2. Front Cover
The colour scheme for my magazine cover
is green and yellow because, green is
Southend High School For Girls‟ school
colour so I wanted the cover to be
associated to the school. I also used
yellow because I wanted the cover to be
appealing and eye-catching, additionally I
thought as the magazine is called „The
Shoutout‟ the colour yellow is bright and
loud so it coincides with the name.
My masthead for „The Shoutout‟ has
sound vibrations on it that I photoshopped
in, to emphasise the volume of the word
„Shoutout‟. This is also why the word „The‟
in my masthead is thin and small. I wanted
the masthead to look like a student
exclaiming their opinion to fit with the
ethos of the magazine (The ethos was to
be a more opinion-orientated magazine
written by students).
3. Front Cover
Above my masthead I have the line “NEW
Autumn Edition” the „new‟ is in capitals
because it‟s a buzz word and I wanted it to
stand out, I also used the word „edition‟
because then the reader feels like the
magazine is a one-off special/worthgetting.
The puffs on my cover have certain words
in bold/capitals/larger font so that the
words spark interest in the reader. For
example „opportunities‟ is highlighted in
my „community volunteering‟
puff, opportunities is a direct word that
students may be looking for in a sixth-form
magazine. The purpose of my Sixth-Form
magazine is to inform on school events
and tell students about clubs etc. that
might look good on their UCAS.
4. Front Cover
My main image is of a student who is an
ethnic minority, this can be seen by the
Hijab she is wearing. This was on purpose
to portray in a positive way, that the school
is diverse, the student in the image is also
smiling and studying this puts the idea in
the reader‟s mind that school isn‟t boring.
For the mise-en-scene of my main image I
included books, I used them as semiotics
for my magazine, so that the reader knows
it‟s associated with education. Also in my
mise-en-scene is the (specifically-chosen)
building in the background, students from
Southend High School For Girls would
recognize this straight away as the sixthform block where the common room is and
where the sixth-form students are usually
congregated.
5. Contents Page
I have created a brand image for my
magazine by using the same colour
scheme on the cover and the contents,
there‟s also a down-sized picture of the
cover in the top-right corner of the page.
The contents titles are in bold then there is
a small summary of what to expect in the
articles underneath (not in bold). I have
done this so that if students were only
interested in certain articles they can skim
past the titles of the others.
In the bottom left corner of the page I have
photoshopped in the school‟s emblem and
included the masthead of the magazine
this links the contents to the front page.
6. Contents Page
On the left hand side I have included
pictures from recent events in school that
were sixth-form related. I have slightly
tilted each of the pictures to look more
informal.
I have also photoshopped in a speech
bubble in the bottom right-hand corner that
asks students to get involved. I put it on
the contents page because students are
more likely to see it there than they would
if it was on the back of the magazine for
example.
