1. I will be aiming my magazine at college students aged 16-19 years old, both genders who take an interest in their learning and need additional help and guide to get them through college
2. My magazine will act as a source of entertainment and information to students, it will include content of help guides such as exam tips and timetables, job vacancies and what is happening at their college
3. My ideas for cover-lines need to be interesting, simple and relevant to students, for example 'Exam stress top tips' and 'New Job Vacancies', these will appeal to the reader as these are issues they are interested in. I also think I should add a controversial cover-line to really capture the attention of students, such as 'The truth behind curly fries' which will also add humour
4. My title needs to also be simple and easy to read as there will be a range of students picking up this magazine, therefore the title needs to be easy to recognize and remember. I have gone through a few titles suitable for a college magazine:
- College Times
- College Weekly (CW)
- Study
I decided to use College Weekly (CW) as it is simple and easy to recognize, especially if I use the abbreviated CW. I rejected 'College Times' as it seems too formal and aimed at an older age group, I also thought 'Study' seemed irrelevant and would not appeal to students aged 16-19.
5. I need the font to be simple and clear to read, it should be recognizable and appeal to students, I have a few ideas which are displayed below:
All of these styles are similar as I wish to keep the title simple, I like Baskerville Old Face as it is clear yet eyecatching.
6. I have decided not to use a tagline as it may deter from the main idea of my magazine to be simple. But I have decided to place 'College Weekly' underneath the masthead of 'CW' to show that it is abbreviated and what it stands for
7. This magazine will be published all year round, once a week as the name is 'College Weekly', this allows students to keep up with everything they need to know on a week to week basis
8. I expect to put a medium-close up of a student on the front cover, against a plain background or area around the college. The mise-en-scene for the image will be kept relevant to college and will include the student's bag and a notebook as this is what students typically carry around college. I will go about getting this image by taking a photo of a student at college.
9. The magazine will be published frequently as it is a weekly magazine, therefore once a week to allow students to keep up with the latest news and events happening at their college.
10. The size of my college magazine would be approximately 21 cm by 15 cm, so about A5 size. This size is smaller than the standard larger size of magazine and I think it is appropriate as it allows the student to be able to fit it in their bag without taking up too much space
11. For the contents page I will use the same student but in a different scene/stance to keep the magazine as simple as possible. I will use the same colours of dark blue to keep up the theme shown on my front cover.
5. I need the font to be simple and clear to read, it should be recognizable and appeal to students, I have a few ideas which are displayed below:
6. I have decided not to use a tagline as it may deter from the main idea of my magazine to be simple. But I have decided to place 'College Weekly' underneath the masthead of 'CW' to show that it is abbreviated and what it stands for
7. This magazine will be published all year round, once a week as the name is 'College Weekly', this allows students to keep up with everything they need to know on a week to week basis
8. I expect to put a medium-close up of a student on the front cover, against a plain background or area around the college. The mise-en-scene for the image will be kept relevant to college and will include the student's bag and a notebook as this is what students typically carry around college. I will go about getting this image by taking a photo of a student at college.
9. The magazine will be published frequently as it is a weekly magazine, therefore once a week to allow students to keep up with the latest news and events happening at their college.
10. The size of my college magazine would be approximately 21 cm by 15 cm, so about A5 size. This size is smaller than the standard larger size of magazine and I think it is appropriate as it allows the student to be able to fit it in their bag without taking up too much space
11. For the contents page I will use the same student but in a different scene/stance to keep the magazine as simple as possible. I will use the same colours of dark blue to keep up the theme shown on my front cover.
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