Magazine Planning Ideas

Magazine Planning Ideas

The name of my magazine is College Lifestyle. The connotation of the name is that the magazine is meant for those who are starting college and would help them with getting started or find out new things.

My front cover story will be about student cards - many people don’t know that they can be used for discounts when shopping which is useful and beneficial if students knew this. Therefore I visualised this as a student holding up a student card in one hand and some money in the other hand with a big smile, looking happy. A positive-looking front cover seems more encouraging to students who feel they have nothing to look forward too at college.

The target audience is both girls and boys as they all can use their student cards to suit their needs any way they want. However, it’s targeted towards 16-18 year olds (or students still at college), who are interested in saving or making efficient use of their money when spending.

I have decided it will be a mid shot as this will allow for my model to have arms raised and part of a uniform showing to portray the ‘student life’.

I would like the photo to be taken outside in daylight so will use natural lighting. I want the setting to be in a park-like environment; with grass and trees - a lot of greenery, to show they have a little freedom. Although I want to show college life as being independent, I also want to have a building in the image too, so that it links to studying and still having to work. My model will be wearing a uniform to keep with the idea that this is for students.

My headline will be ‘Student Cards’ and this will match the main image as the student would be holding up their student card.

My colour scheme is green as that is sometimes associated with money but also so that it contrasts with the bland black and white of the uniform. I will also use colours that would contrast and stand out against the green for the text.