Text Layout

This is a magazine aimed at my target audience.
On this magazine, I like the layout of the text and picture. The big medium shot of Cheryl Cole is placed in the middle of the page and shows that she is the main article of this magazine and with a big text saying 'CELEB EXCLUSIVES' which is eye-catching and informative. For my magazine cover I am going to take the approach of putting text under the texts but still show the face of the model. The heading is very big and bold with a block colour of purple which is bright and stands out and when the title goes over the purple background the 'M' is white. This gives it and edgy and quirky look for the target auidence which is for teenage girls. I also like that on the other side of the main article is other articles that will be shown in the magazine so the reader knows what they will be reading. Also instead of purple I will use a block colour like blue or red to make the cover stand out.

Magazine Name

I have decided to call my magazine '6ixthFun' because it immediatley shows the reader who it is aimed at as it is for sixth form students. With using a 6 instead of an S it puts an edgy fun twist on the word sixth which will show that the magazine is interesting to read.

Cover Stories

To see what my target audience would like in the magazine by conducting a survey to see what they would like to read. Im expecting they would like to have a magazines with articles about fashion, TV, music, films and food. Maybe even ideas about Christmas presents and events occuring the holiday term. I have not made the articles school based because I dont think girls would wnat to read the magazine if it is all about lessons and school events. My cover is going to be based on one article which will be about Christmas.
My front cover could include a medium shot photo of a student wearing a festive hat or include Christmas decorations; keeping up with the Christmas theme. Also, my cover could include information about what articles are featured in the magazine so the reader knows exactly what theyll be reading.

Target Audience

I am going to interpret this brief as a magazine where the target audience is the 6th form at Wilmington Grammar School for Girls (16-18 year olds) because it is a very small and easy age group to make a magazine. It will also be based for girls as it is for an all girls school. I will publish it at the start of December so it will be on time for Christmas. I will use articles based on what girls my age are interested so I will be asking what girls in my 6th form are interested in. These resulted in articles about fashion, music, films and exam tips.

Research on School Magazines

I have looked on google to find different front covers of school magazines.

This is a very typical school magazine. It seems to be a very simple cover with one block colour of blue, minimal text and very few pictures. It clearly states the name of the school and the year the magazine was produced in and a big picture of the schools logo. The pictures include the front of the school building and pupils at the school. This is a very plain cover as it has hardly any information about what the articles the magazine includes and has little text or pictures which I do not like as it leaves lots of blank spaces. I do like how the background cover is a very bright and clear colour so it would be very eye catching against other magazines.

The next magazine has a very different style to the first one. The title of the magazine is not the schools name but 'High Profile'. There is a medium shot of a girl smiling wearing a helmet which shows she is obviously doing some sort of sporting or climbing activity which would be part of the schools program. This gives the reader an idea of what the magazine articles are based on. It seems to be less formal than the first magazine as there is a sub title saying 'All Aboard' but also shows more information about what will be included in the magazine. I do like the layout the cover is set out with the text and image.

These next two magazines are from the same school. Both magazines have a different theme and this could show that the magazine has a new theme for articles weekly/monthly. It has used the same layout for each magazine but a different sub-heading. It shows a medium close up of a student which suggests the main article is based on an interview with them talking about their favourtie subjects (sport and art). I like that the picture has taken up the whole cover and that is very colourful and bright. I also like how it has the same set heading for each magazine. The name for this magazine is 'FFH' which may be the initails for the school the magazine is published from.

Foundation Brief

'Premliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation program, produce the front pag of a new school magazine featuring a photograph of a student in medium close-up some appropriatley laid out of text and a masthead. Additionally candidates must produce a mock up of th e layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP'