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What Would You All Like To See In A School Magazine?

Producing A School Magazine

The preliminary task is to plan and produce a school magazine front cover and double page contents. In order to do this we have to start with some research and planning on the task. To complete this task a use of clear understanding of the codes and conventions are needed. For an effective finnishing product i will need:

• A House Style (mise-en-scene)- an ongoing layout throughout my magazine, for example the same font style/size and colour for each page to allow the signification of that each page of the magazine belongs together.

• R&P Material-

• A minimum of 4 original Images, photo's taken by myself.

• Research on my target audience, so i will be able to connect with my audience throught my magazine.
  institutions
• Audience- this would be the students and/or staff located at the school for my magazine

• A masthead- this should be a title block or logo to identifythe magazine at the top of the front page, the font for my masthead should be larger and bolder to attract the audience.

• A main image-this should fill practically most of the front cover, usually to give the readers an insight of what they may preview within the issue of the magazine.

• A headline- as a main statement, which usually is shown as one of the biggest, bolder fonts, but not as large as the masthead, the headline is to describe the main story, and usually connecting to the main image, this is spans the width of the page, to grab the readers attention.

• A tag- an engagement to the readers intrest, by catergorising it, this is usually shown through a word or phrase.

• exclusive- this proves that the chosen story is for the magazine, and no onne else can steal the story, the way of this is to buy the story so it is now under the magazines name.

• lead story- the main story, usually on a splash of the page.

• lure- a phrase or word that leads the reader into the magazine at a particular story.

• pugs-at the top corners of the page- known as the "ears" this will include the price, logo and promotions, the placement of the pugs are placed appropriatley to capture the readers eye.