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Magazine Project

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Magazine Project - Introduction

What are your favourite magazines?

Write the names on the brainstorm below.

Favourite magazines

Favourite magazines


Magazines cover a huge range of topics, and their range is expanding all the time.

Just twenty years ago, there were no magazines specifically aimed at men. Now there are many, for instance GQ, Loaded, and so on.

On the next slide you will find another brainstorm, this time on the different subjects that magazines cover. Three ideas have been given for you. See how many more topics you can think of.

Magazine topics


Magazine topics

Gardening

Home Decorating (DIY)

Men’s Interest

Magazine topics


Who are they? What are their interests?

What age and gender are they likely to be?

How much will readers will pay for the magazine?

Which advertisers will be interested in the magazine?

Target audience

Before they bring out a new magazine, the publishers have to think about their possible readers, their target audience:

On the next slide, you will find an example front cover of a magazine. Who do you think the target audience is?


Talk of the Tyne

Newcastle - The Fan’s Story

Shearer Exclusive

£1.50

Newcastle 2000

August 2000

Target audience


Target audience – questions


Beautiful Brides£3

Beautiful Bridesmaids

Honeymoon Competition !

Bride of the Month

August 2004

Best Bouquets

Beautiful Brides

Contents

3 Interview - Bride of the Month We talk exclusively to Catherine Jones, our ‘Bride of the Month’ and her new husband John.

10 Beautiful Bridesmaids Read our feature on bridesmaid fashion

15 Beautiful Bouquets Let us help you pick that perfect

posy !

25 Honeymoon Competition Your chance to win a honeymoon in romantic Portugal!

33 Letters Page42 Problem Page

The Front Page

Here is the front cover and contents page of a magazine called Beautiful Brides.

The Contents Page

The front cover and contents page


The front cover and contents page

The front cover

This should be eye catching and colourful, because it is the first thing that people will see when they are interested in buying a magazine. It will also give brief information about what is inside.

The contents page

This should also give clear information about what is in the magazine, and may include page numbers, short descriptions of articles and small photos.


Example front cover

Title of the magazine

Some of the contents of the magazine

Is there anything missing from this cover?


Add a Title ...

Add a Price ...

Add a Date ...

Add details of some of the articles ...

Creating a front cover


When you are writing your interview, you could include:

the interviewee’s name, age, interests, job comments from the interview a picture of the interviewee, with caption.

When you create your own magazine, you might like to make up some interviews with famous people.

Writing an interview

Interviews: Magazines will often feature interviews with famous people, celebrities that their readers would be interested in hearing more about. Interviews might also be with ‘ordinary people’ who are connected to the topic of the magazine.


Feature articles might contain quite a lot of pictures, along with the writing that accompanies them.

When you create your own magazine, you could include features on many different aspects of your topic. For instance, if you are creating a pop magazine, you could include a feature on boy bands.

Feature Articles: These articles give more general information about subjects related to the topic of the magazine.

Writing a feature article


Competitions: Competitions encourage people to buy a magazine. The prize is usually connected to the subject that the magazine is about. For instance, a gardening magazine might feature a competition where readers can win a set of gardening equipment.

Adverts: Adverts in a magazine could be connected to its subject, or could be more general, for instance in a women’s interest magazine you might find adverts for perfume and cosmetics.

Competitions and advertisements


On the next slide you will find a competition from the example magazine Beautiful Brides. Notice how the competition is for a honeymoon, a subject that brides-to-be will be interested in! The competition includes:

a fantastic sounding prize

details and pictures of the prize holiday

a competition question

details of how to enter, including the closing date.

When you create your own magazine, you might like to include some made up competitions of your own.

Creating a competition


WIN!!!

A Honeymoon in Romantic Portugal!

Don’t miss your chance to win a fantastic holiday for two in sun kissed Portugal. You could be sunning yourself on golden beaches, or touring the historical capital city. Answer the question below to win this wonderful prize.

Question:What is the capital of Portugal?

Closing date: 1st September 2004Send your entries to: “Beautiful Bride” Magazine, 17 Smith Street, London W1

Enticing headline

Details of the prize

Competition question

Pictures of the prize

Closing date and entry details

Creating a competition


On the next slide you will find an advert from our example magazine. The advert is linked to the subject of the magazine, as it is for a special wedding list service. Here are some points to note when creating an advertisement:

it should be visually attractive

it should make the product or service sound great

it should give details of the product or service

it should not contain too much information.

Competitions and AdvertsCreating an advertisement


Wedding Presents causing you a headache?

Solve all your problems with

WWW.WEDDINGLIST.COM

E-mail us your list and we’ll do the rest!

Competitions and Adverts


Now it’s your turn to create a competition or advert. Here’s a chance for the class to create a magazine piece together, before you work on your own.

On the next slide you’ll find a picture of a tropical island. Your job is to add text to this advert in order to persuade readers to want to go there on holiday.

Creating your own advertisement


Letters Page: The letters page is the chance for readers to have their say and to comment on topics of interest to them that have featured in the magazine.

Problem Page: On the problem page, readers can write in with their problems, and get an answer from the magazine’s agony ‘aunt’ or ‘uncle’. In some magazines, these may be personal problems, in others they could be related to the topic of the magazine.

Letters and problem pages


Letters and problem pages


“Beautiful Brides”

Problem Page

Agony Aunt Julia solves your problems!

Dear Julia,I just don’t know what to do! I’m getting married in a month’s time to this wonderful guy. The problem is, I think I’ve fallen in love with somebody else! What should I do?Yours desperately,A Reader

Dear Reader,This is a classic example of pre-wedding nerves. Don’t forget, you’re probably stressed with all the preparations for your wedding. Don’t let the nerves get the better of you. Stick with your ‘wonderful guy’!Auntie Julia

COLD FEET

Letters and Problem PagesExample of a problem page


On the next slide you’ll find two letters to an agony aunt/uncle who works for a teenage magazine. You are going to play the part of the agony aunt/uncle. Give a suitable answer for each of the problems that you have been sent.

Letters and Problem PagesCreating your own problem page


Dear Agony Aunt,Please help me! I am a huge fan of the boy

band 3T. I go to all their concerts and follow them around. My mum wants to stop

me doing this. She says it is interfering with my school work. But I love 3T. What

should I do?Yours in desperation,

TeenMag Fan

Dear Agony Uncle,I need your help. I really fancy this girl in my class but she doesn’t seem to notice

me. What should I do? Should I ask her out and risk her turning me down?

Yours hopefully,Sam from Swindon

Creating your own problem page


Creating your own magazine

Now you are ready to create your own magazine.

Here are some things that you will need to decide:

Try to find as many examples of similar magazines as you can to help you.

Don’t forget to include a front cover, contents page, articles, advertisements and letters!

the topic of your magazine the target audience of your magazine some possible titles for your magazine how much your magazine should cost.

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