Camera Shots

In the lesson we were put in pairs and given many different camera shots to go out and take photographs on our own camera to learn the each individual one, and get an understanding of them.

-Extreme close-up, you only see a section of the face

-Long shot, this means you can see the whole body top to bottom

-Big close-up, see the whole face
-Medium long shot, see body from waist upwords
-Close-up, you can see whole face and part of shoulders.

-Very long shot is you can see the whole body plus floor and the full background.

-High angle shot, this is looking down on the person or object

-Low angle, you see the image from looking upwords

-Two shot, this is two people in the image

-Medium close up, you see whole face and full shoulders and chest

-Medium or mid shot, you can see waist upwords plus background

-'Over the shoulder shot' ,name is pretty obvious, the image is taken over somebodys shoulder

-Tilted frame, you can see the image on an angle to the side

Codes and Conventions of Contents pages

In today's lesson we discussed the codes and conventions of single paged contents pages. Here is what we discovered:

-The majority of magazines have an 'editors letter' in each issue, this makes us get to know the person who writes the magazine and gives us an inside look.
-At the bottom of the contents page there will be a website so you can log on and receive more information.
-The titles of each story are in bold so it draws attention
-There are many different sized photographs on the contents page surrounding each different cover line.
-The page numbers by the cover lines are in different colours, this makes them stand out.
-There is also contact information on the contents page so that readers can get in touch if they have any queries
-The page number anchors the story towards the image, this helps us not get too confused about where everything is placed.
-The magazine title is always including on the contents page, this helps to re-inforce the brand.
- Usually in the top right/left corner the date and issue number will be placed.
-Font sizes throughout the contents page stay consistent, this is essential.
-Small writing is usually size 11, in New Times Roman font, because most readers are familiar to this font so it makes it easy to read.
The central image on the contents page relates to the main article on the front cover, and is usually the biggest image on the contents page.
-Features and Regulars are mentioned in the contents page every issue

Codes and Conventions of the Front Cover

Colour schemes must be:  -Simple -Colours mustn't clash -3/4 colours                                      
-The colours that magazines choose, reinforce the brand for example; 'Kerrang' wouldn't use the colour pink because that does not suit the genre of music it represents.
-Same style of fonts use throughout the magazine is very essential.
-The text must not be to close to the image because this might cover this eyes of the central image and this image is very important to have direct address.
-There is also a limited range of fonts that magazines use, most popular for the inside articles is New Times Roman.
-Magazines usually have a plain background so this draws our attention to the information and central images.
-Main font for the magazine title must connote the style of magazine you represent.
-The body language of the central image of whoever if may be must suit the genre. For example; For a pop magazine the person would be very upbeat and happy because that represents their music, but say if it was for a rock magazine the person may be very serious which represents that style of music.

-The type of shot used for the front cover of a magazine is important. For example; if it were a band the shot would have to be a long shot or a medium long shot to make sure you fit the whole band in. But if it were a so artist, you can vary the shot type.