Name for music magazine

Monday, 29 November 2010

Content page drafts



These are my drafts for my content  page.  I have experimented with different idea's.


These contents pages I have experiment with different backgrounds and photographs to see which idea's I pefer.

Front cover drafts













Hear some idea's for my front cover. I have experimented with doing the front cover in different ways.  I have used different backgrounds to see which background is  the best background to use.






Monday, 22 November 2010

Photo shoot planning

The settings  for my photo shoot are as followed,
If it is not to dark outside then I will trying taking a few shoots outside, I  will see how they come  out before I use them.  Take photo' s of people  sat at tables reading.   Taking photo of people chatting   without looking at the camara. 

The probs for  my photo shoot are as followed,
Reading books/ text books
mobile phone


The people who are I am goinng to use for my photo shoot are Zoe,Jade, Sarah
My photo shoot will take place between 22nd November and the 29th November.

The shoot i need to do is a medium close shoot.   I will take two of each shoot their for i will be able to choose which photo's i will like to use  on the front cover of my magazine.   I want to create a  photo  shoot  that feels like  i am not meant to be take the photographs.

Students magazine questionnaire

When do you want  the magazine to be sold ?


Weekly                                    monthly          Every  2  weeks

What age range do you want the magazine to be sold for ?



13  - 14       13-15         13- 16              16-18


What price would you be willing to pay for the student  magazine ?

50p   60p             £1           £1.50            £2                   £2.50       

What would you like the student magazine to content?


Movie reviews              Book  reviews    Students  who are leaving                


Student life            Interviews                         celebrite    gossip

Names for my student magazine

Here are a lists of names for my student magazine, Which title do you think would be good for my student magazine?

Trendy teenagers                    Talent teenagers
stars in your eyes                    
students of today   
Teenagers                                                                                  other suggestions
Top teenagers 
The best students          
The cool   teenagers                                                    

Friday, 19 November 2010

Textual anlyasis of magazines

Textual anlyasis of magazines.
 The content page for the student Id  has the information need to understand whats in the magazine.The content page has a colume of information welcoming the read to the magazine and telling the read what is in this issue of the magazine.The content page has a colume of information on what is in the magazine and the page numbers to find the information you are looking for.The front cover had no photographs of people  on it where as the content page has photographs on it. The photographs are pictures of the information that is inside the magazine.The content page use bold titles to get the audience wanting to read the magazine.The content page has not much writting because they want the student to look at the magazine.  The writing on the page  is small enough to fit on the page , but the writing is big enough  to read what is on the page. The pictures are  used on the page to show the person who is about to read the magazine what the magazine contains. The layout  is kept simple because the audience who are about to read the magazine need to be able to understand the page  they are  look at.The layout of the page using words, cartoon pictures and photographs  is used to get the audience wanting to look and read the magazine.

Textual anaysis of magazines

Textual analysis of magazines
 The name of the student magazine is student ID.
The textual analysis of the student magazine front cover,
The masthead of the magazine is the name of the magazine, which is student Id. The masthead for the magazine is bold , so that people who buy the magazine catch their eye on the title.  The  target audience for this is student because the magazine is wanting to get the audience  to buy the magazine. The target audience for this magazine is the students. The brand identity for this magazine is the mastheading which is Student ID. The layout of the front cover tells you the price of the magazine and the issue of the magazine. The price of the magazine is 60p because the people that make the magazine want the target audince to be able to buy the magazine. The layout of the magazine is kept simple and bright and bold colours because the maker of the magazine wants to catch the target audience eye. The colour scheme of the magazine is put in place to relate to the students who buy the magazine to catch their eye.The colours that are used on the front cover are clashing colours which wouldn't normally be used together.The colours are orange,yellow and pink, all these colours are the summer colours. The colours of this magazine are used to catch the target audience they want to have.


The imagery that is used on the front cover is ice creams, the ice creams and the sun are used to represent to the student the time of the year that the magazine has been issued. The front cover has information on it to get the the audience wanting to buy the magazine The front cover  has know photos or pictures of people, the cover is a front cover with words and colours on it.

Monday, 15 November 2010

Initial comparision of magazines

Name of magazine
student ID (issue 15)
Bold titles to introduce the information.
Lots of use of colours behind the writting.
A movie reviews
photo's of people and celebrates.
Contains lots of articles.
Name of magazine 
student ID (issue 13)
The front cover was bright and had information about the magazine on the front
Has the price on the front.
Help on the revesion.
Had bold titles and lots of photo's .
Telling people what they are doing after college.

Name of magazine
ect education /training /carees
A bright and dramatic front cover.
A welcome page
Articles on important information.
Page of photographs
Facts about the people who work behind the scenes when filming.

My action plan

This is my blog and i have been answer to  create a magazine.My first task is to create a new school/college magazine . Which has to feature a photograph of a student in a medium close up. To create a front cover and a contents page.

This is my action plan:
week 1 - 15th Nov
set up blog
create action plan
Textual analysis of magazines
initial  coparision of magazines
Week 2 - 22nd Nov
Audience question /poll
create front cover and draft
create contents  and drafts

Week 3 - 29th Nov
photo shoot / take photo's
edit photo's

week 4 -6th Dec
get audience feedback
evaulation
Decided name of magazine