The results from the questionnaire

These were the results I got back from my questionnaire that I sent to every year group in my year, there were 10 results all together.

I made a questionnaire

To see what people want in a student magazine we decided to make a questionnaire. Three of us went on different spreadsheet websites (Google Forms, SurveyMonkey and Smart Survey) and wrote the same questions. We chose different websites to get more of an accurate answer instead of just getting answers from users who use one website. This is my survey on Google Forms: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17kmjhvP7Jb3WxZ4trmdqoIWb9szd0g7r4sGnj-jpzU8/viewform?usp=send_form

Coursework Plan

I worked in a group to come up with this plan during the lesson.

Tuesday 06/10/2015

Action Planning for Preliminary Task

Friday 09/10/2015

Obtain Magazine(s) and read it, analysing it.

Look for

·         Understand Mag

·         Layout

·         Target Audience

·         Typeface

·         Type of paper used

·         Writing Style

·         Corporate Image

·         Logo

·         Colour Pallet

·         Slogan

·         Measurements

·         Typography

·         Price

·         Reader Interaction

·         Images used | Real / Manipulated

WEEKEND 10th – 11th /10 2015

Finish analysis and analyse more magazines if necessary to get a better idea of how to create my magazine

Tuesday 13/10/2015

Survey Creation, Plan what questions I would need to ask the readers to give content that they would want to read and Outside of class I would need to get answers and if necessary make a new survey with improved questions to ask or fix biased results

Friday 16/10/2015 – Friday 23/10/2015

Use Answers from Survey to start development and planning for creation of Magazine

This part is planned to be done over more than one lesson and out of class time also, this is taking in all the research and information gathered to start planning my own magazine and if needed to do extra research on the way.

Using Given results –

·         Create title name

·         Create Logo

·         Slogan

·         Aim Content to given Target Audience

·         Choose what Type of paper to use

·         Make Writing Style

·         Make a Colour Pallet for Magazine

·         Price

·         Reader Interaction

·         Images needed and if they will be  Real / Manipulated

·         Measurements

·         Typography

·         Make Typeface

·         Create Model Layout

Half term - Saturday 17/10/2015 – Sunday 01/11/2015

Confirm all the Final Decisions, then create Logo and any other content needed with the resources available on the Half Term, Complete Model Layout and Design and structure the Context page e.c.t

With all this done after the Half term all there should be left it to assure that I have completed all the stages prior to making the .

Tuesday 03/11/2015

Assure all the planning is complete by this stage and prepared for making the Actual Magazine

At this point I should have everything covered and ready to go into the creation of the magazine, but there is a chance I have overlooked something I thought I have done something that I have not done, so this is the Very Last checks and this day will be me structuring the design ready to jump straight into the making of the Magazine and I will plan all the steps I will take in the creation of the magazine.

Friday 06/11/2015 – Friday 20/11/2015 ( DEADLINE)

Analyzing 'Choices' Magazine

This is the magazine am analyzing.

Price of Magazine: Free

Target Audience: Aimed at students aged 16 who are looking for 6^th forms/ A Level courses. It is also aimed at any age above 16 for apprenticeships and other courses.

Purpose of Magazine: Aimed at students or other people looking for a higher education so they can have more doors opened for them so they can proceed to University or possibly a career.

Paper Used: Light gloss, medium thickness paper.

Typeface: Same font used around the front cover excluding the ‘I’ in the name of the magazine. The font is arranged so it is bold one phrase and not bold in the other.

Writing Style: Short words, eye catchy, and enough information to catch the reader’s attention, formal.

Logo: The word ‘CHOICES’ in a bigger font than any other font on the page, the font looks messy and the letter ‘I’ is an arrow pointing upwards to signify the brand making people go succeed higher than others.

Corporate Image: CfBT, trustworthy

Advertisements: Advertising multiple high schools, colleges and 6^th form colleges around London to students in the area and who are looking for such education.

Layout: 20 A4 pages consisting of multiple adverts, 1 every page, and multiple stories, also 1 every page. There is an index page and there is a useful information page. All pages are double sided making the magazine have 40 sides.

Colour: Main colour theme of magazine is an ocean blue along with other shades of blue. The colour inside the magazine depends on the advert and their colour pallet.

Slogan: N/A

Measurements: A4

Reader Interaction: QR scan code, Twitter link and website of magazine.

Images Used: Non copyrighted photo of 5 students of multi-cultural background looking up and smiling to the camera.

Typography

Slideshow

This is what I have on the school computers, the finished one is at home. I will upload it once I get there.

This is all I have done so far while learning how to use Adobe InDesign. I am trying to get an exact copy of the Elle magazine and replicate it in InDesign.