Amy Poole

Final Proposal

Style

The style for our magazine will feature both colloquial and formal language within it because we want the audience to be able to 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 such as examinations tip and important education stories we will do this through formal language. This will be effective when using the two tones through the informal and formal as we will be trying to convey effective tones within the article that has an impact on the audience 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. Parent Zone 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 include this 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 in order to empathise on our theme and create continuity throughout our magazine relating back to what particular edition of the magazine is i.e Decemeber /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.

Page 1 of 4

Amy Poole

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 the target 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 understand is 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 in order 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.

Page 2 of 4

Amy Poole

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

Page 3 of 4

Amy Poole

Front cover – Tuesday 11 Dec

All articles finished for layout- 1st week New Year

(TO BE CONFIRMED BY ALL OF GROUP!!!)

Page 4 of 4