Preliminary Task - Masthead Fonts

Three different fonts I have to choose from:

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For my Cover I chose the first masthead. I chose this masthead because it’s smarter looking than the other two as well as it looking better with the selected colour scheme. This masthead is sans serif so that people don’t feel that the magazine will be ‘boring’ and formal however it still looks somewhat smart enabling it to still have the feeling of an official school magazine.

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Preliminary Task - Contents Page

The reason I have used the one above over the two drafts below is because it has a colour scheme which links in a lot more to the school I am trying to portray. It also has an extremely simple layout.

Preliminary Task - Cover and Masthead

Preliminary Task – Layout

The three different layouts I was choosing from:

My final layout will be the first one. I have chosen this as my final layout because I feel it is very simple which makes it very easy to read and take in the information presented. This layout will also appeal to the target audience because it allows you to see the full medium shot of Callum (The Subject) with nothing overlapping. I want it this way because I am using Callum (The subject) as a representative of the school’s students which will attract the correct target audience.

Preliminary Task - Image Plan

Preliminary Task - Genre Conventions

Preliminary Tasks - Colour Scheme

I have used a blue and black which are very similar to that of the sixth form tie and the school colours. Orange is also part of my colour scheme due to the background of the picture being also most completely orange. This makes the others colours stand out because of the contrast. The black and blue on my main preliminary task has been used because the sixth form tie is blue and black, the container in the background also has a blue on it and so I made part of the masthead merge into to this. This makes the magazine look well organised. This makes the readers make an an association between the magazine and the school in a much better way than just saying you're associated.

Preliminary Task - Target Audience

My target audience for my school based magazine is parents and their children (that are attending the school). The reason I have chosen this group is because parents will want to know about the school their children are attending and what progress the school is making, this progress of the school will be portrayed through the magazine and what is going to be written in the magazine about the school. The content in the school magazine will be based around this target audience and will be very formal.

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