Preliminary Task

I have now started to think of names for my school magazine and started to flat plan it. I will write down the possible names and colours for the magazine and ask people to vote on which one they want. I will then use the names that they pick in my magazine and the colour scheme.

school magazine anaylsis

Although the two magazines are school magazines they are very different. They share some similarities and some differences. One of the similarities are they both have main images. This is because main images feature in all magazines. Another similarity is they both have main articles. This would be the main story to attract the target audience. They also have some differences; the King Edward’s magazine is lighted in daylight. However the High profile magazine is lighted from the centre of the magazine but the corners are shaded. As you can see from both magazines they don’t look professional and they don’t follow all the codes and conventions of real magazines. Real magazines have more by-lines, cover lines and pay particular attention to different fonts and the house style. They are also more filled. So for my school magazines, I would try and use a lot of cover lines and by-lines in order to make it look more professional.

Preliminary Task

My task was to create a school magazine. To do this I had to research other school magazines to see what codes and conventions they followed and what audience I'm aiming for. I also had to do some audience research to find out what people wanted in a school magazine, so I could then incorparate some ideas into my own magazine.