Initial Ideas

After starting to understand the way in which magazines are produced with everything in mind, below I have begun thinking of initial ideas to help me in the process of creating my college magazine.


Target Audience

• 16-18 year olds
• Boys and girls
• College Students

Typical Content

• College Information
• Student Life

Cover Lines/Contents Ideas

• Student Discount
• Latest Events
• Student social life
• Sport
• College trips
• Extra curricular activities

Colour Scheme

• Bright
• College colours (blue/green)
• Have to appeal to both male and female
• Reduced palette
• Eye catching

When published

• Every term

Titles/Tagline

• South Downs Speaks
• South Downs Says
• SDC
• SD Central

Images

• Students
• Boy and a girl
• 2 or 3 people
• Happy people
• Medium shoulder shot

Font

• Stand out colours
• Certain cover line words to stand out

Masthead

• Eye-catching
• Bold
• Readable Font

I decided to list my ideas as I feel it's a good way to have all your ideas clearly in front of you. Obviously I will have to keep looking back at this for inspiration during my designing process as it is full of ideas. Next I will create flatplans of what I would like my magazine to include before going on to make the proposal.