AICE Media Studies

It was every day, the bullying, the constant questions, “Are you anorexic? Are you starving yourself? Do you even eat?” Niyah felt helpless, she couldn’t help the fact that she was skinny. She knew she was underweight, but she didn’t think it would impact her confidence this much.   The kids were malicious, they would ask the same questions knowing the answer to them. Yes, she did eat. No, she did not have an eating disorder.    Through all of this, she felt so many emotions, but all she could express was anger. It was hard on her, and all she wanted to do was feel normal.   Niyah Goodwin  started working out at the beginning of high school to boost her confidence and get that body she was always aiming for.  Working out 5 days out of the week and making sure to  not overwork herself, her journey to fitness became a lifestyle.    “W hen I was in middle school, I would always get bull ied  for being skinny. It really sta...

I ended up changing the spacing, the picture, and the color of the word 'Table of Content'. This is the final content page. 

This is the draft of the table of content page. Some things I will fix is the lettering space because they look to cluttered. I also might want to change the picture to a different one. However, every thing else I would keep the same.

For the content page shots, I wanted pictures of the model in her fitness element. In the midst of the workout. These were the pictures that best gave that look

This was the process of creating the cover page layout. I included topics that I know will appeal to the public eye and what some people might find interesting. I also asked classmates what topics will appeal to them from a fitness magazine.

What made you start working out? "when I was in middle school, I would always get bully for being skinny. It really started to get to my mental health and I wanted to do something about it, so that is when I made the decision of working out." How do you stay consistent? "Staying hard is not as easy as it looks, especially when you have hit a plateau with your body. The thing that works best for me is looking at the bigger picture and constantly thinking about where I want to be with my body. Every so often, I place goals to reach, whether it is to lift heavier or run longer." What type of workout you started doing?  "When I first started working out, I did not what I was doing. So I would do workouts at my home and at my local park. I would jog for 10 minutes as a warm up and then do crunches, squats, lunges, and push ups with no weights till my body got used to it."  Did working out ever feel like a chore? If yes, how did you overcome that f...