20th October 2011

I carried on with my magazine cover, I added the masthead to my magazine and I decided that I wanted to call my magazine 'The Schools'. Then underneath I added the banner which I wanted it to be the name of the school I am doing the magazine for, which is 'Shirley High School'. After I had decided on what I wanted to call the magazine I took a picture of a student in the Shirley High Sixth Form and used the picture of her as the central image on my front cover. Then I added a tag line at the bottom of the cover which was when the Sixth Form open evening was going to take place. Then I added a website address of the school which was 'www.shirleyhighschoolperformingartscollege.co.uk'. Then after that I added the price of the magazine which I decided that I was going to make it free. The reason I want my magazine to be free is because more people are likely to read it as the people reading it are only students and it would be more appealing if it is free.

See below what I have done so far



18th October 2011

I started designing how I want my magazine front cover to look. I got a lot of ideas and planned out how I wanted to arrange everything on my magazine.

13th October 2011

I took a picture of a student which I would later use as my central image. Then I took a picture of a boy and girl that I will also use on my front cover and as my feature story 1.

11th October 2011

I am going to be creating a template for my magazine.
These are some of the things I am considering for my front cover:

The price, is it going to be free?
What is going to be inside the magazine (buzz words)
Am I going to give anything away?
Central image (medium shot)
Main stories, how many are there going to be on the front cover?
How many feature stories is there going to be?
Is there going to be a banner and/or tagline on my front cover?
Is the title going to be in bold or capitals?
Is there going to be a slogan?

See below my template for my magazine cover.

7th October 2011

The second magazine that I am going to annotate is ‘Closer’. I am again going to answer some ‘what’ and ‘why’ questions.
 

1. Why is anchorage texts used instead of using a main picture?

2. Why is part of the masthead covered?

3. Why has each celebrity got buzz words on them?

4. Why is a picture of the free magazine on the cover?

5. Why are capital letters used for most of the sell lines?

6. Why is the date and web address so small?

7. Why does it not have a banner?

See attachment for my annotated magazine.

6th Ocotber 2011

In order to start my magazine I am going to research existing magazines and seeing what goes into a successful magazine cover.
The first magazine that I am going to annotate is 'Grazia'. I am going to answer some 'what' and 'why' questions.

1. Why is the colour pink used throughout the magazine cover?
2. Why is there a small picture of Garry Barlow next to the masthead?
3. Why is 'BREAKING NEWS' in white and not stand out much?
4. Why is the banner in capital letters?
5. Why is there not a slogan on the cover?
6. Why are lots of buzz words used?
7. Why is a rhetorical question used in the top banner?
8. Why is there lots of anchorage texts used throughout the cover?

See attachment for my annotated magazine.