Initial ideas for student magazine

My Initial ideas
Colour scheme/House style: 

• Dark coloured background
• Bright bold colours to stand out against the background 

I want the colours to be sophisticated but i also want them to connote energy and youth.

Possible colours:

• Dark blue, purple, white and pink
• Black, white,pink, blue
• Grey, red, white, blue 

Masthead:

• Bold
• Large 
• Top of the cover
• Bright colour to stand out against the background 

Possible names

• Student Life
• College vibe
• Ludlow student
• Fresh
• Modern
• Unique  

Images/locations

• Medium close up for the cover image
• The image will be of a student as the central image
• Ludlow college sign included on contents page 
• Photos of CD's 

Possible locations
By the river
In the library
Outside the front of the college





Content ideas
My initial ideas for the content of my student magazine are:

• Films
• Music
• Celebrities 
• Fashion
• Food
• Accommodation/ student living
• Books
• Gaming 

Ideas for cover splash
Latest film releases 
Latest fashion 
Popular music 




Use of fonts

• Bold masthead
• A range of fonts so that it looks interesting 
• Sophisticated and fun fonts

Mode of address:

• This would most likely be informal to connect with the students.

Puff

• WH SMITH voucher

Brand Identity 

• The Ludlow college logo/sign

Textual Analysis of a Student magazine

Research and Planning: Generic Coventions of Student magazines

Introduction Preliminary task and Action Plan for Preliminary task

Before I start the main task, I first will complete the preliminary task, which is to produce the front page of a new school or college magazine which will feature a photograph of a student in medium close-up and some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. Additionally I must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page.

Action Plan for Preliminary task

Week One- Research and Planning

·      Set up blog

·      Put action plan on blog

·      Blog post on the generic conventions of a student/college magazine

·      Textual analysis of a student magazine

·      Blog post on initial ideas for student magazines

·      Research target audience and post this on blog

·      Experiment with colour scheme/fonts and post this on my blog

·      Produce a mock front cover and contents page and post on blog.

Week 2-Production

·      Organise and take photos for magazine

·      Complete the front cover and post this on my blog

·      Begin designing contents page

Week 3-Production

·      Complete design of contents page

·      Do evaluation

Week 4

·      DEADLINE

Introduction to brief

As part of my AS media coursework, the brief requires me to create the front page, contents and a double page feature spread of a new music magazine. I have created this blog in order to record my research and planning which will help me to produce a successful magazine.