Joanna McClelland: March 2011

Tuesday 8 March 2011

This is the Deyes High School charter of values. Deyes High school community should undertake and obtain these commands. They include; commitment, enthusiasm, kindness, a forgiving attitude, honesty, co-operation, value& respect all people, trust, fairness, to be responsible for your own actions. This is the schools ideology of what characteristics each student should have to be a better person and role model for each other in the society of school life, not only should they be obtained in school but also outside of school, which means setting a good example for other students and people. Each value is aimed at every student at Deyes High School. This charter of values is important as it has an effect on how students are and how they should be as a person.

College Magazine

My college magazine is for Deyes High. I decided the colours on the front page would be the same colours as the schools uniform, blue and elements of red. For example the background is blue with an outline of red which ties in with the schools colour scheme which makes it look professional. I combined magazine features such as a motto, masthead and captions to go with each image. Changes I made in the final version compared to the mock version was that I decided not to include a specific headline or tagline below the headline as the captions below the images are taglines as well captions and the motto was enough to entice the readers. If I had of put all of those on the front cover, it would have probably been far too cluttered. Less clutter on the front page makes it look more modern and neat which will definitely appeal to both parents and students. I have used captions underneath each picture to explain what the picture is about but to also entice the reader into taking a look into this magazine, these can be seen as taglines as they are explaining stories what are inside the magazine. Unlike the two college magazines I analysed I have kept this front cover not too plain and not too cluttered, keeping it all to one font, using the font called ‘Tahoma’ which is a very classic font. I used features such as bold to make the masthead, motto and taglines all stands out on the page, all this text is as important as each other text. “Care, courtesy and common sense’ is used as the motto which is placed underneath the masthead, this is the official school motto, it tends to stick in your mind as it used a rule of three, so therefore i used this as it is very effective. Both images on this front cover are kept to a equal size underlining each other, this makes it look neat and professional, this is another change I made to my mock up as I decided by using just only two images would make the front cover not look too cluttered and tacky as I wanted to keep it looking professional but yet still rather simple. While taking the images I took into consideration the 2/3’s which is used when shooting medium shots. This is used for the most effective images. I made sure this was perfected as quality images would entice the reader and make the magazine look professional. I have also included the school logo on the top right hand corner which is the offical school logo. On the date line I have also included the word “newsletter".