Mission Statement
The magazine is called Social Education and it is aimed at 6th formers between the ages of 16 – 19.The reader of the magazine is a well-dressed young adult, who also care about their social life, music and sports. Exciting, fresh and informative, this magazine’s goal is to inform 6th formers about the school and what’s going on; the magazine also aims to provide tips and guidance to its readers in order to help them cope with the demands of school. The magazine will be distributed every month in the common room. Social education magazine promises 6th formers up to date news about the school they have never heard before and tips to help them, the magazine will make the reader feel good about being in school and will make them feel more confident about coping with their work load and balancing their school life with their social lives. In the magazine will give them new ways to spend their frees it will also give them the best home work tips. And a chance to win free privilege time for a month. The magazine will also feature interviews with their favourite teachers.
Target Audience Profile
· Age of my target audience (TA) is 16 -19 year olds
· Gender of my target audience will be male/female
· In full time education / part time job for independence.
· Hobbies and interests of the TA could include sports and go out and socialise with friends, looking for part-time jobs and learning how to drive,
· TA believes that education is important; they see education as a way of allowing them to do well in their life. They also believe that their friends are important and they value the time they spend with them.
· Needs advice guidance and tips on how to survive at school and how to balance their school life with their social life(entertainment).
· The reader will use this magazine to allow them to make the most of their time in 6th form. It will help them to cope with the stresses of sixth form, whilst enjoying a normal and healthy social life.
Evaluation
I successfully created my front cover and contents page using conventional methods of creating magazines, without playing around with the boundaries of a conventional magazine.
My front cover and my contents page are very similarly; when someone looks at them they will be able to tell it’s from the same magazine, therefore I can safely say I have created my brand identity.
I have made it very clear that my magazine is a school magazine that will entertain and inform students, especially sixth formers. On the front cover I have written in big bold writing necessary information that will make a 6th former want to buy the magazine.
The front cover of my magazine will attract both male and female student’s but in particular the females because of the handsome lad on the front cover.
The cover will also give some inspiration to the male students on how to dress smart to 6th form.
I think the main strengths of my production pieces are the pictures and the colour scheme how they correlate to each other.
To make improvements, I believe I could have taken better pictures.
My front cover and my contents page are very similarly; when someone looks at them they will be able to tell it’s from the same magazine, therefore I can safely say I have created my brand identity.
I have made it very clear that my magazine is a school magazine that will entertain and inform students, especially sixth formers. On the front cover I have written in big bold writing necessary information that will make a 6th former want to buy the magazine.
The front cover of my magazine will attract both male and female student’s but in particular the females because of the handsome lad on the front cover.
The cover will also give some inspiration to the male students on how to dress smart to 6th form.
I think the main strengths of my production pieces are the pictures and the colour scheme how they correlate to each other.
To make improvements, I believe I could have taken better pictures.
Conclusion
The preliminary task has taught me how to use Photoshop and make it really work for me. I definitely need to research in more depth before I start the practical aspect of my task. There’s always room for improvement, therefore in future I would like to spend more time on the main task and come up with a better finish product. The colour scheme that I used for the pictures and the captions really complemented each other henceforth I would like to use that technique again.
