Brain storm for questionnaire

My chosen target audience

I have chosen to aim my magazine at girls attending Beaverwood School, in year eleven. They can also be classified as my target audience in this assignment. I have chosen year 11’s as my target audience because I believe that I can relate with them directly as I have been in year 11 before also because I feel that I have plenty of ideas to perform when creating my magazine. Years 11’s are in a fundamental stage in secondary school, as it is their last year and they are preparing for their final GCSE. Therefore the content I will be aiming for within my magazine is to advice. This gave me a brilliant idea of what to include in my magazine, relating to the importance of GCSE’s. Lastly I interact more with Year 11’s than any other part of the year, so therefore this will make it easier for me to decide on who my model is going to be for my front cover.

The photograph on my magazine cover must be of a middle shot of my chosen individual which is going to represent as my model. Secondly I also must include at least two middle shots overall.

So far I am planning to make my theme: preparing for exams (GCSE EXAMS), depending on the results I receive once I have given out my questionnaire. So my theme idea is not stable. I have chosen this theme because years 11’s are about to complete their GCSE’s so it is extremely relevant to their year group. Secondly the theme doesn’t exclude anyone in that specific year group for example; a ‘Halloween theme’ may not be appealing to everybody because some people are opposing to Halloween.

If my completed questionnaires support my chosen theme ‘EXAMS’ it will be very beneficial towards my photographic ideas. On the other hand I am not too sure who, where, how and what I will use for my front cover.

My masthead of my magazine will include ‘Year 11’, this is simple yet an effective feature, as it will enforce the message that my magazine is exclusively for them, and not for the rest of the school, giving the Year 11’s a sense of importance and ownership.

School magazine research

Planning for my school magazine

PLANNING

School magazines

Research on Justine

Research

Research

Research continuation girls life

Research continuation 'Girls Life'

Research girls life

Form, Audience and Purpose:

Form, Audience and Purpose:

  •Form: What tells the audience that it is a magazine e.g. Layout, Title contents etc…

•Audience : Demographics (a part of a population identified as a group) Gender, age, ethnicity and social class

•Purpose: To advise, persuade, Inform or advertising

Gathering all my bullet points, I have now decided to start researching different styles of magazines concentrating on the ‘Form, Audience and Purpose

Ideas to consider before making a school magazine

What to think about when creating a school magazine:
(Also things to ask in a questionnaire)

vTarget audience

vName of magazine

vPrice

vContents

vSections: School? Social life? Health? Competitions? Homework?

vColour Scheme

vTheme: Christmas? Exams? Valentines Day?

vWhat would they like included