Currently in lessons we have had a task of creating our own school magazine cover and contents page. Before making my magazine i researched some school magazines so i had an idea of what i was going to create. Firstly i decided what I was going to base my magazine on, i decided on sports. Sports for students, sports outside of school and sports news. With my masthead I used a large bold font to capture the audiences eyesight from a distance so they knew exactly what they were about to read before picking it up. I used a black coloured font with a green background. I use the green background as a symbol of grass as grass is the main surface which most sports are played on. I use the Black and green colours throughout the magazine so the readers know they are reading the same magazine throughout and so it gives the magazine an identity. I also put a football as the 'O' in the word 'sports' this is used as a symbol to show a type of sport which is very popular at the school. In my first headline I used a friend to show a sense of achievement and an idea of the feeling of family.
For my main picture i used a picture of the front of the school and used a low camera shot to make the school look big and stand out. I used this picture so readers will know what the magazine will be about before even picking up the magazine. I put black boarders around this picture so it stands out. For my second headline i decided to use an interview as people enjoy reading about other peoples lives as it is very common in magazines. I based my interview headline around former Montsaye student and local boy Michael Jacobs who is currently a professional footballer at Wigan Athletic. I used him because it shows that talent has been and gone through the school and the school still want talent to thrive. At the bottom of my cover page I have some bullet points of what else is in the magazine, this will let the reader know what they are about to read without even turning a page.
On my contents page i have kept the bold writing and the black and green and i have also added 3 photos of sports facilities at our school, the swimming pool, the gym and the sports hall. This shows that the school care about our physical education as they have spent thousands on building these amazing facilities. I have listed my contents so it is easy to read and i have made the numbers bold so they stand out. If i was to do this task again i would use a picture of someone on my front cover and have more headlines.
