iStudent Contents Page - Plan

My Magazine Front Cover: iStudent

My Masthead Design For My Magazine

This is my design for the masthead that will appear on my magazine. I feel that this design will appeal to my audience for various reasons. I made the 'i' a lower case letter, and so it indicates it stands for something. In this case, it stands for independent and I think independent students relates to my target audience (sixth formers) considering once you are a sixth former, you are more independent in terms of work etc. I also made the typography look as if a student had drawn it. This again will attract the audience because they can relate to things like doodling in class and such.    

The Main Image: Five Possible Photographs

Here are five photographs that I have taken that could be used as the main image for my magazine.

The Main Image For My Magazine

I think this is the best photograph for my front cover out of the five I've taken. This is because out of the five, it shows a the best use of mis-en-scene. The environment in the background shows that it is of a school setting from the bulletin boards. The use of props (glasses, student I.D) give you the impression that is a student. Also the facial expression of the student is happy, which gives of positive vibes, that would then reflect off the audience in  a good way.

Body language is good as well, because the posture of the student isn't slouching as if they are not bothered to be in school, but as if they are ready to learn. So in conclusion, I think this photograph as a front cover will do good in terms of catching my target audience's eye.

Design Ideas: My Flat Plan

This is a flat for my student magazine. I've made sure to add the typical conventions of a magazine such as the masthead, skyline, cover lines etc. This will give me a basic guide of what I want for the end result. I find the typography I have used for my masthead ( that I've roughly drawn out) to be quite good. It will stand out and attracts the audience. The 'i' in the name iStudent stands for independent and has an eye drawn on top of it instead of a normal dot to represent the eyes of a student. The skyline says 'The magazine for independent students (6th form)' and I think this links in well with the masthead. I also made sure my coverlines have things to do with the genre of this magazine and that they are interesting enough to get students to want to read inside.