Wednesday, 2 November 2011

Draft of front cover

Planning and development




The three photos above could be used inside my college magazine.





The four images above could be used as my front cover.



The two pictures above can be used on my front cover.

Price and how often the magazine is published

The college magazine wouldn’t cost a penny and would be made by the students from Wyke college. The magazine would be published once a month to keep the students updated and aware of what is happening throughout the college and its opportunities.

Target Audience - Demographics & Psychographics

The demographics for my magazine will fall in the age group of 15 -24 as most college students are within this age range and then is the S.E.G they will fall into group E which are casual labourers and the unemployed as they not in full time employment. In the psychographics, in the value life styles, they will be in the group who are outer-directed because they are the people who belong and achieve. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs' you will see that students fall into the category of either social because they need to belong and be part of a group or be part of the esteem group as will have self esteem, status, respect and admiration of others.

Market research into an existing College magazine contents page.


Page title at the top of the page with the date of issue – ‘CONTENTS’, ‘267 | OCTOBER 2008’
‘FEATURES’ section – Continuous colour scheme throughout that section (page numbers in red with names of articles in large, black, CLEAR font.
Thumbnail – Image at the bottom of the page. Image of a man lent against a pillar with text next to the image.
Main Image – ‘THE COURTEENERS’
Quotes from various articles – e.g. ‘’He’s just showing off’’ Liam Fray’s mum…
Page number giving reference to location of articles, with the name of that particular article – 16 CASH FOR QUESTIONS, 32 MY BRILLIANT CAREER, 42 AROUND WITH… etc.
Advertisement stating what is in all magazines – ‘EVERY MONTH’

Identify and explaining my choice of College to feature in the Preliminary task

I have decided the college I am going to use on my preliminary task. My chosen college is going to be Wyke Sixth Form College as i currently attend it and i feel i know the college well. My magazine is aimed at current year 11's from s wide variety of schools.