I am pleased with my front cover as it has met the aims that I set for myself, I also think it looks quite appealing for a school magazine front cover. To improve it I would use more colours on the front page but, the colours on the background image contrasted with the colours I tried. This is why I used the white boxes behind the red writing; so it stood out from the background colours. However, I don't think it looks too bad on the front cover.
For the contents page I just made a layout of where I would place the different aspects of the page. I think the contents page is effective as it would let the readers know where different articles are in the magazine and it isn't informal or formal. If I were to do it again I would maybe fill in the white spaces left on the page but, in general I think it fits its purpose and looks good for a school magazine.
I am fairly confident when using DTP software but i need to improve my skills on photo editing programmes as I am not familiar with them at all.
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Friday, 15 October 2010
Front Cover
This is the front cover for my magazine.
I chose to set out my magazine in this way as it is the conventional way of laying out a front page. However, I also thought it looked informal and was a useful way of getting lots of tag lines on the front page. I liked the idea of the banner at the bottom of the page, I added a competition in there as it stood out and it could change each week or month; it could change to a freebie or an exclusive interview. The masthead stands out against the background well and I used this font as I thought it looked young and conveyed the young audience. I put the white boxes behind the red writing to make it stand out against the background because there were a lot of colours on the image used.
I chose to set out my magazine in this way as it is the conventional way of laying out a front page. However, I also thought it looked informal and was a useful way of getting lots of tag lines on the front page. I liked the idea of the banner at the bottom of the page, I added a competition in there as it stood out and it could change each week or month; it could change to a freebie or an exclusive interview. The masthead stands out against the background well and I used this font as I thought it looked young and conveyed the young audience. I put the white boxes behind the red writing to make it stand out against the background because there were a lot of colours on the image used.
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Planning of School Magazine
I have yet to compse the front cover of the school magazine I am producing but, I have composed the plan for my contents page.
I chose to do my contents page in this style and layout because I didn't want it to look too cluttered. As it was for a school magazine I wanted the students to be able to look at it and find exactly want they wanted straight away. However, I didn't want it to be too formal as I wanted the students to feel confortable whilst reading the magazine so, I added some images and an editorial piece to make it slightly informal and more chatty.
I wanted the masthead to be a large image on the page just to reinforce the name of the magazine and, I added the competition at the bottom of the page so it would remind the readers and maybe make them more interested in it.
I chose to do my contents page in this style and layout because I didn't want it to look too cluttered. As it was for a school magazine I wanted the students to be able to look at it and find exactly want they wanted straight away. However, I didn't want it to be too formal as I wanted the students to feel confortable whilst reading the magazine so, I added some images and an editorial piece to make it slightly informal and more chatty.
I wanted the masthead to be a large image on the page just to reinforce the name of the magazine and, I added the competition at the bottom of the page so it would remind the readers and maybe make them more interested in it.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Evaluation of Results
I have decided on some things for my magazine but, some things i am still considering.
I have made my final decisions on:
I have made my final decisions on:
- Audience - My audience is going to be students who are going into sixth form and will be in the first year of sixth form. I'm not doing it for year 13 as well as they have other things to be thinking about such as university, also they have been in sixthform for a year so they should know the system pretty well.
- What will be included in the magazine - 1. A section for sixthformers to have their own letters, experiences or articles in the magazine. 2. A 'What's new' section for all new aspects to the school can be written in the magazine or, new oppotunities for the students can be put in the magazine. 3. A list of term dates as sixthformers don't reciece a homework diary with all the term dates in it.
- The infomration that the students would most like to see in the magazine are - 1. The amount of work expected from you in sixth form. I thought that this could be done by either a student explaining their experience or, interview with teachers to see what they expect of you. 2. How subjects differ from GCSE's. This could be done by maybe including some course content or, an article from a student. 3. General advice on being in sixth form. This could come in many forms such as, a check list to make sure they're doing everything they can. Or, some advice on how to keep on top of the amount of work, etc. 4. The benefits of sixthform.
- To introduce a new student to the sixthform some pupils suggested having information on the variety of subjects, variety of techers (could have some profiles of the head of each department) and extracirricular activities.
- I have chosen to make my magazine a mixture of academic and informal, the majority of the students who answered the questionnaire agreed with it being a bit of both. I think this would be best as it is a school magazine so, it should include some information about school. There are plenty of magazine that students can buy out of school that provide them with a wider variety of information.
- In the questionnaire, the majority of students said they would like a magazine every month. I thought this would be ideal however, after i thought about it, i thought that two weeks would be better for updating students on events. But, as the majority of students didn't want to pay for the magazine i think monthly would be suitable for porduction time. If students were willing to pay it might be different as they would getting money to produce it.
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