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Magazine Project
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Magazine Project - Introduction
What are your favourite magazines?
Write the names on the brainstorm below.
Favourite magazines
Favourite magazines
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Magazines cover a huge range of topics, and their range is expanding all the time.
Just twenty years ago, there were no magazines specifically aimed at men. Now there are many, for instance GQ, Loaded, and so on.
On the next slide you will find another brainstorm, this time on the different subjects that magazines cover. Three ideas have been given for you. See how many more topics you can think of.
Magazine topics
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Magazine topics
Gardening
Home Decorating (DIY)
Men’s Interest
Magazine topics
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Who are they? What are their interests?
What age and gender are they likely to be?
How much will readers will pay for the magazine?
Which advertisers will be interested in the magazine?
Target audience
Before they bring out a new magazine, the publishers have to think about their possible readers, their target audience:
On the next slide, you will find an example front cover of a magazine. Who do you think the target audience is?
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Talk of the Tyne
Newcastle - The Fan’s Story
Shearer Exclusive
£1.50
Newcastle 2000
August 2000
Target audience
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Target audience – questions
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Beautiful Brides£3
Beautiful Bridesmaids
Honeymoon Competition !
Bride of the Month
August 2004
Best Bouquets
Beautiful Brides
Contents
3 Interview - Bride of the Month We talk exclusively to Catherine Jones, our ‘Bride of the Month’ and her new husband John.
10 Beautiful Bridesmaids Read our feature on bridesmaid fashion
15 Beautiful Bouquets Let us help you pick that perfect
posy !
25 Honeymoon Competition Your chance to win a honeymoon in romantic Portugal!
33 Letters Page42 Problem Page
The Front Page
Here is the front cover and contents page of a magazine called Beautiful Brides.
The Contents Page
The front cover and contents page
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The front cover and contents page
The front cover
This should be eye catching and colourful, because it is the first thing that people will see when they are interested in buying a magazine. It will also give brief information about what is inside.
The contents page
This should also give clear information about what is in the magazine, and may include page numbers, short descriptions of articles and small photos.
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Example front cover
Title of the magazine
Some of the contents of the magazine
Is there anything missing from this cover?
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Add a Title ...
Add a Price ...
Add a Date ...
Add details of some of the articles ...
Creating a front cover
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When you are writing your interview, you could include:
the interviewee’s name, age, interests, job comments from the interview a picture of the interviewee, with caption.
When you create your own magazine, you might like to make up some interviews with famous people.
Writing an interview
Interviews: Magazines will often feature interviews with famous people, celebrities that their readers would be interested in hearing more about. Interviews might also be with ‘ordinary people’ who are connected to the topic of the magazine.
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Feature articles might contain quite a lot of pictures, along with the writing that accompanies them.
When you create your own magazine, you could include features on many different aspects of your topic. For instance, if you are creating a pop magazine, you could include a feature on boy bands.
Feature Articles: These articles give more general information about subjects related to the topic of the magazine.
Writing a feature article
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Competitions: Competitions encourage people to buy a magazine. The prize is usually connected to the subject that the magazine is about. For instance, a gardening magazine might feature a competition where readers can win a set of gardening equipment.
Adverts: Adverts in a magazine could be connected to its subject, or could be more general, for instance in a women’s interest magazine you might find adverts for perfume and cosmetics.
Competitions and advertisements
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On the next slide you will find a competition from the example magazine Beautiful Brides. Notice how the competition is for a honeymoon, a subject that brides-to-be will be interested in! The competition includes:
a fantastic sounding prize
details and pictures of the prize holiday
a competition question
details of how to enter, including the closing date.
When you create your own magazine, you might like to include some made up competitions of your own.
Creating a competition
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WIN!!!
A Honeymoon in Romantic Portugal!
Don’t miss your chance to win a fantastic holiday for two in sun kissed Portugal. You could be sunning yourself on golden beaches, or touring the historical capital city. Answer the question below to win this wonderful prize.
Question:What is the capital of Portugal?
Closing date: 1st September 2004Send your entries to: “Beautiful Bride” Magazine, 17 Smith Street, London W1
Enticing headline
Details of the prize
Competition question
Pictures of the prize
Closing date and entry details
Creating a competition
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On the next slide you will find an advert from our example magazine. The advert is linked to the subject of the magazine, as it is for a special wedding list service. Here are some points to note when creating an advertisement:
it should be visually attractive
it should make the product or service sound great
it should give details of the product or service
it should not contain too much information.
Competitions and AdvertsCreating an advertisement
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Wedding Presents causing you a headache?
Solve all your problems with
WWW.WEDDINGLIST.COM
E-mail us your list and we’ll do the rest!
Competitions and Adverts
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Now it’s your turn to create a competition or advert. Here’s a chance for the class to create a magazine piece together, before you work on your own.
On the next slide you’ll find a picture of a tropical island. Your job is to add text to this advert in order to persuade readers to want to go there on holiday.
Creating your own advertisement
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Letters Page: The letters page is the chance for readers to have their say and to comment on topics of interest to them that have featured in the magazine.
Problem Page: On the problem page, readers can write in with their problems, and get an answer from the magazine’s agony ‘aunt’ or ‘uncle’. In some magazines, these may be personal problems, in others they could be related to the topic of the magazine.
Letters and problem pages
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Letters and problem pages
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“Beautiful Brides”
Problem Page
Agony Aunt Julia solves your problems!
Dear Julia,I just don’t know what to do! I’m getting married in a month’s time to this wonderful guy. The problem is, I think I’ve fallen in love with somebody else! What should I do?Yours desperately,A Reader
Dear Reader,This is a classic example of pre-wedding nerves. Don’t forget, you’re probably stressed with all the preparations for your wedding. Don’t let the nerves get the better of you. Stick with your ‘wonderful guy’!Auntie Julia
COLD FEET
Letters and Problem PagesExample of a problem page
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On the next slide you’ll find two letters to an agony aunt/uncle who works for a teenage magazine. You are going to play the part of the agony aunt/uncle. Give a suitable answer for each of the problems that you have been sent.
Letters and Problem PagesCreating your own problem page
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Dear Agony Aunt,Please help me! I am a huge fan of the boy
band 3T. I go to all their concerts and follow them around. My mum wants to stop
me doing this. She says it is interfering with my school work. But I love 3T. What
should I do?Yours in desperation,
TeenMag Fan
Dear Agony Uncle,I need your help. I really fancy this girl in my class but she doesn’t seem to notice
me. What should I do? Should I ask her out and risk her turning me down?
Yours hopefully,Sam from Swindon
Creating your own problem page
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Creating your own magazine
Now you are ready to create your own magazine.
Here are some things that you will need to decide:
Try to find as many examples of similar magazines as you can to help you.
Don’t forget to include a front cover, contents page, articles, advertisements and letters!
the topic of your magazine the target audience of your magazine some possible titles for your magazine how much your magazine should cost.