Preliminary Task: School magazine

Date line/Issue number – It is important to include the date or the issue number on a magazine so that the readers know that they have the latest issue and tat the information is up to date.

Instead of using a school logo they used the name second name of the school which is ‘Douglass’ which gives it a very modern and fashionable feel to it

The main image used successful to create an eye contact with the audience and to also create a relationship with the reader to entice them

The different use of colours represents the genre, very light colours blend well with the background to make it look more appeling

Strap/sell line – This is important to include as it is generally the unique selling point of the magazine, and so the line that people read and is aids their decision on whether to buy/take the magazine or not.

The font used is very professional with the magazine, it suits the genre.

Target Audience Research• This type of research is

very important with my work, this is because you need certain characteristics that will be specific to my needs, the information that I will be collecting will very valuable information. With every vote I get, I will be applying it into a tally chart. Therefore I will need this information to be correct because it will be important to my research. Moreover this information needs to be reliable so that I can imply the knowledge onto my final piece.

THINGS INCLUDED IN A SCHOOL MAGAZINE

TALLY Chart

Student achievements ||||

Key events coming up relate to school ||||

Pictures of the school and surrounding |||

Information about the school and how it can be improved

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School contact details and school updates

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Key events from the past and future events to look forward to

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Pictures of students within the school |||

AS Media Studies Preliminary Task – School Magazine Front Page Proposal Form

Target audience: (age range, interests)Although it is a school newsletter you still have to think about your audience and how to appeal to them.

The audience will range from 11-18 years old, being the students of the school as well as potential students. However, the magazine would also be suitable for the parents to read in order for them to have more information about the school and what’s going on at the school. However, the students of the school are a priority. In order to appeal to this range of audience, the magazine should include colourful images and not be mainly text based as it can easily becoming boring to the eye and thus my target audience wouldn’t be interested in reading the magazine.

Possible title ideas: (masthead / title block)What is your magazine going to be called?

PriorytyPriory Dialogue

Main image:What will be the focal point of your front page, remember, your work “must include a photograph of a student in a medium close-up”

Close up of a student working make sure that the picture is relating to the genre of the magazineMake sure that the colour scheme is well contrasted to the picture so it makes it look attractive

Main cover line:What will be the main story?

Previous exam results, GCSE and A 'Level tips on how to get good a levels interviews with staff talking about tips in how to achieve the grade you wantCurrent topics that are trending in school

Additional key images:What other images will be on your front cover?Remember, it is a school magazine.

Students celebrating their resultsPictures of the head boy and head girl

Additional cover lines:Other features, stories or selling points which will be inside the magazine, these need to be audience appropriate.

Priory is the priority some topics that are necessary to link to the work

Typography: (style, size, colour of copy)Think about the writing and the style of the writing on your front page.

size 14 for general text30 for mastheadSize 18 for main stories and secondary stories

Background colour/image:What will be in the background, remember you don’t want to take the focus away from the main image.

Background will be white or the background of a classroom that the student is working in to show the school environment

Technical considerations:(equipment, setting, props, costume, lighting)Be realistic and creative, think about what you have access to and how you could use it.

Props I may include are a text book, table, pen and an exercise book for the main cover, to show that the student is working, and pieces of paper for the photo of students with their results.Lighting will be natural, people included will be in sixth form attire. The setting will vary from being in a classroom to being outside to show a variety of the school.

Mastheadmasthead

MAIN IMAGE

COVER

Banner

Article

article

Front Cover:

Context page:

Crop: The use of the crop can alter my image so that it’s the perfect size for a magazine cover picture. This is very important because the cover picture a magazine needs to have a specific size, so by using the crop tool I can alter the size of the image to use what I need to create the title page.

To make it more in depth, I used the size 315 x 685 on my cover. This size is perfect for my cover page magazine, this is what I will be using to enure that I have the correct size

Font: The use of the font is essential of the front of the magazine, this is because the colours, image and writing is the first thing people see. This will determine whether people will want to pick up the magazine and take it. I used a very sophisticated title font to show the opulence of the magazine, this will make people believe that my magazine is relevant and therefore read more inside. The colours I believe are very important for the front cover, this is because they determine the sort of genre your trying to achieve. I used the colour blue to match the colour scheme of Bishop Douglass.

I also used various tools to make the cover look appealing, I used the fade tool to make my title seem to fade which adds a lot of effects.