Final Contents Page

What I have learnt whilst doing my blog

Whilst doing my blog I have learnt the skills to create a blog, which has been good because its very different from the usual ways that I would present my work. I've learnt how to use fireworks which has meant that i have been able to create things that i didn't know how to do in the first place. Due to me learning how to do all this it has meant that i am able to use fireworks and create more blogs for out of school use. By completing my Preliminary Activity its meant that i am now able to advance in what else i can learn with my blog and hopefully it will now give me the ability to create more and more work that i wouldn't have been able to do without having learnt how to use fireworks and the blog itself. Overall the blog has been very helpful and has become a very good, easy and quick way of uploading my work online which is helpful when i need to show people other pieces of work. Another thing i have learnt whilst doing my blog is that i have learnt new media terms such as Denotation which has meant that i am able to be more technical in the words i use and the things i say in my work. 

Second Contents Page Draft

Draft 1 of Magazine Contents Page

Contents Page Conventions

Contents Pages need to include the following:

• Simple wording - brief explanations about the pages and what is on them
• Clear - everything that's put onto the contents page needs to be spaced out and clearly written 
• Bold - wording needs to stand out from the other things such as images that are around it 
• Images - needs a main image and then maybe other images around it to show a point
• Information - about certain pages and all this information needs to be well laid out and written 
• Numbers of other pages - when explaining something you need to put on pages numbers to make sure people understand what page you're going too to find out that story 
• Columns- everything laid out in some sort of order 
• None Chronological - put on information about some pages but not all because that can become boring and repetitive just include main stories 
• Font - keep to the font that you have used for the title page because this will become the house style 
• Guidelines/Grids - keeps to an order and a layout that's easy to follow 
• Needs the title of Contents 
• Date of when the magazine was released
• Number of the issue that magazine is
• Sometimes it includes an editors letter where the editor talks about what they enjoyed about the magazine and what they recommend 
• Subscribe place for if you want to start getting and buying the magazine on a weekly or monthly time 

Final Front Cover

Photos for my magazine cover

When planning my photo shoot i made sure that  I had the photo shoot in the school grounds as it could then be shown that i was using the school to use for my ideas and to help develop them even more. In my photo shoot i used myself, Paige Manning and Claire Lewis to help me with taking photos and they also helped model during the photo shoot. I planned to use the building and the rooms we had inside the building to develop my plans and create a basic area for the photos to be taken in. The photo shoot went completely to plan and I ended up with a range of different pictures that were able to be used for the magazine front cover and also for the pictures inside the magazine. 

Rough Layout Of The Magazine