Front cover ideas.

I've started looking on the Internet for sports pictures as I have changed my magazine to a sports themed school. I did this as I feel the pictures I could take would be more interesting and better. Here are some pictures I found on the Internet.

This picture caught my eye because you can easily see what the child is playing and because it is a mid-shot picture and not acted it is more believable. Also the picture quality is very good as you can see where the sun is because the shadows are clear and you can see every detail. I think it would be suitable for a front cover as well because in the middle you have the child playing but all around him there is free space for titles and headings to say what else is in the magazine.

This picture is slightly closer that the one above and I think it looks better as you can see the emotion in the children's faces. Also I like the picture angle as it looks as if you too are in the middle of the game with them. The picture quality is very good as well as you can see every little detail as the lighting has been thought about. I think I could easily use a photo like this in my front cover as you can easily see what is happening and there is just enough space around the main focus of the picture to but titles and headings. If I were to do a picture like this though I would try and get a little more space around the outside so it would be easily to arrange the lettering.

I do not think a picture like this would be suitable for my front cover as it is too plain and there is too much free space around the picture, Also because there is lots of light and dark colours it would be very hard to find a colour to stand out. Also because the picture is landscape it would not fit onto the magazine cover, so I would have to change the picture to portrait if I were to use a picture like this. I also would prefer it in the focus was more on the two players in the middle.

From looking and researching sports pictures I have decided to try and capture pictures of people playing football as you can get good close ups of one or two people or I would get pictures of the whole team playing, I will try taking pictures of both types and see what will look best.

I do not like this for many reasons. First of all the writing on the front cover is very small and not easy to read as it is white on a colourful background. The title itself is very plain but overpowers the cover at the same time it also does not tell us what the magazine is about. The picture is not very good either as it could give the impression of the adult about to hit the boy rather then the photo making us feel like it is a loving pair  

                                                         

 I like some aspects of this, such as the picture being the main focus of the cover and that it is relevant to the magazine. Also the fact that there is so blank spaces on the cover, and everywhere you look there is something to read. One problem I do have with the design is that there are too many colours that clash with each other. Also I think the font should be kept to one or two different ones instead of using lots of different ones as it will be easier to understand.

I like the style of this magazine as the title is big bold and catches your eye. Also the pictures show what the magazine is about and are the centre of the cover. The colours of the font and the font itself is good as it is very easy to read and because there are not lots of colours you can concentrate on one bit without getting distracted with all the colours like in the magazine cover above.

Blog design

At first I thought the design for my blog was good but now I look back I can see that all the colours overpower the actual blog and you cannot read it properly as you keep getting distracted by the colours. Also all the extra links stood out and did not look right.
Hopefully with my new design it is easier to read and understand and all the unnecessary links have been removed. Although it still has colour, I have kept it to only a few and not lots of colours so the interest is more on the blog itself and not the background/picture.

School – Lillie School for Girls.
Built in the 1960’s.
Around 600 pupils.
Used to be a house but turned into a school, including all the servants quarters.
There is one main part of the school which most subjects take place, then there are several smaller buildings around.


Target Audience – Teenage girls and there parents


Type of school – sports academy


Location – East London

First Media lesson ever.

Today I had my first Media lesson, at first it sounded as though it would be an easy lesson to do. But after the first 10 minutes I found out it was going to be a lot of work and at some times hard. Even though it may be hard it sounds as though it will be good fun to do and I will learn lots of new things. As I was making my Blog I found it very interesting to change the layout to see what works the best and which colours go well together. I'm looking forward to making magazines and taking photos in the next few lessons.