

 

Unit 3 - Fonts & graphics

• Font is key to conveying a theme or tone.
• Fonts can be emotive.
• Graphic features - iconography that helps to create a them

Different kind of emotions/themes for texts:

• Loneliness
• Sadness
• Gothic
• Future
• Romance
• Fun 
• Scared
• Traditional 
• Exciting
• Angry
• Danger
• Technology
• Holiday 
• Christmas
• Death

Unit 3 - Contact sheet

I created my own contact sheet however cannot find where i saved it, so have taken this one from the internet, which was found on slide share.

Unit 3 - Front cover and Double page spread analysis

Unit 3 - Magazine cover prep

Unit 3 - Magazine front cover codes and conventions

Codes and conventions
Systems of signs, which create meaning. Codes are visual/audio, conventions group together to make a genre.
i.e. eerie music builds tension and creates suspense which link to a specific genre.

Codes and conventions of a magazine -

Masthead - At the top, largest text on the magazine, usually the title of the magazine. Colour of the masthead should match the colour scheme.

Fonts - Serif and San serif fonts. Serif is when the font has curly parts and extras attached to it. Sans serif is the text without the curly bits. Newspapers and books use serif fonts because they are more serious and are usually more old school and traditional. San serif is more modern and contemporary and more in your face and active. There is also 'type face' which is the extras on a font such as bold, rounded, condensed, aerial, underlined and italics. Colour of the font always has to be eye catching and stand out. It also has to match the colour scheme.

Colour scheme - Always think about how many colours there are on the front cover. Usually there are max 3 to 4 colours on the magazine. The fonts match the colour scheme along with the main image. The combination of colours is what gives the audience the feeling.

Slogan - The little bit that tells us a bit more about the magazine. Is usually memorable or is a pun.

Cover lines, By lines and feature article - The by line is when they talk about the person who wrote the article. A cover line is a line on the cover of the magazine that tells you what the story is about inside. It is usually a hook that is to bring the readers/audience in.

Iconography - the images on the magazine that represent and show what the genre is.

Main image - Is usually a picture of the person who is featured in the main article. The main image is always eye catching and big.

Z pattern - The way the audience and people look at the magazine. We naturally look at the magazine in the shape of a Z. From top left to top right making our way down the front of the magazine in a Z shape. Look what is inside the Z. Most important things are on the Z.

Puffs - Extra boxes, clouds, circles on the magazine cover. It is a graphic feature on the front with writing inside.

Skyline/strapline - Line at the very top of the magazine

Extras on the front cover-

Barcode

Issue date

Publisher

Date

Website

Unit 3 - Risk Assessment

RISK ASSESSMENT 

NAME OF ADRESS OF ASSESOR: Hannah Jade Star

Location Address: JCoSS (Jewish community secondary school) Castle wood road, New Barnet EN4 9GE

Date of assessment: Tuesday 31st January 2017

Risk description
Water - People spilling water and not cleaning it up, causing someone to slip
Severity - (4/5)
Prevention of risk - Make sure the school has 'wet floor' signs. Making sure that someone cleans up the water as soon as it is split.

Heights/stairs - Walking on the bridge, people throwing things off of the bridge
Severity - 2/5
Prevention of risk - Having teachers standing on the bridge making sure that no body throws things off

Public - People walking around the heart space causing it to be busy and can create traffic. Also having visitors in the heart space and working people e.g. people from the offices.
Severity - 3/5
Prevention of risk: Making sure that the one-way system is in place to stop any kind of traffic. Having a visitors and waiting area so that they are not in the way of any traffic. Making sure that the people who work in the offices stay in the offices until the heart space is cleared.

Electricity and equipment - Big grey poles in actors way. Wires on the floor. Making sure that all equipment is set up properly. E.g. posters stay on the walls and do not fall off. All props are stable and do not move. Lighting equipment is set up and stable.
Severity - 4/5
Prevention of risk - Checking that all lighting and all equipment is set up properly. Making sure the floor is clean by having it checked before any one is on set.

Unit 3 - An introduction to photography

Composition 

http://www.digicamhelp.com/taking-photos/advanced-techniques

What makes a good photograph?
Photographs that stand out from the crowd usually have three elements in common:

• Good subject
• Good lighting
• Good composition 

What follows are principles of composition that explain some of the ways photographers and artists have composed images through the centuries.


Rule of thirds
Centre of interest: A photograph should have a strong focal point. Determine what it is before composing your photo
Simplicity: Keep compositions simple, avoiding busy background that distracts from a subject
Subject off centre: Place a subject slightly off-centre rather than in the middle of a photo.

• Divide your frame into 9 equal parts by creating a grid that is composed of both horizontal and vertical lines.
• Place the key feature of your shot at any of the four points where the lines of the grid converge. 
• Some digital cameras come with an option to place a grid over the LCD view which helps with your composition skills.

Leading lines 
If a scene has strong lines, make sure the lines lead the eye into the frame rather than out of it. The lines should lead to the main point of interest.

Viewpoint and angles
Vary angles: Shoot at varying angles to capture a subject from a different viewpoint. Move the camera higher or lower than you usually do. For a dramatic effect, take some photos from a birds-eye (looking down) or worms eyes view (looking up)

Lighting

• Dramatic lighting adds interest to a photo

Silhouettes: Subject made dark by photographing it against a light background (back lighting).

Framing:
Framing a subject by zooming or moving closer draws attention to it.

Symmetry:
An identical or near-identical image of its other half. Use of symmetry often provides a formal balance.


TASK - 

• You are to create a 20 image contact sheet.
• Your images can be in any style you wish (portrait, landscape) 
• They do, however, need to focus on one setting.