The student designed a front cover and contents page for a school magazine based on research collected from a survey of 10 students. The cover features the title "Priory Press" along with a story titled "6th form life." While happy with the images and fonts used, the student notes areas for improvement such as taking the cover photo in front of the school. The contents page is assessed as less successful due to a lack of images and detail making it appear uninteresting and bland.

3. Close-Up (CU)
Medium Close-Up (MCU) Medium Shot (MS)
Extreme Close-Up (ECU) Big Close-Up (BCU)

4. Very Long Shot (VLS)
Two Shot (could be CU/MCU/MS) Over The Shoulder Shot
Medium Long Shot (MLS) Long Shot (LS)

5. High Angle Shot (Looking Down)
Low Angle Shot (looking Up) Tilted Frame
Interviewee Looks Into Space Moving Subject Moves Into Space

6. 6
Price has been
clearly shown
The ‘tips and tricks for
revision’s aimed at all
students who are
looking to revise for
upcoming test which is
useful if you haven't
found a preferred
learning technique. The
text is also very large
which could show it is a
key article featured on
the magazine.
Briefly states what be included
in the revision article which i
feel would interest a reader as
they may want to read further
into the subject of revision.
Website and school
location so others can
research further into
the school.
School name has
been written so others
know where the
magazine is from.
The title is very bright
and bold so it
catches a readers
eye. they have also
written ‘U’ instead of
‘you’ this may be
aimed at the young
target audience
An interview of a
pupil at the school
makes the
magazine far more
interesting to read
as the other pupil
reading can relate
to what is written
easier.
Barcode which
gives the
magazine a more
professional look.

7. Free gift is given
the consumer.
This may make
the reader
more interested
in buying the
magazine.
Picture of a
student looking
fairly smart and
happy which
shows good
impression of
their school.
The mayor of the local
area has written an
article about why the
school is better than
others. By the mayor
saying this it could
interest a consumer to
read further into this
and as to why they
think this.
Tis school clearly
expresses that they
are the best. This may
make the reader
want to read up
about the school to
discover why the are
the best school and
how they achieved
the best GCSE results.
Issue, date, price and
school website has
been shown all
though the font is
quite small.
Price has been
clearly shown
Price has been
clearly shown

8. Sports results ll
Reviews of new music
Reviews of new films
Editorial ll
Articles about school life llll
Upcoming events l
A message from the head l
£1 llllll
£2 llll
One a month lllll ll
Daily lll
What do you expect to see in the school magazine?
What do you expect to see in the school magazine
How often would you want the magazine to be published

9. The PRESS magazine is fairly simple in deign as he cover shows a picture if a student with the magazine title and a
few subheadings for features included in the magazine. although it is simple there are some aspects of the front
cover that are eye-catching, for example, the magazine title is very bold and an interesting font has been used.
the front cover and the contents page both follow a similar theme as similar fonts and colours seem to have
been used. the contents page also includes interesting pictures which retail to the articles stated in the page. this
gives another aspect tot he magazine.
The student has made the magazine look very simple but also quite smart. this is because the fonts and layout
they have used looks quite professional, this is the same for the contents page as they both look very smart and
have been clearly set out which shows that student has clearly thought about the layout if the magazine.
To improve i would make the cover look a little less sparse and include some features that would say were a key
feature of a magazine, for example, i would include the date and issue of the magazine. i would also include a
price and barcode. I also feel that the student on the front cover of the magazine maybe could have been
dressed a lot smarter because the magazine is going too be issued around school and it may set a good
example to the other students.
I would say that they have fulfilled the brief because they have included articles about school life, a talk from the
head and they have included images which create a more interesting magazine. The magazine also states
when it was released and what issue it is which also full fills the brief.

10. The target audience for my magazine will be students of all ages starting from tear 7 to
year 13, this means I will need to include content that can be suited to every age group,
e.g. content on how to study for exams and articles that will help new year 7’s get to know
the school.
I would like my title to include my schools name and for it to be fairly short and simple so it is
easy to memorise.
The main image must be a medium close up of a student who attends the school.
I would like the main story to wither be about 6th form life or an up and coming open evening.
I would like to include an image of the school logo and possibly an image of the school so
that the school will be recognisable to people who don't attend the school.
On the cover I would like to include a completion with a free prize which may promote and
also help a student, as well as content which will be included, as well as an interview with a
student of the school.
I would like the font to follow a reassuring theme on the cover and I would like all the colours
to link, as well as the font being interesting and easy to read.
I would either like the background to be plain and simple, or to include an image of the
school in the background behind an image of a student.
I will take the picture on a plain background and i will make sure that there is good lighting
to give the image a more professional look as well as using Photoshop to edit the image for
a more profession look.

11. Our brief was to design was to design a front cover and contents
page for a school magazine, I found inspiration to collect ideas
for my own. I also did some research into the school magazine
by finding out my target audience and seeing what they would
like to see in a school magazine. I did this by creating a survey
and got 10 students of different ages to fill it out. Overall i found
that students mostly wanted to read about school life in general
and contents on things to do with school. I also asked them how
much they would be willing to pay for the magazine which
came out as the highest percentage of people would be willing
to pay £1 for the magazine.
The last area I covered in the survey was how often they would
like the magazine to be published, the 10 students expressed
that they would like to see the magazine published once a
month as 7 out of the 10 students felt this was appropriate.
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14. Overall I am happy with how my front cover turned out, this is because I
like the images and fonts that I used, I also feel like I full filled my brief
because I included the school name in my title and I used alliteration in
my title which I feel makes its very memorable as “Priory Press” sticks in
my mind.
I also included a story titled “6th form life” which I included in my brief as I
felt like it would fit to my target audience.
To improve my cover page I would like to keep the font colours the
same as I have used a few different shades of red, I would also take a
picture of my model in front of the school rather than editing her on top
of the image, this is because I feel it would give a more professional look.
As well as making a front cover I created a contents page. In conclusion
I don’t think that my contents page was as good as my cover page. This
is because I would have liked it included more images because I feel
that it is very uninteresting and bland. The page was also unfinished and
I would have liked to include more detail about the content included.
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