preliminary task-school magazine

For my next magazine I have been asked to create it for a school.  Many school magazines are made for the parents, I feel they pupils are left out and this is what I intend to change.  I have asked many students and they too would like a magazine created just for them.  I intend to create a magazine based around the students, for the students.  I intend to create a new magazine that gives each student a slice of the gossip, I also intend it to benefit the school and help the students voice their opinions. 

I intend to name the magazine ‘fetch’ based around the film ‘Mean Girls’, I believe the magazine the title will reach the target audience well (Mean Girls is a well-known film, especially known by the target audience).  I also believe the title sums up the entire magazine as the film mean girls is based around gossip and letting your voice be heard.  In the film the word ‘fetch’ is used as a term of happiness and approval, I believe this is what the magazine should symbolise.

I intend to give the magazine a striking image to try to symbolise what the magazine is about.  I believe my sketch of the magazine is effective and is a style I wish to continue, I believe the image implies gossip and revelation.

I intend to revolutionise school magazines, I believe the school magazine should be for the pupils, not the parents.  Helping students to get there feelings across about the school, I believe the magazine could and will be used for the benefit of the school, with a little fun added into the mix.    

 School magazine evaluation

I believe my school magazine has worked well as it is unlike any other. I believe with the title of ‘Fetch’ it reaches its target audience well and also gets the purpose of the magazine across simply. Relating to the film 'Mean Girls' it helps the reader to understand the magazine is essentially about the gossip and speaking out.

The use of the bright colours separates itself from the other boring school magazines and actually gets the students reading it, as its far from dull. I believe many school magazines are tailored towards the parents, and the pupils are simply left out. I feel with its vibrant front cover it includes the students and creates an attractive magazine. The use of the images on the front cover help again to get the purpose of the magazine over and also to create an interesting front cover that people will want to read. I believe using the same picture but with different editing as a border works as unlike other school magazines it helps to create a bright an interesting front cover. The use of the garish colours helps the magazine to stand out. I hope my version of a school magazine to be quite outrageous and revolutionary as many school magazines are dull, boring and safe.

I wish my version of a school magazine to not only give the pupils the gossip but to also help the overall school. I believe it can not only be used for gossip but to help revolutionize the school and how it works. I wish for it to be used to change the school for the better and to help the students to get their feelings across.

I believe calling the teachers only by their last name on the front cover really helps to blur the line between teacher and student (it may also have the pupils and teachers talking)