This is my first set of drafts for my school magazine cover, this is part of my pleminary task to illustrate how i think the magazine may look. As you can see i have chosen a simple but bold headline which would draw the readers attention. I used a variety of images as my questionnaire indicated that images attract the attention of readers more compared to huge sums of text. I overlapped the images as i noticed when researching current school magazines, this was an eye catching feature that i believed would be a good idea to use.

Here used a new stylish masthead which i developed off my research on school magazines, as you can see it is bold, consistent and the largest piece of text. As a reader i would find the masthead appealing therefore it would be good in drawing the readers attention towards the text. Rather than wrapping the text in line format around the image, i used shapes and kept the writing to a minimal to ensure the attention of the reader wasn't lost. I also tried to use a a big medium close up on my front cover as it would indicate what the magazine may be out.

On this draft i chose to go for a funky stylish design for the masthead which would attract readers as its unusual and different, this would help draw attention to important ideas in the magazine. I inserted a barcode as most magazines currently use bar codes therefore to maintain a elegent look i followed this idea. As you can see i used the logo on the contents page which makes the page seem more official which in some cases may be more appealing resulting in more people reading the weekly school magazine.

                                                  Analysis

The first thing i questioned was the age of the people i questioned so i can see if similar age groups had similar preferences. The graph displays that above 50% were 16 and rest were 17.

There was a range of answers when i questioned how often students read the school magazine, this data tells me that students would like to be updated with a school magazine atleast once a week.

Majority of the students questioned wanted the magzine to be free however a small minority did not mind paying 50p for the school magazine.

Most of the students wanted more images in the school magazine, this may be because its more eye catching and appealing compared to huge sums off textual information.

Majority of the students wanted too see more about sporting events however others did want to see information on exams and revision. Therefore sporting events should be prioritised however other information should be incorperated.

100% of students wanted only 3 colours on the front cover, this might prevent the page from looking overwhelming.

Majority of students wanted too see data based on students rather than teachers although few wanted both.

Questionnaire

 

Contents page analysis

 

Contents page analysis

 

front cover analysis

Front cover analysis

About me


My name is Rajveer Sanghara, aged 17 years old and currently doing my first year of A-Levels. The A-levels I chose to do are Business, psychology and Media Studies. I chose Media Studies as I believed it will be an interesting and a challenging topic. I have various hobbies such as football and rugby, I see myself to be an athletic person and always strive for a challenge.


Brief

For my preliminary task, I'm going to create and design a school magazine. My magazine will consist of a front cover and a contents page. Before I can begin this I will carry out research on some current school magazines as this will indicate me as to what a successful school magazine needs, but also guide me for inspiration my own  magazine.