PRELIM TASK: My initial ideas

Hello I am Ruby and this is my AS media studies blog. My first task is to create my own college magazine and listed below are some of my initial ideas. I am going to make a girly social magazine aimed mainly at year twelve’s experiencing the jump between GCSE’s and A levels. To cater for the audience, the articles available will be focused around creating a balance between social and work life while at school.

The colours used will be bright, colourful and feminine as the magazine is targeting quite girly girls. The font will be casual; so it’s not too intimidating; however will not be too childish as my target audience are not little kids. I would like my font to be a good balance of these two. Another way which I am planning to appeal to the target audience is through the name of the magazine. This is popular. I think that it suits the magazine because it revolves around the theme of being social whilst also fitting with the criteria as it sounds like a college magazine. It sounds like a college magazine as it revolves around the stereotypical college dream of being popular and having friends. I want it to sound like a college magazine as that is what it is and that needs to be evident from a first glimpse so that it will not be confused with another type of magazine.

For the contents page I am planning to keep the same colours and fonts continuing onto the contents page because this will let everyone know that it is the same magazine. It also makes the transition between the pages smoother and easier to process. For the contents page I would like to include some pictures of students which will fit in with the articles listed on the contents page. I would like to do this as I believe it should all be relevant and not look out of place and as if it has been stuck together.