Rap Up Music Magazine

I love this music magazine front cover as it's very pink and girly. We can see that its obviously aimed at girls because of the girly front cover. I like the way everything matches, the colour of the font matches with Ciara's top, even her lipstick goes with the background. I also like the way the flash of the camera has been focused on, the flash is bright and stands out and the stars around it makes it seem like it's almost sparkling.

Vibe Music Magazine

I like this music magazine front cover because of the main image, I think it's really effective. I like how the picture is in black and white with a white background and then a red font is used to make the masthead really stand out. Theres not a lot of detail on the front cover of the magazine, but you can see how just the main image and colour of font for the mashead really attracts people.

Evaluation of my school magazine front cover

After taking students views on what they would prefer to see on the front cover of a school magazine into account, I thought about what I myself personally thought would be best and what would look good on the front cover.
I used the most popular masthead, storylines and slogans but decided on choosing my own colour scheme and pictures as I thought they made the front cover of the magazine look a lot better.
I am happy with how the final result of my school magazine front cover has turned out. However i know if i had the chance to improve on it, I know i would use different subsidary images as they are quite dark compared to the main image and use an image that would represent the clubs and activities story a lot better, to perhaps show what kind of clubs/activities are being held.
But after taking my thoughts and everything into account I am generally pleased with the final result of my school magazine front cover.

My final school magazine front cover

My rough draft of my school magazine front cover

Results from questionnaire

I asked 10 students from year 12 to fill out my questionnaire on school magazine research. These were my results.
8/10 students were aged between 14 - 16, 2/10 students were aged 17 - 18 with 3 students being male and 7 students being female.
The most popular type of magazine students would be interested in reading most is gossip.
 £1 - £1.50 had the highest rate of students wanting to pay this much for a school magazine. The most popular masthead was school gossip but with the school times being second best I chose this as i thought this masthead was more appropriate for my school magazine front cover.
Most students were interested in reading about exam success in the school magazine and the most popular main image for the front cover of the school magazine was a number of students from each year group.
The most popular colour scheme students wanted to be associated with the magazine was blue and white and the most popular slogan was, school news for you.
I took the students views into account but decided on what I thought suited my magazine front cover best when it came to the final piece.

School Magazine Front Cover Market Research Questionnaire

1.   How old are you?

·       11 – 13

·       14 – 16

·       17 – 18

2.   What gender are you?

·       Male

·       Female

3.   What year group are you in?

·       Year 7

·       Year 8

·       Year 9

·       Year 10

·       Year 11

·       Year 12

·       Year 13

4.   Which type of magazine would you enjoy reading most?

·       Music

·       Film

·       Games

·       Gossip

·       Sport

·       Other (Please State)

5.   How much would you pay for a school magazine?

·       50p - £1

·       £1 - £1.50

·       £1.50 - £2

·       £2 or more

6.   Please state which of the following stories you would be interested in reading about in a school magazine

·       Exam success

·       Uniform

·       Healthy eating

·       School trips and visits

·       Clubs and activities

·       Other (please state)

7.   Which of the following mastheads do you prefer?

·       Schools Out

·       Top Of The Class

·       The School Times

·       School Gossip

·       Other (Please State)

8.   Which of the following images would u prefer to see as the main image on the cover of a school magazine?

·       A number of students from each year group

·       Group of teachers

·       Sixth form students

·       The school logo

·       School sports team

·       Other (Please State)

9.   Which colour scheme would you prefer to be associated with the cover of a school magazine?

·       Black and white

·       Yellow and blue

·       Blue and white

·       Yellow and black

·       Other (please state)

10.                     Which of the following slogans would you prefer?

·       School news for students!

·       Student’s success!

·       All you need to know

·       Other (please state)