As media lesson- front cover and contents page Layout

In this lesson I have been told to create three names for the magazine that I am going to be making for the preliminary task.These are the names that I have thought of so far;
School  Life - I chose this name for my magazine because quite a lot of students can relate what the title is representing.
Detention- I chose this name for the magazine that i am going to create because students like my self  has suffered the lost of break and lunch time from this.
AHS Sports- I chose this name because it sounds interesting.
 I was then given a task were I have to create three drafts with different names for my magazine.

For the first draft that I have created I have placed the title so it will be easy for the reader to identify what the brand the magazine is. I have positioned the cover story underneath the title making it easier for the reader identify what is the main attraction.I decided to place the barcode on the front of the magazine to make it easier for the buyer to scan it  when it is being purchased. I have placed the background image behind all of the text that is being used on the magazine. I have placed the contents heading all around the magazine to make it obvious to the reader what will be included in the magazine.

For the second draft  that I have created I have placed the title at the bottom of the magazine so that the title will not cover the models face. I have positioned the  cover story at the top of the of magazine to make it easier for the reader to identify what the main feature of the magazine will be. I placed the content heading below the cover story to make it easy to identify what will be included in the magazine. The background image will be behind all the text that will used. 

Photography lesson (media)

In today's lesson, three students from our class delivered a presentation to the class about photography that would help us take better images for my school magazine. 
They showed us different types of photographs that could be used.

OVEREXPOSED
Overexposed is when a image has too much light resulting in the image being unclear.
In the image that I have provided you can see that there is too much light in picture making there faces seem less detailed.
 I will not be using this technique because it will make the image that I am using look unclear.
This is also unsuitable for the type of magazine that I will making because it will look unrealistic.



    UNDEREXPOSED 
Underexposed is when a image has very little light.
 From the example of a underexposed image you can see that the woman's facial features are unclear. 
This image also looks dull which is not the type of image students would like to see on the front of a school magazine. 
This technique is unsuitable for the magazine that I will be creating.

          


DEPTH OF FIELD  
Depth of field is when the closest object towards the camera lens is in focus and the background is blurred. This technique is suitable for a school magazine because it will make the magazine look more modern and may appeal more to younger students. This is the type of image that I will looking to use but without the leaf. 
This image will make my magazine front cover look professional and eye catching.

UNFOCUSED

A unfocused image is something I would want to avoid because it makes the image unclear and looks unprofessional. 
As you can see from the image that I have used as an example it is very hard to see his facial features in detail making it very hard for the audiences to interact with image. 
This is the of image that I would not want to use in my front cover.
 It is unsuitable and very unclear.


FOCUS
 A focus image is when the image that is taken is clear allows the viewer to easily identify what is in the image. This is a suitable image to use because it  shows the woman's facial features in detail and it looks realistic. 
This is the ideal image to be used in my front cover for my magazine.

After learning most of the theory that is needed to take fantastic images I had to apply that to the images that I took during the lesson.

As you can see from the pictures that I have taken, I have used several techniques such as focus and unfocused I realized that taking the image at a higher height than he is standing creates a better effect than taking the image at the same height as him.

I have taken photos of one student in our class, from the information that I gained I was able to change the shutter speed. 
By changing the shutter speed I was able to allow more light into the picture.