What it is about: The magazine is going to be about events taking place in college, competitions and to give guidance/support to students attending the college.
Ideas for cover lines: 'Take a trip to Thorpe Park with new college friends!' 'Are you balancing your social life and homework well?' (including sub-header: 'we have the best easy tips from experts on how to have a social life while your courses are not effected!') 'Be a part of the college with your opinions' 'new loyalty cards for drinks!' (including sub-header: 'just simply like us on Facebook').
Magazine Title: I am going to call the magazine 'SD Student Mag' its an abbreviated way of 'South Downs Student Magazine', because its abbreviated I believe it fits in well with the targeted audience of 16-18 year olds.
Fonts to use: The font styling will be easy to read for anyone but still not too plain. I would like to include a bit of interest in the font without too much detail just to give the magazine a better and hopefully more interesting look to it.
I would like my masthead to have a simple font design so it is not too complicated and to suit a male and female audience.
When it will be published: My magazine will be published at the start of the college year as it has advice about coursework and courses so would be useful for the new students that have just started college and need some guidance. It will also include upcoming events/trips which means the magazine would have to be published at the start of the year to give a years overview of trips.
Image on the front cover: My image on the front cover will be a college student looking pleased and hopefully some of the college in the background. There are possibilities the student could have a book in hand or a 'Thorpe Park ticket' to make it look like they show a lot of interest in the contents of the magazine. The image will be taken on a digital camera.
How frequently its published: The magazine will be published at the start of every half term so students can be updated with new events/trips and guidance.
Dimensions of cover: A4 Size.
Images/colour to include on the contents page: I want to include lots of white behind the mast head to make it look very fresh and crisp and bright colours. I don't want to include any dark and dingy colours as it would make my magazine look very boring and it would not stand out to anyone. Around the time of christmas and other events the magazines theme will change to the theme of the holiday to make it more interesting, it will also have a nice change to the normal design and hopefully make it more fun to look at.
