I am going to be writing about why and how i have chosen to do each part of my magazine the way I have.I have started off by drawing a plan of how i want my magazine to appear. I looked at the acronym LIIAR to help me plan my front cover:
The language is what gets the reader to read on, i am going to make my magazine masthead and additional headlines stand out so that it will catch there eye.
The institution is what controls the production process and how it affects the final product. This magazine is aimed mainly at the staff of the college and some of the students; therefore it will have a more mature approach which will affect the way that it is written.
The ideology is what values are explicit and implicit. This is by the way that the front cover tells you about the magazine before you even read it, as the front cover focuses a lot on what will be inside of the magazine.
The audience is who the magazine is aimed at. The audience is one of the most important parts of the magazine and you need to make sure that you catch the audience's eye for them to buy it compared to other magazines.
The representation is who appears on it, what is excluded and how there portrayed. Teachers of students will normally appear on it, i am going to have a student on the front as mine, as they are as much a part of the college as the teachers are.
The masthead will be one part of the magazine that will stand out the most, it will be the largest bit of font on the front cover so that readers will know what magazine they are looking for. The writing of the name of my magazine will be the part which stands out the most, so when the customer is looking for the magazine they will clearly know what magazine they are looking for. The slogan for my magazine will go near my masthead and will be short and snappy, summing up what the college aims to do.
The Wyke college logo will go on my magazine front cover so that people know what college it is and if they see Wyke logo anywhere else they will be able to relate it to the magazine.
The name of my magazine will be short and catchy and it will link to something to do with college. I am going to call my magazine real, because the slogan to go with it will be Wyke College; the real way to achieve. I think this is good because it is a general college magazine not just based on a certain subject so it is an all round name that could suit anything.
The main picture will be a medium close up of one student. The aim of the picture is to give a good impression of the college. If the magazine gives a good impression of the college it could persuade people to want to come here. The picture wil represent the college and it will have a typical student look, to well represent the college.
The additional articles along the sides of the magazine will show what else is happening at the college and what it offers for the students that goes here and the students that will go here. They will stand out but not as much as the masthead and picture but enough to make sure that people can see them and know what is going on.
