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1st attemp

This is my first attempt in editing my Front cover in Photoshop. It looks easy but the first time I used this without help from a pro user takes a lot of time to find out  how to use this application . As the time goes by ,I familiarize myself to use this photoshop ,so now I can do what i want to do like putting the text behind the main image like the stereotypical magazine and to blur the background to show and emphasize more  quickness of the main image .

Pitch

Buckets Magazine is a magazine especially made for basketball players , fanatics and enthusiast . For teens , adult and old people . Mostly men are going to buy this magazine because they're more active lifestyle than women but some women are sports fanatics so there are chances that they're going to buy too. The target demography is the ABC1C2 group  and Succeeder which is strong goal orientation, confidence, work ethic, organisation or team work.

The magazine contains the newest information in general basketball world and recognizing the past achievement from some famous basketball players. This covers all things hoop related from NBA , college hoops to old school stories , kicks , streetball and fashion of the game . Buckets magazine brings the audience or readers face-to-face with their favorite players .

Mag Photos

 In this photo , mid long shot angled to show the motion  of the game and to give emphasize  how difficult when your inside the basketball court while competing with other opponents.

This is in a little bit low long angled shot , to show the audience that the player is making a lay up and give more emphasize to his airness or elevation while making the lay up .On the other side , this gives more feelings of joy,glad and happiness to the player who makes the shot .And in this way the audience will feel the same .

This shot is Mid shot to show the after game ethics that their going to take a vow to their opponent to emphasize respect to each other even though they're in different culture but their respect for each other is huge .








After all this battling to each other , I took a high angled master shot to show that even they fight for the ball inside the court they still care and love for each other as brothers . So after the game , they huddle and give thanks to one another and to God for guiding each and everyone  who is playing.

Flat Plans for Front Cover ,Content page, Double spread sheet

Front Cover 

In this front cover flat plan , I draw the usual and very simple type of front cover layout because this type of lay out is very effective and almost all of the magazine uses this layout and to give the basic generic convention of the magazine .

Content Page 

This layout for the content page is very unique and it has three columns that is more on pictures to emphasize every article in the magazine .

Double Spread Sheet

In this DPS ,  I divided into four columns and put a pull quote in the middle of it to give some description for the main top image . And the main image is huge to give emphasize on what's happening in the article and the rest is typical generic codes and convention.

Ideas for Magazine Masthead

Moodboard

It was all a Dream (DPS)

Redemption (DPS)

'SC IN THE HOUSE (DPS)

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Content Page of My School Mag

The content page shows the student for being a student athlete . Featured rosters means the featured articles of the school to show the audience what the school has to offer . In the paint connotes the school and in the basketball ground area is the most protected area which means the school is being protected be the guards.

The main image is a student hanging in the rim of the basketball court to represent that he achieves his dreams and goals .   

Draft of my content page

Institutions

Source Interlink Companies, Inc. is an integrated publishing, media, merchandising, and logistics company. It publishes in print and online magazines; produces radio and television shows; provides content in videos for home entertainment; organizes events to provide engagement and interaction; provides videos and content, such as industry news, interviews, road tests, car reviews, and special events on consumer’s tablets, smartphones, and mobile devices; offers mobile advertising programs; and provides licensing/brand development services through consumer products, radio, television, service licensing, international licensing and content syndication, and promotions. It supplies magazines and books to customers, including mass merchandisers, grocery retailers, C-stores, drug chains, bookstores, club stores, home improvement retailers, and more; offers category management, in-store merchandising, retail display allowance, fixture invoicing, promotion, and planogramming services; produces custom wire fixtures for front-end merchandisers, point-of-purchase (POP) and mainline retail displays; imports and exports periodicals and magazines; operates bookstores; and provides publisher support, including new title launches and title authorizations, distribution allocation and management, expansions for sales opportunities, and promotional planning and execution. It offers creative services, such as advertising design, presentation materials, packaging, Web design, application design, online banner advertising, brochures, photography, video production, POP, posters and banners, licensing concepts, and more. It serves automotive, action sports, marine, home technology, and other markets in the United States and internationally. The company was formerly known as The Source Information Management Company and changed its name to Source Interlink Companies, Inc. in February 2002. Source Interlink Companies, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Bonita Springs, Florida.

Time Inc. is an American New York-based publishing company. It publishes over 90 magazines, most notably its namesake, Time.Other magazines include Sports Illustrated, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Fortune, People, InStyle, Life, Golf Magazine, Southern Living, Essence, This Old House, All You, Real Simple, and Entertainment Weekly. It also owns the UK magazine house Time Inc. UK, whose major titles include What's On TV, NME, Country Life, Marie Claire and InStyle. Time Inc also operates the digital-only titles MyRecipes, TheSnug, and MIMI.

Time Inc. also owns the rights to LIFE, a well-known magazine that has been published in many different formats. Time Inc. currently owns and runs LIFE.com, a website dedicated to news and photography.

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Pictures that I have taken

The first photo is taken from a mid camera angled shot so this represents the equality of each and every students in the world and to show the identity if being a student because he is wearing the school uniform . However he is holding a basketball that connotes he is a student - athlete , and being student athlete is not easy to be with because it takes a lot of discipline , hard work and dedication in both academics and being an athlete .

 

The second picture is the same mid camera angled shot  .However the contrast is about being different from bright and excellent student . This shows that he is a rebel because of his look and the basketball is his only way to escape from his reality . 

My school Front cover Magazine

The masthead is BLUE DRAGONS usually on the top part of the front cover  in a blue colored font and its curved upward that connotes the Dragons are soaring higher than before and it means that the blue dragons represent the students and they are doing the best out of them to soar or to be higher than everyone else in the field of education , sports and other extra curricular activities . It is in old english font to be more formal and the blue is the color theme of the school and it connotes dignity , trust , loyalty , and authority. And it represent the sky where the dragons fly . The sub heading is latin word ,Consectatio Excellentiae, it means to pursuit of excellence in any kind of field .

The Skyline ,SECURE YOUR FUTURE , is the slogan of the school and it is in yellow font to  let the audience be aware of it . Because if you don't secure your future its a big danger for every students . It is in bold capital letters to show how important the  future is .And we must secure it by studying on the right school in Traill Int. School. On the right side of the skyline is the date issue of the magazine to let the audience know what issue they're reading. 

The anchorage text is THE NEW ERA IS RISING , usually placed on the bottom part of the front cover and it means that every year there's another set of generation of student that will come to Traill Int. School and in each and everyone of them will rise in different field either in academics or sports .

It is in blue to violet to be seen clearly be the audience because the background is orange .

The main image is a th form student reading a book that represent the hard work , and being intelligent  of every student of Traill. In deeper text, the student represents himself and the book represent his past events that already happens and he is happily reading it because he did the right choice to study in Traill . And he holds the book to show that he is ready to close it and to move on another chapter of his life . It is in mid camera angled shot to tell the audience that what it feels of being a student in Traill.

The sell lines are placed on the right side where it is usually placed and it is in white text to be seen clearly by the audience and to show some of the articles inside that includes some tips , new places , and interview from a teacher which is mr. Kyi , known for reminding every students about their homeworks ,the most famous teacher in the school .

Codes and Generic Conventions of Front Cover Magazine