Construction of the blog

draft designs/ mocks up

Draft designs/ mock ups

This is my idea as to where everything will go on my magazine. 

This is the text on top of the image, the black does not work so i will change it to white or another brighter colour.

Questionnaire + Responses

Questionnaire + Responses

From my responses you can see that 56% of questionnaire responses were from women. 60% of the questionnaire responses were from over 18 year olds- due to this it could effect what different age groups want to see different things on a school magazine. 60% of people wanted to see information about academics followed by information on the arts. However i have had some other ideas suggested. People decided the most appropriate amount of images was 3 on the front cover, they then decided only a little bit of text as a brief outline should be used.

fonts

(Unfortunately the  'O's' in font 4 have not processed correctly meaning it may no longer be a considered font)

Contents analysis

Student magazine contents

A

Source A is an effective contents page due to having bright but minimal colours, key content ideas and key images to show what you are going to read in the magazine. By having the social media bars it shows that the magazine is current and up to date increasing popularity. Having a grey scale title diverts your eyes from it making the contents the most important due to it being the contents page.

B

Source B is very clean cut and grown up. The minimal colour creates an organised and sophisticated mood. Having the school logo helps to make it seem very formal 

Student Magazine Front Cover Analysis

   Student Magazine Research/ Analysis 

  Student magazines differ between the age group targeted. For very young audience it is more targeted to the parents making the magazine simple and crisp with the headlines so they know what they are going to be reading. However magazines aimed at primary school children aged 8-10 tend to be very bright, engaging and have lost of images with the 'must have' items to buy. However when the children start to get older it begins to become more simple and bold with less colours. 

Source 1

   Source 1 shows a very clean and simple cover with one image. It has a very clear title and extremely minimal but important texts. The use of the black board background on the image created a good space for text and the text was then cleverly made into a chalk effect font, linking it to the whole image. There are very few colours which complement eachother but make it seem very smart and grown up. The girl in the class room indicates what the magazine will be about, having books and a bag to show the school essentials. They have largened key words making them bold and drawing your attention to them. The only coloured text is the title which is drawing you attention to it and making it the most important thing.

Source 2

   Source 2 shows a bright and exciting cover using lots of photographic techniques. Everything is colour coordinated. It does however only have the title which isn't greatly informing us of the content. The use of the enlarged "arts" helps to quickly signify what the magazine is about. 

Source 3

    Source 3 shows a mid shot of a child holding apples, these apples represent school, teaching and the start of the school year. The child smiling shows that the child is enjoying school. Having the boy wearing blue and then a blue title ties it all together. By then adding the bright yellow circle with black text it is then drawing the reader into that pin point of 'free stuff'. By including the main headlines of the magazine it is encouraging people to read it due to them knowing what is on the inside. 

Initial Ideas

Preliminary Task

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  Task

    Initial Ideas 

    For my school magazine task I think that I may include a photo of someone in uniform with accessorise and books talking about the must have accessories of the year. I will also include healthy school snack and lunch ideas. My magazine will be for secondary to sixth form students helping them start the new term. it will have main headlines and a large title. It will have a minimalistic colour for professionalism. 

   Another idea is that I make a school art magazine giving ideas to art students showing new techniques and artists giving a free art product every time. Its cover would be an arty picture of students all holding cameras ect. The image would be colourful but the text would be all one colour. It will be aimed at sixth form students who are doing very fine art or photography.