Basics of Photoshop

Mise en scene and location ideas

My initial thoughts on the location was to use my colleges campus as my setting for the front cover of the final product, so I decided that I would use a blue wall at the entrance on campus as the background for it as I was not that comfortable with using a busy background to show the codes and conventions for this type of magazine. Instead I used one prop a casual costume and colours to create the connotations and denotations that the audience would expect to see on a conventional college magazine.

I decided that my main image should be wearing casual clothes because it is conventional for a subject on a college magazine to be wearing everyday clothes as the connotations that we link to college is that the environment is less strict and to show independance.






I used the back pack prop to show the link to college and education as most people carry one round when they are carrying documents, pens and other utencils for college life.

Camera framings

 Extreme close up

 Close up

 Medium close up

 Long shot

 High angle

 Low angle

 Two shot

 Image framed to the left 

Image framed to the right

Central image

Feature story ideas

1. Nus cards available on campus now!
2. Clubs and societies you can join to inside this issue
3. Bus timetable and routes for college students
4. Success stories from former students
5. Support is here to help those with any extra requirements
6. A survival guide to college life
7. Food for thought
8. 10 best ways to keep on top of things
9. How the new students are finding college life so far
10. Trips abroad with college

Colour scheme

Name ideas

1. On campus
2. The agenda
3. Aspire
4. Youth central
5. College life
6. Education central
7. The News Crew
8. Trends of today
9. The Edu Copy
10. Youth pulse
11. Inspire
12. College pulse
13. The College Knowledge
14. The College Chronicles
15. The College Bulletin
16. The College Courier
17. The Updater
18. Reality Bytes
19. The News Crew
20. College Calls

Mood board