College Magazine DRAFT

For my college magazine draft I am going to use ideas from my magazine analysis to help create my front cover, including the layout, design and text.

Representation- For my college magazine I am going to feature things including sports, performing arts, lessons and new events.

Masthead- For the name of my magazine I am going to decide on some suitable names appropriate to the representation of my magazine. These include:

Play-This links to the fact of the magazine featuring news about sport and performing arts.

Game- This is once again linking to the fact of it representing sports at college.

Extra/Fresh- A fresh start at Wyke college and giving that extra push towards education.

Experience- Experiencing new ideas and new ways of learning.

Launch- Take off in education towards the career you want.

These are some ideas for names for my magazine which relate to education and therefore Wyke college.

Headline- The main story for my magazine is going to about the production of Grease 2 therefore relating to Performing Arts. Considering this I think a good headline would be 'Grease Lightening', as this is short and catchy and is also a well known song from the production; Grease.

Main Image-The main image for my magazine is going to reflect on the main story and I am therefore going to use the actors that are starring in Grease 2. As the image has to a mid-close up I am going to use the two main stars with the other actors standing in the background, slightly blurred. By doing this it gives the image more effect and doesn't take the main focus away from the main stars and can be done as a mid-close up.

Additional images- On the cover I am also going to use small images to feature whats inside the magazine including sports, Dance, Psychology etc. This is similar to the LOOK magazine that I previously analysed. I think this is a more effective way then just using text because it attracts more attention by using text and images.

Sub Headlines- I would use sub headlines underneath the additional images to indicate what the particular story is about. Depending on what the additional images are going to be I am going to need sub headlines linking to each.If I decided to advertise a story about football the sub-headline could be 'Football Fanatic'. This uses alliteration and is short and snappy which will catch the readers attention.On the other hand if I advertised a story about psychology I could use the sub-headline 'Psych at Wyke' which is also really catchy and uses an effective play on words.

Plugs- If I decide to use plugs on my magazine cover they will feature competitions going on at wyke, for example the inter-tutor competitions including volleyball and dodge ball.