Ideas

From researching the conventions and annotating magazine front covers I have been able to get an idea of what a typical school magazine looks like and what features they have. I have found it helpful to research different magazines because it has helped me to come up a few different ideas for my own school magazine. 

I have come up with 3 theme ideas for my magazine, which are; Seasonal, Autumn Term and Winter Term.  

Seasonal Ideas: 

If the magazine theme was to be seasonal I could take photographs of the school and students and edit them using photoshop to add halloween or christmas features such as blood, elves, vampire, snow, etc. I could include an article about seasonal themed charity events that are coming up within the month. 

Autumn Term Ideas: 

If the magazine theme was to be based of off the autumn term I could use colours associated to autumn such as red and orange. I could also take photographs of students in autumnal settings and include articles that are relevant to going back to school. 

Winter Term Ideas:

If the magazine was to be based of off the winter term I could use colours which are associated to cold weather such as blue. I could also take photographs of students wearing winter coats and hats, to portray the theme clearly. 

I have also come up with a couple of different names for my school magazine, these are: 

• Chislehurst Times
• Sixth Form Daily 
• Chislehurst Express 
• Chislehurst Updated 
• Chislehurst Weekly 

I am going to create a questionnaire, basing the questions off of my ideas. I will give the questionnaire to various people within the school, so that I can get a variety of results and cater my magazine to what people would like to see.