The style of the magazine will feature both formal and informal language to appeal to different parts of their target audience. Articles will use 2-3 columns and vary in length from 700-1000 words. Font sizes for titles will be 28 and 18-25 for body text. Captions will be used to showcase emotions and quotes to provide context. Photoshop and InDesign will be used to design the front cover and layout articles professionally. Deadlines include completing stories by December 10th and finishing the layout by the first week of the new year.

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Final Proposal
Style
The style forour magazine will feature both colloquial and formal language within it because we
want the audience to be ableto relate to the content as we are targeting a younger audience who
are interested in light hearted stories such as the latest news featuring student productions which
need to be descriptive to have any impact on the audience as it the requirement to make an
effective article. To do this we will be using informal colloquial language with stories such as
entertainment, sports and reviews of college productions in order make the article effective and get
the audience to visualise the content within the article through the writers words and the layout
managers vision. We as a group also decided that we would also target the other end of the scale of
our audience who said previously they wanted to be informed with hard news subjects suchas
examinations tip and important education stories we will do this through formal language. This will
be effective whenusing the two tones through the informal and formal aswe will be trying to
convey effective tones within the article that has an impacton theaudience whether it is highlighting
the seriousness of the subject or a light-hearted approach. This will also have an important impact
using this particular style within the article and convey this within the article ie. ParentZone as it
will add to the deeper meaning behind the article which is critical as this is one of the purposes
behind writing the article to make it effective.
The style of the articles will vary from each other due to the fact some need to explore a deeper
empathise more than others such facts as with the parent zone article. This article will cover two
pages because it needs full exposure of the topics being discussed as it will be covering really
important subjects such how to write a perfect personal statement and when parents evening is
which needs the audience full attention as they have to be able to read this and follow the steps in
order to make their personal statement stand. Whereas some minor yet important stories need
singular pages as their structure and style I.e Christmas switch on in Solihull because within our
research some people said that they like singular articles because they didn’t want too much
information for them to remember. This will be effective as the singular page won’t take up too
much space whilst also focusing on maximising the detail of the content within the article which is
important both visually and structurally within the article.
The front cover for the magazine will be glossy and attractive through the Christmas theme being
displayed as we found out within our research that people preferred the Christmas theme to the
Education theme. However some students within the college did suggest that there should be an
element of the latest education news. We will includethis information through a couple of
coverlines that will be in bold colour which will be either green or white to make the text stand
out.We aim as a group to have a medium close up of a festive picture to symbolise our theme that
we have all decided inorder to empathise on our theme and create continuity throughout our
magazine relating back to what particular edition of the magazine is i.eDecemeber/January .The
style of the front cover as I have said will feature a Christmas element i.e through the colour scheme
of our title inbox which will be green to symbolise it’s Christmas while also paying homage to college
as this is part of their logo which will make our magazine look professional as we are establishing our
target audience as Solihull Sixth Form students and the client is SSFC.
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Number of columns per pages
For our articles we have decided that there is likely to be 2-3 columns for the articles within the
magazine due the fact when doing our research thetarget audience said they didn’t want to be
overthrown by too much text which wouldn’t make the article itself look professional as it would be
cluttered. What this structure will have on within the article is that it will still allow more content of
the article to be shown whilst the three columns will provide us with a structure to experiment
through the use of placing the images to create an effective magazine article to suit the style and
feel of that particular subject being covered. The effective the columns will play within our
magazine article is simple they will help us produce a professional magazine through making sure
the article is clear and presentable for a target audience to read while also allowing room for other
features to be displayed i.e title of the article which might go across the two pages in some stories.
Font –type size
The main title for the article and front cover will be size 28 because it will maximise the exposure
being discussed within the article and front cover. This is important to understand this because we
as a group will be able to keep continuity through using this font size in order to make sure that it
doesn’t look out of place which wouldn’t look professional. What is also important to understandis
that each story i.e article which features a bright bold colour for the title to highlight a new feature
which will be Times Roman which may look clear and precise. However this font style may change
later on in due course as it may not seem the right choice for the direction of the article.
Within the content of the article the text will be between a big and small text(18-25font) the reason
for this is inorder for the audience to clearly read the subjects discussed. Again this is likely to
change in the future depending on how long the article will eventually be as the font of the text
plays an important role in structuring the article which can help when placing other features such as
pictures within the article and captions. The colour scheme will be bold and effective which we will
need to continue throughout our magazine to maintain continuity which will be eye catching and
important for the magazine.
Length- Text
The length of the article will vary between 700 -1000 words because it all depends on the article and
how much content is included in the article e.g within our articles such as the Parent Zone as it will
be long to cover enough detail to the audience attention i.e Exams ,UCAS, Personal statement and
key dates. Whereas singular articles such as reviews will have less cluttered paragraphs with more
descriptive words within the short length which also be will be effective.
First Paragraph
We have decided not use a lot of bold font other than in our titles because this will distract attention
away from our stories and we want to keep our readers interested and focus on the content .So
this will appear small in size to allow space for the article to cover in detail more of the story than
just look at pages of titles and we can use any extra space for our images.
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The first letter of the first paragraph is going to be dropped capital because this a code and
convention within the magazine industry that they use. We want to follow that suit to make our
product effective and professional to meet the clients brief of the product.
Captions:
We will use captions to showcase emotions and storytelling through the images and quotes directly
from the title in order to create an effective impact towards our audience for them to understand
the deeper meaning of the article. The font size for this feature will be not too small or big as we
don’t want to take too much attention away from other titles featured within the product whether it
is in the coverlines or in our article.Some of our font will be italic e,g the introduction of our article
and special tips such as in the Parent Zone I will use italics to showcase top tips for Exams.This will be
effective as I will create an easy guide for students to follow which is important and helpful when
using this particular style to create an effective clear layout for my article. The style for some of the
captions will be informal and formal depending on the nature of the article because we within the
group want to use the captions to create a specific deeper meaning such as within the article of
Parents Zone this will be informal and formal to target both audiences parents and students through
captions like Revise, Revise /Study Till you drop.
Equipment
The equipment we will use for our group production are as follows:
Camera and wires- We will use this to take our photos for our articles, we will need permission
sheets booked beforehand in order to highlight where we are going. We will also use wires to upload
images on the computer who where I will manipulate images.
Voice recorders- I will use this to make notes from interviews set up with people involved in my
stories to build up the whole picture of the article.
Photoshop- I will use Photoshop to manipulate the images to create a magazine front cover to
achieve a professional standard with my work.
InDesign-I will use this create to an article to professional standards through importing images
within the article.
Computers/macs- I will use them to manipulate images in special software and then export them
after making them.
Deadlines
Proposal –Thursday 29th Nov
Contingency- Thursday 29th Nov or Monday 3rd Dec
Group Pitch – Tuesday 4th Dec
Stories complete- Monday 10th Dec
Sub editor – Thurs 13 Dec
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Front cover – Tuesday 11 Dec
(TO BE CONFIRMED BY ALL OF
All articles finished for layout- 1st week New Year
GROUP!!!)
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